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Author Carlo Gebler has spent nearly three decades working in the Northern Ireland prison system as a teacher of creative writing. He's been in all the prisons there, including the notorious Maze/Long Kesh H-Blocks, where he worked with inmates on everything from basic literacy to Open University degrees. Now Carlo wants to know if prison arts and education has made any difference to the lives of those he taught. Through meeting those attending classes in the education and skills section of HMP Magilligan on Northern Ireland's north coast - and catching up with some of the former prisoners he worked with over many years - Carlo explores the true role of arts and education in punishment and rehabilitation. Producer: Conor Garrett, BBC Northern Ireland