A former hairdresser and carer is sharing what it’s really like to be a woman working inside a male prison this International Women’s Day. Despite public perceptions that it’s a male-dominated profession, there are now officially more women working for the prison service than men. Currently, 55% of staff in the post are women. Jordan McClagish, 29, has worked at HMP Whitemoor near March for nine years. She’s now a mentor for new starters at the high-security prison where around 400 male prisoners are kept. Jordan said she struggled academically at school and decided to follow her friends into …
