Monday, 8 December 2008

Tough Girl

She must have nerves of steel-I've seen what it is like in there(as an entertainer).
clipped from news.bbc.co.uk
Running a prison is one of the toughest jobs going. Traditionally governors have worked up through the ranks, but now graduates are fast-tracked into senior roles to broaden the profile of the Prison Service.
Isabel Taylor

Aged 26, and standing not much more than five feet tall, Isabel Taylor defies the stereotype of the distinctly male prison governor.

Isabel Taylor, now a junior governor

It's a job she has wanted since she was 11, and in 2005 she joined the Prison Service's intensive development scheme, a fast-track course for would-be governors. She is now a junior governor at Her Majesty's Prison Leeds, a Category B men's prison, as deputy head of offender management.

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