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This is not Jeremy's "persuasiveness" as you put it. But other prisoners have a way of knowing if someone is guilty or not. Remember they are in each other's company for months maybe years on end. Prison is very difficult place to keep up appearances. Prisoners soon find out the truth about fellow prisoners.
They all protest their innocence thats why? Oi, journo, come 'ere. I'm innocent, you should publicise my case."
Within seconds I'm surrounded by murderers, rapists and bank robbers - all making similar claims.
"Everyone's innocent in here," laughs my prison escort. I'm at HMP Full Sutton - a maximum security prison in the countryside a few miles from York. The Mirror has been given unprecedented access to the Category A jail, home to some of Britain's most notorious criminals.