Prison guard Bruce McLeod lost his best mate to a violent crime. It spurred him to write the book Justifying the Means.

He joins the show to talk about his friend and life working inside some of Victoria's toughest correctional facilities.

Find out more about Bruce at: https://www.instagram.com/bruce.mcleod.author/

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