Backdrop
Slade Prison is officially run by the Governor, but the prisoners know better. Grouty is the real muscle behind what goes on in the prison. He has his own cell which is lavishly decorated, filled with valuable prison commodities and he is surrounded by his own 'heavies'. Grouty's job in the prison is to look after the swimming pool, which is particularly easy as the prison does not have a swimming pool. Grouty marks this down to a clerical error. Interestingly, Grouty never appears in the same scene as Mr. Mackay, and accordingly viewers are never certain whether Mackay has ever attempted to tackle Grouty's control of the prison.
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