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Strangeways: A Prison Officer's Story by Neil Samworth (Paperback, 2019)
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The author honesty and decency shine through - Jonathan Aitken Neil Sam Samworth spent eleven years working as a prison officer in HMP Manchester, aka Strangeways. As staffing cuts saw Britain prison system descend into crisis, the stress of the job - the suicides, the inhumanity of the system, and one assault too many - left Sam suffering from PTSD.
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Britain's prison system is in crisis. Prisoners catatonic on Spice, prison officers under extreme stress, overcrowding, riots, fatal stabbings - barely a week goes by without disturbing reports reaching the outside world of life inside our jails. For eleven years, Neil Samworth worked as a prison officer in perhaps the most notorious of all prisons, Strangeways, now HM Prison Manchester. He left in 2016 and, having kept a diary for many years, is ready to tell his story. Strangeways: My Life As A Prison Officer is a no-holds-barred account of one man's struggle to keep his professional composure and sanity in one of Britain's toughest jails. From the chaotic, intimidating atmosphere of K wing, which houses more than 200 prisoners spread over three landings, to the healthcare unit where the prison's most mentally disturbed prisoners are held, Neil has seen it all - cell fires, suicides, terrifying violence. He has had to beat back his own emotions as he deals with psychopathic killers and witnessed the worst of human nature but also the best, and some of the most moving passages in the book recall the embattled camaraderie among his colleagues.Product Identifiers
PublisherPan Macmillan
ISBN-139781509883554
eBay Product ID (ePID)23046572582
Product Key Features
Book TitleStrangeways: a Prison Officer's Story
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2019
TopicTrue Crime, Memorials, Government
TypeTextbook
AuthorNeil Samworth
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height197 mm
Item Weight217 g
Item Width130 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorNeil Samworth
Topic AreaCriminal Law
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- 18 Jan, 2023Most favourable review
It is what it is.
Everyone should read this book, it gives you an honest view by a staff member of the prison system in great Britain today. Compelling sometimes funny & horrendous at the same time, I now appreciate what the staff go through working in the prison system. A must read.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 15 May, 2019Most critical review
prison officer story
not the most riveting book i have ever read but interesting enough.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 30 Jun, 2021
Great read
Bought this for hubby not knowing he had been following this guy online so was really pleased to receive this. Great value for moneyVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 19 Nov, 2020
Great read
Great book bought for daughter who loves to read about true experiences. Great giftVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 13 Oct, 2021
Good read and good inside to what goes on in prison.
Very good read.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 18 Dec, 2019
Strangways a prison officers story.
Marvalous book from begining to end one of my best reads .Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 17 Aug, 2021
Strange ways.
Read it all in 24 hours. Couldn't put it down! Highly recommended, puts you right 9n the front line.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 10 Nov, 2023
Just as it says on the tin
Just wanted to find out from the horse’s mouth what it’s really like to work in a prison Good value …learnt a lot.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 30 Oct, 2022
Book
Loved itVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 15 Jan, 2020
Great read!
Great read! I have really enjoyed reading this book. A very interesting read in to the prison service!Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
