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Strangeways - A Prison Officer's Story (Paperback) Loot Price: R433
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Strangeways - A Prison Officer's Story (Paperback): Neil Samworth

Strangeways - A Prison Officer's Story (Paperback)

Neil Samworth

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Neil `Sam' Samworth spent eleven years working as a prison officer in HMP Manchester, aka Strangeways. A tough Yorkshireman with a soft heart, Sam had to deal with it all - gangsters and gangbangers, terrorists and psychopaths, addicts and the mentally ill. Men who should not be locked up and men who should never be let out. Strangeways is a shocking and at times darkly funny account of life in a high security prison. Sam tackles cell fires and self-harmers, and goes head to head with some of the most dangerous men in the country. He averts a Christmas Day riot after turkey is taken off the menu and replaced by fish curry, and stands up to officers who abuse their position. He describes being attacked by prisoners, and reveals the problems caused by radicalization and the drugs flooding our prisons. As staffing cuts saw Britain's 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. This raw, searingly honest memoir is a testament to the men and women of the prison service and the incredibly difficult job we ask them to do.

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Imprint: Sidgwick & Jackson
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: June 2018
Authors: Neil Samworth
Dimensions: 233 x 153 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 978-1-5098-9117-7
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General
Books > Fiction > True stories > Crime
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Emergency services > Police & security services
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Penology & punishment > General
Books > Biography > General
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LSN: 1-5098-9117-X
Barcode: 9781509891177

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