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Strangeways
- A Prison Officer's Story
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
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Strangeways
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Publisher's Summary
Neil ‘Sam’ Samworth spent 11 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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- Anonymous User
- 14-03-2019
Gritty and real, great listening!
very gritty and raw, Horrific in parts but an overall great listen held my attention from start to finish.
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- N Heckingbottom
- 30-03-2019
simply captivating from start to finish.
a must read!
I listened to it on audible and found the recount to be well read and interesting.
I would reccomend anyone who like biographies or true crime to add this to their must read list
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- Anonymous User
- 19-05-2020
Great
Interesting insight great stories. The better side other than getting it from the prisoners point of view. They are in there for a reason and are glorified too much.
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