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Strangeways
Written by Neil Samworth
Narrated by Jonthan Keeble
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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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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Reviews for Strangeways
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The excellent book is sometimes dark sometimes funny but at all times sincere and a reflection of something we know nothing about and we all think prison is like Porridge prisoners sat around laughing and Screws being patient! Sadly after reading this book that isn't the case!!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A decent listen, along with some really interesting stories too.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent honest gripping realities, truthful thankyou
Christine from West Australia. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I could say so much about this book but what I will say
WHAT A BOOK !!!!!