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The Secret Prison Governor
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
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Summary
An eye-opening, thought-provoking and mind-blowing account from a genuine prison governor of what it's really like behind bars.
How do you bring order to the lawless?
The Secret Prison Governor has spent decades surrounded by every type of prisoner known to man, from petty thieves and common drug dealers to crime bosses and dangerous serial killers.
Since starting as a rookie, he has experienced the reality of the UK's harsh prison system and the hard challenge of ruling those within it.
In his own words, the Secret Prison Governor spares no detail of prison life, whether that's breaking up shiv fights, investigating and crushing vast networks of contraband, negotiating with hardened criminals or dealing with full-scale cellblock gang wars.
This is the brutal truth of what life is really like behind bars.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-11-23
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Really enjoyed, excellent read, well told, definitely recommend, true to life, prison Governor experience. Without pointing fingers at anyone.
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- hayleyunlikely
- 12-06-24
Riveting
Powered through this in just a couple of days. Utterly compelling and well narrated. Really enjoyed it.
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- Nadia
- 03-06-24
I enjoyed this!
thought provoking and interesting. I'm really glad I purchased this book. not a job I could do, but It's given me a newfound respect for those who can do it
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- Binky
- 02-03-23
Really good read.
Honest and thoughtful reflection of the prison system.
He argues that if we do not treat prisoners humanely and give them hope, then as a society we cannot expect them to come out of prison with nothing and not turn to crime again. He is also rather critical of the corruption that permeates the system from high to low, and the disregard shown to prisoners and prison officers safety, from each other and from government organizations, especially the police and security services.
At the moment this book is free to read for Audible subscribers; however, I would have happily bought it with a credit and not felt shortchanged.
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- I Love Energy
- 21-02-23
Superb, honest and inspiring
Pleasantly surprised by this book. Well narration, easy to listen to and page turning. Insightful and thought provoking. Highly recommend
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- Denise Rawcliffe
- 17-08-24
deep insight
A very interesting and thought provoking piece of work. Providing a deeper insight into the workplace of a PO and prisoners
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- bird
- 08-03-24
Excellent! inciteful and mature.
Inciteful and mature. I have recently listened to lots of prison related material and I was beginning to feel a little down trodden by older generation, retired officers attitudes and undertones of bigotry. This book is bueatifully read, addresses issues and explains them. Despite the brick walls and hurdles there are good people in the prison service that fight hard for much needed change with firm but fair reasoning and professionalism to move forward with the times.
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- Linda T
- 22-09-24
Governor
The thing I took away from this book was no wonder some prisoners come out and reoffend. They’ll have a better life in there than outside. This governor is woke AF. Even with preds and murderers.
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- SquiresCuesta Family
- 10-10-24
The honesty and integrity of this book is astounding
This is a great window into the secret world of U.K. prisons. The trials and tribulations of daily life in a U.K. prison.
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- MH
- 09-10-24
Absolutely superb!
What a guy! What a career!
An extremely well balanced insight into the UK prison system, staff and inmates. I salute those who work in the prison system and are there to drive positive change.
From the authors experience, it’s evident that there’s a huge challenge to rehabilitate and prepare individuals for re-entering society and not re-offend. The lack of financial backing has such a detrimental impact and begs the question - what are the UK politicians doing to support UK citizens?
I truly hope this author shares more of his experiences.
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