Behind these Doors - As heard on Radio 4 Book of the Week

Informationen zum Autor Alex South is a former Prison Officer with ten years' experience working for Her Majesty's Prison Service. She has worked at HMP Whittemore, HMP Wormwood Scrubs and HMP Belmarsh as an Officer, Senior Officer and Custodial Manager. During her time at these prisons, Alex was deployed to numerous live incidents in her capacity as a trained riot commander and hostage negotiator. In 2017, Alex was awarded a Winston Churchill Fellowship to travel abroad and research the impact on prison officers of their working environment. Alex has a BSc in Psychology and Criminology and a Masters in Forensic Psychology, both with the Open University. In 2020, she won first place in the Beechmore Life Writing Competition. Her entry considered the effect prison has on a 21-year-old prisoner at the beginning of his first sentence, and an experienced officer on the brink of burnout Klappentext A powerful and affecting look at life in prison Vorwort A powerful and affecting look at life in prison Zusammenfassung A powerful and affecting look at life in prison

Product details

• Authors: Alex South
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.07.2023
• EAN: 9781399707558
• ISBN: 978-1-399-70755-8
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 130 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Survival, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, Press & journalism, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Penology and punishment, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Offenders, Prison law, Offenders / Criminals