The prison officer: the inside story of life behind bars

Becoming a prison officer was Gen's burning ambition despite her background making this an unlikely career choice. At twenty-three, full of hopes and dreams of helping those that needed it most within the prison system, she discovered the reality of life behind bars that no training could possi...

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Main Author: Glaister, Gen (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: London Penguin Books 2024
In:Year: 2024
Online Access: Table of Contents
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Glaister, Gen
Correctional personnel > Great Britain > Anecdotes
Prisons > Great Britain
Services correctionnels - Personnel - Grande-Bretagne - Anecdotes
Prisons - Grande-Bretagne
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Summary:Becoming a prison officer was Gen's burning ambition despite her background making this an unlikely career choice. At twenty-three, full of hopes and dreams of helping those that needed it most within the prison system, she discovered the reality of life behind bars that no training could possibly have prepared her for. In this searing account of her years as a prison officer, Gen shares how she learned to use her heart, her humour and sheer bloody-mindedness to make a difference to the men who lived by a different set of rules, finding her place amongst gangsters, killers and traffickers
Physical Description:viii, 337 Seiten, 20 cm
ISBN:9781804992784
180499278X