Screwed
eBook - ePub

Screwed

Britain's Prison Crisis and How to Escape It

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Screwed

Britain's Prison Crisis and How to Escape It

About this book

When Daniel Khalife escaped from Wandsworth in September 2023, the nation got a glimpse into the heart of the prison system, and what they saw there was chaos. This came as no surprise to Ian Acheson, who had spent years warning of the disasters to come.

Screwed is the inside story of the collapse of His Majesty's Prison Service, told by someone who had a front-row seat to it all. Acheson went from officer to Governor in less than a decade, and during that time he witnessed the uniformed organisation he was proud to serve crumble into lethal disarray. This uncompromisingly brutal account exposes the politics and operational decisions that have driven our prisons to a state where rats roam freely, prisoners are forced to use slop buckets, violence and intimidation are normalised and it is easier to get a bag of heroin than a bar of soap.

Concluding that the crisis is not unfixable, however, Acheson outlines a new corporate culture and mission that puts its faith in the officers who walk the landings every day: order restored, potential rescued, society safeguarded.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Contents
  3. Prologue
  4. Introduction
  5. Chapter 1: Do your bird
  6. Chapter 2: Resistance is useful
  7. Chapter 3: The new mediocracy
  8. Chapter 4: Turnkeys and punchbags
  9. Chapter 5: Welcome to Hell
  10. Chapter 6: The force is not with you
  11. Chapter 7: Women and children last
  12. Chapter 8: The age of extremity
  13. Chapter 9: Ideologies, fads and fashions
  14. Chapter 10: The drugs don’t work
  15. Chapter 11: An end to ending it all?
  16. Chapter 12: Sewing mailbags, stacking time
  17. Conclusion
  18. Index
  19. Copyright