Jail Journeys: The English Prison Experience Since 1918

by Philip Priestley

Originally published in 1989, Jail Journeys was a contemporary history of the English prison system in the words of those who had endured it as prisoners or who had worked within it. More than 1000 extracts from more than 150 first-hand accounts of life 'inside' chronicle the empty routines of the prison day and tell of the loneliness, the despair, the squalor, the fights, the friendships, the sex, the humour. There are also eye-witness...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032563176
• ISBN13: 9781032563176
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"