Strangeways by Neil Samworth.
8 out of 10. 👍🏻
Although it is a tough read with how people are handled in prison (mostly staff) it’s eye opening and I enjoyed reading it.
Neil aka Mr Samworth gives his opinion ten fold in this book and quite rightly so, I believe everyone can have an opinion but when you have actually been in that situation your opinions hold more validity.
His actions and thoughts of a prison officer make me proud of him & I don’t even know the fella. Even though he states at the end of his book that he doesn’t feel pride, he doesn’t have to as I’m sure everybody that reads his book would have enough pride for him.
What those prison officers go through daily can be horrendous yet they still turn up to work everyday because they feel they have to. How many jobs with how many people would choose not to if life got that tough. The things they have witnessed is crazy!
& what I also love about this book is that it isn’t all about these big “I AM”s and gangsters, it’s also about normal everyday folk that ended up on the wrong path or in the wrong place or hanging around with wrong friends just doing their time and focusing on getting out. Those stories are the ones that touch me most.
Eye opening read to fully understand what these people go through every day and what they put on the back burner everyday just to keep people safe (& that includes people IN & OUTSIDE of those walls)
Keep on the good work guys & dolls! (P.S. even my nails are prison themed, good timing on that photo op, if I do say so myself 😝)
