If you get certain benefits or have an NHS health certificate, you might be able to get help with the costs of your visit, including: No mention of the brutal IPP sentences that have left multiple people behind bars for years, serving an indeterminate sentence with no release date, more often than not having come to prison for a 3-6month sentence, yet end up in HIS kind of prison. There are over 1,000 prisoners at the Isle of Wight prison, housed in a mixture of single and double cells. Yeah so, I’m not a fan. I can understand the high rating on here though, this will have been bought by hundreds or thousands of people with no inside experience of the justice system of prisons and take what David Berridge writes (well, told whoever wrote this) at face value. I however, to my own misfortune, have seen the inside of prisons, numerous times in my early life, including an A cat dispersal and can’t categorically say quite a bit he says simply wouldn’t happen.

A solid five stars from me. Well done, Mr Berridge, for such an enjoyable and enlightening book, and thank you for it. From toilet brush removal, unpleasant parcels & plenty of claret, this isn't for the fainthearted, but a truly fascinating eye opening insight as to what it takes to become a Prison Officer. The only things you can take into the visiting hall are money (in coins), prescribed medication (handed to the desk officer), certain baby feeding items and disability aids. For the full list of approved retailers, you can read the HMPPS Incentives Policy, Annex F. Life at Isle of Wight Isle of Wight has a strict dress code policy, which means visitors should wear smart clothes. That means no vests, no low-cut tops, no shorts, no short dresses and no headwear, other than that worn for religious reasons. Religious headwear will be searched in a discreet area.If you cannot use the online service, you may be able to apply for an exemption - for example if you: other support (sometimes called ‘interventions’), such as managing difficult emotions and risk reduction

Assaults. Riots. Cell fires. Medical emergencies. Understaffed wings. Suicides. Hooch. Weapons. It’s all in a week’s work at HMP Parkhurst. There are several ways you can keep in touch with a prisoner during their time at Isle of Wight. Secure video calls

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You will also be searched using the passive drug dog (when available) which can lead to a full search and/or a closed visit. If you like books on prison this book is for you, if you think you know what goes on inside a prison then this book will certainly open your eyes!

One of the more poignant areas of the book is towards the end of the author's career he struggles with the changing ethos of prison as it becomes less about punishment and more about reforming. Assaults. Riots. Cell fires. Medical emergencies. Understaffed wings. Suicides. Hooch. Weapons. It's all in a week's work at HMP Parkhurst. Each prisoner who arrives at Isle of Wight gets an induction that lasts about 2 weeks. They will meet professionals who will help them with: If coming by public transport, you will need to take a ferry from one of the ports at Lymington, Portsmouth or Southampton. To plan your journey to the port: This book is not for the fainthearted there are areas of this book that literally leave you speechless, but also there is great humour in what must be a very difficult dark job. The book basically is the author's story with a lot of anecdotes about his prison career, sometimes also gripped that I wanted to know more about particular story or experience that the author had conveyed but before I knew it he was onto the next disturbing adventure/chapter.

If you are like me and love books about prison and prison life, then you should love this as much as I did. I heartily recommend it. NOT for the faint hearted. This is a true story of Berridge's time as a prison officer at Parkhurst, from his rookie days to a fully fledged officer. He kept a diary type note of what he experienced, his time there and it came from that this book. Whilst Parkhurst has become infamous for holding prisoners such as Peter Sutcliffe, Ian Brady and the Kray twins, Camp Hill was used as a ‘Corrective Training’ facility for adult males. In the modern era it became a Category C prison, meaning it held those who cannot be trusted in open conditions but who are unlikely to try to escape. I saw this in a bookshop recently, and I have always been interested in books of this genre, so I decided to buy it. I had also read prison books by Norman Parker, Bobby Cummines (both of these books were also about Parkhurst) and Neil Samworth (also a prison officer), and I enjoyed all of these. I also bought several books by Charles Bronson, Britain's most notorious long-serving prisoner, but I didn't enjoy his books as much. I’ve had this book in my wish list for months. Having read strangeways by Neil Samworth I think I was expecting too much.

The staff are responsible for prisoners safeguarding and welfare, and the Governor is ultimately responsible for staff and prisoners at all times. Arrival and first nightLots of tales about how prison officers exert their powers on the vulnerable ‘by accident’. On the whole I didn’t like the tone of it. How are we supposed to rehabilitate those in our prisons when the people in charge can’t behave like role models. Prison books are one of my favourite non-fiction sub-genres and I absolutely can't get enough of them. I've had this on my TBR for a while and it didn't disappoint. Fascinating, disturbing, and eye-opening, this was a real mix of heart-breaking stories, facts, and anecdotes, and the author's dry sense of humour shone through.