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A review by beedubz
Australia's Hardest Prison: Inside the Walls of Long Bay Jail by James Phelps
4.0
3.5 stars:
A fairly quick read considering the content. There are some interesting (and sometimes awful and/or distgusting) stories in here, but I found reading the ones told by former prison officers the most interesting. Some chapters that really stood out for me were: Haunting, Arriving, Surviving, Mudering and Gaurding, but I found each chapter or topic in the book had at least one or two interesting (and sometimes horrifying) stories.
One thing that could really benefit this book is more pictures! There are a few included, but the ones I was most interested in weren't very clear. Having said that, I assume that most of the pictures taken in or of the prison were actually given to the author by former prison officers - so I suppose you take what you can get in that regard (and they are certainly better than nothing).
I had to use my trusty old friend google a little bit while reading this book - some of the criminals in here are instantly recognisable but others not so much, so google really helped to put a name to a face and a crime.
Also on a personal point of interest: I saw the name of a doctor I work with in here (just to clarify - not as an inmate!!) which is kind of cool because I wasn't expecting it but I probably should have - he's done everything & been everywhere!
A fairly quick read considering the content. There are some interesting (and sometimes awful and/or distgusting) stories in here, but I found reading the ones told by former prison officers the most interesting. Some chapters that really stood out for me were: Haunting, Arriving, Surviving, Mudering and Gaurding, but I found each chapter or topic in the book had at least one or two interesting (and sometimes horrifying) stories.
One thing that could really benefit this book is more pictures! There are a few included, but the ones I was most interested in weren't very clear. Having said that, I assume that most of the pictures taken in or of the prison were actually given to the author by former prison officers - so I suppose you take what you can get in that regard (and they are certainly better than nothing).
I had to use my trusty old friend google a little bit while reading this book - some of the criminals in here are instantly recognisable but others not so much, so google really helped to put a name to a face and a crime.
Also on a personal point of interest: I saw the name of a doctor I work with in here (just to clarify - not as an inmate!!) which is kind of cool because I wasn't expecting it but I probably should have - he's done everything & been everywhere!