Inside Parkhurst: Stories of a Prison Officer

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Having read books around prisons, from all perspectives this isn’t one for the well read on the subject but as an intro. Registered office address: Unit 34 Vulcan House Business Centre, Vulcan Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 3EF.

Taken from David's diaries, this brutally honest, horrifying and hilarious book, will shock the reader and entertain in equal measures. Inside Parkhurst - Stories Of A Prison Officer by David Berridge is a warts and all look at life working inside one of Britain's most dangerous prisons.He is keen to use this book to raise awareness about the many problems our prison services are facing.

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I have a new phrase, 'turning religous", as in when the author can't work out the who, what and where of a situation that might end badly for him, he says he 'turned religious' and prays! I often think Joe Public should read them, it gives a bit more appreciation for the job these people do. How are we supposed to rehabilitate those in our prisons when the people in charge can’t behave like role models.

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. Hell yeah it can be incredibly rewarding occasionally you may have a success you never see again but most of the time it's a revolving door with the same old faces revisiting unable to break their programming wasting their existence with incarceration ! Thrown in at the deep end, David quickly had to work out how to deal with the most cunning and volatile of prisoners, and learn how to avoid their many scams. Prison is a punishment, but it’s also an opportunity to interrupt intergenerational cycles of abuse, violence and crime. I loved it and whizzed through the pages, was both shocked and saddened for both the staff and the prisoners.It really opened my eyes and my mind to what life is really like inside such a notorious, high-security prison. This is a true story of Berridge's time as a prison officer at Parkhurst, from his rookie days to a fully fledged officer.