In the winter of 1979, at the age of 27, the inmate who would come to be known as 'Charlie Bronson' was considered uncontrollable by the prison system. Certified insane, he was transferred from Parkhurst Prison to the most infamous high-security psychiatric hospital in England, Broadmoor Asylum for the Criminally Insane. There he embarked on a one-man campaign to retain his sanity, and to fight against the brutality of a largely hidden regime that relied on enforced drug control. This outstandingly honest account takes the reader back to those dark days. It is a journey filled with sadness, and yet it is one that includes much laughter and pathos, as well as detailing the camaraderie among fellow patients, who included Ronnie Kray and Frankie Fraser. How Charlie Bronson survived Broadmoor, what he endured and the things he witnessed are, for the very first time, documented in this sad, moving, often chilling and sometimes funny account of one man's journey into madness and his methods for surviving this notorious psychiatric hospital. Capturing Bronson's unique voice, it is a roller-coaster ride of madness, pain, laughter and tears.

Broadmoor: My Journey into Hell

Politics & Social Sciences

Bronson, Charlie

Social Sciences

John Blake

Broadmoor - My Journey Into Hell

Biographies & Memoirs

True Crime

Charlie Bronson has taken his 24 years of experience of prison dwelling and condensed it into one handy and comprehensive volume. Moved regularly around the prisons of the British Isles, he has sampled all that prison life has to offer, taking in both the historic and pre-historic buildings that comprise Britain's infamous prison system. It's all in here, from the correct way to brew vintage prison "hooch" and how to keep the screws from finding it, to the indispensable culinary methods required to make prison food edible. Readers can learn about Charlie's special taming techniques for prison wildlife such as spiders, rats, and cockroaches, creatures that may be prisoners' only friends in long stretches on solitary. Charlie also shows how to plan and prepare for marriage inside what can be seen as a less than romantic setting.

The Good Prison Guide

Richards,Stephen

Two names reigned supreme in London's underworld in the 1960s—Ronnie and Reggie Kray, also known as the Kray twins—and it wasn't until 1969 that they were apprehended for murder. Charlie Bronson met the Kray twins in prison and eventually became a trusted friend. Here he tells the inside story of the infamous duo and sets the record straight once and for all.

The Krays and Me

Bronson

Charlie Bronson is Britain's most dangerous convict. He talks tough—and he fights harder. During more than a quarter of a century inside, he has gained a fearsome reputation as the prison system's only serial hostage taker. If you're going to come at me, you'd better be prepared to knock me unconscious or kill me. I fear no one. Violence just makes me madder and stronger. Charlie is serving life in prison and has spent most of this time in solitary confinement. He has been locked in dungeons, in iron boxes concreted into the middle of cells and, famously, in a cage like Hannibal Lecter. He has endured more periods of isolation than any other living British prisoner, spending months at a time with nothing more than cockroaches for company. Yet, he is a man of great warmth and humor and despite his reputation, has never killed anyone. Charlie lives by a strong moral code and is respected and admired by many prison officers as well as prisoners.

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Jim Dawkins left home at the age of sixteen to pursue his dream of joining the army, and subsequently served with the Royal Green Jackets, including tours of Canada and Northern Ireland. During that time he learned many important lessons that would serve him well in the future, but would, at the same time, lead to insufferable stress as he constantly battled with his conscience and struggled to swim against the tide. Once back in Civvy Street, and with a new house and a baby to support, Jim decided to join the Prison Service. Jim tells his story, which, although peppered with humorous anecdotes of often lager-induced incidents from both his army and prison days, bears witness to the stark reality of what actually goes on behind prison doors, and exposes both the glaring flaws in the prison system and the atrocities perpetrated in the name of justice, which ultimately forced his decision to leave the Prison Service seven years later.

The Loose Screw: The Shocking Truth About Our Prison System

Dawkins, Jim

COURTNEY, Dave

Memoirs

Apex Pub Ltd

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Broadmoor: My Journey into Hell

Broadmoor - My Journey Into Hell

The Good Prison Guide

The Krays and Me

Bronson

Bronson

The Loose Screw: The Shocking Truth About Our Prison System