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Prisongate: The Shocking State of Britain's Prisons and the Need for Visionary Change

by David Ramsbotham - £10.99  The Free Press (2005)
paperback    ISBN 13: 9780743259521 | ISBN 10: 0743259521

In December 1995, as newly appointed Chief Inspector of Prisons, David Ramsbotham carried out an unannounced inspection of HM Prison Holloway. He was appalled by the conditions he found there, but soon discovered that poor management was endemic in the system, and that those with the power to improve things lacked the political will to do so.
 
Polemical, impassioned and erudite, Prisongate vividly outlines not just Ramsbotham's experiences at the heart of a neglected institution, but also his vision for the future - where prison means protection and rehabilitation rather than just punishment.

"This important book bristles with barely suppressed rage ... Riveting ... excoriates the evasions, the lies, and indeed the malice of many of those in charge."
(Sunday Telegraph)

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