Product Description

Charlie 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. Read about Charlie's special taming techniques for prison wildlife such as spiders, rats and cockroaches, creatures that may be your only friends on long stretches in solitary. Also Charlie shows how to plan and prepare for marriage inside what can be seen as a less than romantic setting. With over 70,000 people (and rising) currently residing at Her Majesty's pleasure, Charlie Bronson's "Good Prison Guide" is essential for young offenders and 'old lags' alike. Make sure you don't get nicked without it.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #142073 in Books
• Published on: 2007-02-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

About the Author
Charlie Bronson is everyone's favourite con - as testified by his bestselling books Bronson and Insanity: My Mad Life. Renowned for his serial hostage-taking and piquant sense of humour, he has earned himself a fearsome reputation on both sides of the bars... Stephen Richards has written and co-written a wide range of best-selling books which have been serialized in the national press. His TV credits include Panorama, Tonight With Trevor McDonald and numerous crime related, national and international TV documentaries. Currently, the maverick investigative journalist acts as a literary agent for crime writers, as well as writing more true crime books, producing and directing crime documentaries and he also promotes members of the crime underworld on: www.crimebiz.com

Customer Reviews

A good read
Full of self pity from Bronson, this is still an interesting view into the UK prison system. Slightly irritating are his written attacks on the prison officers and the contempt he holds them in. If you can't do the time, don't do the crime. Even with these bouts it still makes a good read though its best to read it in short sessions

Not really a guide as such, but a great read anyway!
Charlie Bronson, "Britain's most violent prisoner" and definitely the fittest 56 year old man ever, he does on average 2,500 press ups a day! And his feats of strength are amazing, this man has punched through bulletproof glass, and yes he's had witnesses! He has spent around 34 years in prison, 30 of them in solitary confinement.

So this man would know everything about prison, the problem is he doesn't really give us much info on how to survive prison. Instead there is an A-Z of every prison he visits and he tells us some of the things he did in the prison and gives it a rating out of 10.

The back of the book suggests Bronson will tell us how to make vintage prison hooch and how to tame prison wildlife. These things are only mentioned fleetingly though, before going back to his reminicences of how he fought prison wardens on a daily basis.

The worst part of this book would be Bronson's "history lessons" on some of the prisons, he would say something like "In 1860 John Doe was hanged here, he was a family man who grew up in London..." and these "lessons" can be around four pages long, it's not really helping us as a guide to prison.

Nevertheless it's a great book that will make you laugh, Bronson's stories are funny and his pictures are amusing too.