Hoskinson - Inside - 04/04/07 - 07/04/07

This is a first person account of John Hoskinson's experience of going to prison. It would be very hard to describe it as an enjoyable read, but it is nevertheless a fantastic book. The prison that he describes is a million miles away from the one that he (and that we) have read about in the papers - he refers many times to the fact that the papers make it sound like a 'holiday camp'. In truth, the prison he describes seems to be failing prisoners and society - training criminals and creating drug addicts rather than treating or rehabilitating. It's extremely powerful stuff - hard to read at times, but nevertheless strangely entertaining.