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A Prison Diary

By: Jeffrey Archer
Narrated by: Andrew Sachs
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 DAY 5, MONDAY 23 JULY 2001, 5.53 AM

The sun is shining through the bars of my window on what must be a glorious summer day. I've been incarcerated in a cell five paces by three for 12 and a half hours, and will not be let out again until midday; 18 and a half hours of solitary confinement. There is a child of 17 in the cell below me who has been charged with shoplifting, his first offence, not even convicted, and he is being locked up for 18 and a half hours, unable to speak to anyone. This is Great Britain in the 21st century, not Turkey, not Nigeria, not Kosovo, but Britain.

On Thursday 19 July 2001, after a perjury trial lasting seven weeks, Jeffrey Archer was sentenced to four years in jail. He was to spend the first 22 days and 14 hours in HMP Belmarsh, a double A-Category high-security prison in South London, which houses some of Britain's most violent criminals.

This is the author's daily record of the time he spent there.

© Jeffrey Archer; (P) Macmillan Publishers Ltd Politicians Politics & Activism

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I like his short sentence full of the important information. No trivial details. Serious yet humours.

Archer high standard

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So many audio books to choose from.

And so so many I have bought, but all i want is the 2 follow ups to this book.

Guess I will have to read them !

Get this book its excellent it all ways, simple as that

Bellmarsh With Basics

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Fascinating, I was intrigued, I couldn’t leave it alone, a tough time, handled and endured well

Brilliant

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I love everything Jeffrey Archer writes 👍

Just about to start another Jeffrey Archer classic, while I am painting 😊

Excellent as always

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I enjoyed the book, as I have with all JF books. This one was too short for my liking. He was writing in his cell for hours a day. I feel there was more to be said.

Educated view of prison life

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being ex prison staff it was nice to hear his experience a
nd I could relate with so much of it

Been there done that got the T Shirt

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I am a big fan of prison stories/biographies. The suspense and pressure of someone trapped in an environment they can't escape.

This book gives an interesting insight into prison life but ultimately no real story. Quite a boring account of prison food and the monotony of prison life.

Not The Gritty Story I Expected

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