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rank 5456
word count 10149
date submitted 11.05.2009
date updated 12.05.2009
genres: Fiction, Crime
classification: universal
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Coping With Custody

John Cooper

In prison there are three ways to do a prison sentence, easy time, hard time or mad time! Luck decides how a stretch pans out.

 

The book covers Tim Clark’s journey from a Liverpool sink estate to many a secure Prison with experience of every stage of the Criminal Justice System in between. It exactly mirrors the author’s career over nearly forty years in the Prison Service. Tim’s story covers the tragedy and comedy inherent in a system that has set itself an impossible task. How to prepare someone for freedom in conditions of captivity? All the events happened or were talked about - only the names have been changed to protect the guilty.

 
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Ilyria_Moon wrote 337 days ago

Love it. Liverpudlian here, your descriptions are vivid and accurate. Well-written piece which flows seamlessly, and I want to know more about your characters, which keeps me reading. On my shelf. I'll comment further when I've read more chapters x

Burgio wrote 769 days ago

This is a good book. Made me feel as if I was really getting the "inside dope" on a prison system - which, of course, I was, because you lived all this. The story is so unusual, I think you'll find a wide audience for this. I’m adding this to my shelf. Burgio (Grain of Salt).

soutexmex wrote 783 days ago

Nothing but good stuff here. Reminds me of 'The Guv'nor'. SHELVED!

I can use your comments on my book when you get the chance. Cheers!

JC
The Obergemau Key
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lynn clayton wrote 784 days ago

Brilliance seems to run in your family. I love your son's book. Now I see where he gets his fascination for crime from.
I think anyone who writes crime novels should read this book. But it's more than a work of reference or a social study. Your characters are superb. Whether they're real is not the point - it's being able to write about them like this. Backed. Lynn

DMC wrote 1099 days ago

Gripping stuff!
I'll be back to read more of this, but for now - shelved with my best wishes.
David (Green Ore)

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