THE PRISONS HANDBOOK.
 

Compiled by Mark Leach.
507 pages
Published by: Waterside Press, Winchester, SO23 9NN.
ISBN 1 8728 7072 4

This very comprehensive book supplies details of every penal establishment in England and Wales. It supplies addresses, how to get there, a description of accommodation and facilities, the daily regime, visiting, education, workshops, discipline, canteen, medical facilities, food, chaplaincy, gymnasium and sports. It has further chapters on advice of use to prisoners, their families and others concerned with and within the Prison Service. It lists helpful organisations and resources, there is a legal section and further sections include a forum, prison reports, and facts and figures. Mark spent 20 years of his life in 62 of Britain’s prisons, this book is so impressive it makes you wonder what Mark could have achieved if he had been treated differently.