Killers Behind Bars

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Kate Kray. Killers Behind Bars

Contents

The Meaning of Life

John Straffen

Daniel Reece

James Dowsett

Harry Roberts

Linda Calvey

Colin Richards

Charlie Smith

Avril Gregory

Richard John Dennick

Sue Butterworth

Copyright

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That was how one of the lifers I spoke to described his life sentence to me. I suppose in a way he was right. Now, every time I drive past a prison and see those high stone walls, I think of the prisoners who are kept there and think of it as just that – another world. A completely unnatural alien world. It doesn’t take a genius to work out that if you lock a thousand men in one building for years on end it’s going to be like an unexploded bomb just waiting to go off … A world where a simple sausage can start a riot…

I was standing in line waiting to get my breakfast. There had been some delay in getting the hotplates on to the wing and the time allocated for breakfast was nearly over.

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‘It felt like I was invisible,’ he said. ‘The door behind me was locked. I couldn’t go back and I couldn’t go down the steps. I just sat there unable to move. In sheer desperation, I cried out: “Please, somebody help me!”

‘The whole of the visiting hall fell silent. Tears rolled down my face. I was helpless. I just sat at the top of those steps and cried. At that moment I just wished I was dead!’ His eyes filled with tears as he spoke and he dropped his head.

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