Tom Murtagh worked in key senior leadership roles in both the Northern Ireland Prison Service and Her Majesty’s Prison Service of England and Wales. He earned a reputation of being an insightful, strong and (especially) resilient leader – a leader who consistently demonstrated the ability to cut through to the core of an issue.… Read more “Alan Longwell’s review of The Maze Prison”
Category: Book reviews
Our individual book pages contain many reviews, but we also have many longer full-form reviews too and these are available here.
John Semple’s review of The Maze Prison
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This book gives an accurate account of events as I recall them and sadly illustrates the dilemma all Northern Ireland Prison Service staff had to endure over the years of Long Kesh and Maze. It also highlights the folly of trying to operate a prison establishment like The Maze, with its highly dangerous convicted criminal population, while ignoring the views of prison professionals.
Review of The Ouija Board Jurors
Author and penal reformer, Bob Turney
“Not having been selected for jury duty, I’ve often wondered what happens in the jury room when they retire to reach their verdict. Having read this book, I have reached the conclusion it is nothing like it was portrayed in the 1957 film Twelve Angry Men staring Henry Fonda!… Read more “Review of The Ouija Board Jurors”
Review of Harry Roberts and Foxtrot One-One
Author and penal reformer, Bob Turney
I wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone who reads and enjoys non-fiction crime books as I found it gave a fascinating insight into one the most notorious crimes of the last century. Harry Roberts, John Duddy and John Witney, shot dead three police officers on the streets of Shepherd’s Bush in August 1966 and this book goes into great detail about the murders.… Read more “Review of Harry Roberts and Foxtrot One-One”
Review of Mercy
by Roger Statham
David Cornwell is grappling with an important issue in Mercy: A Restorative Philosophy and illuminates his subject well. After a lifetime working in criminal justice he has a better understanding than most of the way it works and of its impact on the individual.… Read more “Review of Mercy”