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Behind These Doors - in conversation with Alex South
In this episode we are joined by former Prison Officer and POA
rep, author Alex South. Her book Behind These Doors detailing Alex’s 10 years in the prison service was published earlier this year to great acclaim from critics and readers. Extracts were serialised in the Sunday
Times and it was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week.
Alex’s writing journey was kick started when she entered and
won the Beachmore Life Writing Competition with a piece that eventually became her book. She also received the prestigious Winston
Churchill fellowship which enabled her to study the treatment of prison
staff in other countries.
Despite the Prison Service doing its best to keep Alex, with
promotions and specialist training, the desperate under-resourcing of the
service meant she eventually felt unable to continue in post.
Behind these Doors, stories of strength, suffering and survival in prison, by Alex South is published by Hodder and Stoughton and is also available as an audio book. The recommendations and policy ideas discussed are, of course, Alex’s own thinking rather than POA policy.
For the latest union news, visit poauk.org.uk and you can also follow the
union on social media.
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By POA PodcastIn this episode we are joined by former Prison Officer and POA
rep, author Alex South. Her book Behind These Doors detailing Alex’s 10 years in the prison service was published earlier this year to great acclaim from critics and readers. Extracts were serialised in the Sunday
Times and it was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week.
Alex’s writing journey was kick started when she entered and
won the Beachmore Life Writing Competition with a piece that eventually became her book. She also received the prestigious Winston
Churchill fellowship which enabled her to study the treatment of prison
staff in other countries.
Despite the Prison Service doing its best to keep Alex, with
promotions and specialist training, the desperate under-resourcing of the
service meant she eventually felt unable to continue in post.
Behind these Doors, stories of strength, suffering and survival in prison, by Alex South is published by Hodder and Stoughton and is also available as an audio book. The recommendations and policy ideas discussed are, of course, Alex’s own thinking rather than POA policy.
For the latest union news, visit poauk.org.uk and you can also follow the
union on social media.