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Inside Wakefield Prison

Life Behind Bars in the Monster Mansion

Jonathan Levi and Emma French author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Blake Publishing Ltd

Published:20th Jun '24

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Following on from the bestselling, Inside Broadmoor, now go behind bars the UK's most notorious prison, HMP Wakefield

This prison has seen some of the most infamous prisoners of all time pass through its cells - from Levi Bellfield to Harold Shipman, Ian Huntley and Charles Bronson.

Jonathan Levi and Emma French are the perfect authors to give chilling insight into all the terrible men who have served time there.

*THE INSIDE STORY OF BRITAIN'S TOUGHEST PRISON*

HMP Wakefield. 'Monster Mansion'. Hell to be inside. Almost impossible to escape.
This prison has seen some of the most infamous prisoners of all time pass through its cells - from Levi Bellfield to Harold Shipman, Ian Huntley and Charles Bronson.

Jonathan Levi and Emma French are the perfect authors to give chilling insight into all the terrible men who have served time there. After detailing the shocking truth of life in Britain's most high-profile psychiatric hospital in their bestselling book Inside Broadmoor, now they will take readers behind bars in this the UK's most notorious prison.

Inside WakefieldPrison will trace its long and intriguing history, from when it was first built in 1594 all the way up to the present day. Today, just over 750 of the country's most dangerous offenders are kept there, including 'Hannibal the Cannibal' Robert Maudsley, notorious killer Jeremy Bamber and former Lostprophets singer IanWatkins.

Featuring all the sinister and truly horrifying stories that have emerged from the prison, as well as new unheard tales, this book will fascinate and shock readers on every page. Told with the help of interviews with staff, experts - and even in the words of the prisoners themselves - this is a no-holds-barred journey into the dark.

ISBN: 9781789467536

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 20mm

Weight: 234g

336 pages