Inside - One Man's Experience of Prison - Softcover

Hoskison, Mr John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1492299731 ISBN 13: 9781492299738

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

This is a true story of a journey to hell and back.

In 1994 John Hoskison was a highly respected and successful professional golfer. One evening he shattered his world when he broke a discipline he had maintained for twenty years and accepted a drink before driving home.  This single moment of weakness had tragic consequences. On the short journey he hit and killed a cyclist and was subsequently sentenced to three years in prison. 

Devastated by his actions Hoskison was thrown into an unimaginable world of regret and remorse. He knew he would never escape the pain he had caused and thought a prison sentence totally justified.  Only one thing saves Hoskison - the incredible attitude adopted by the widow. The story describes the forgiveness he receives which acts as a catalyst for his survival.

As a first time offender Hoskison was led to believe he would spend time in an 'open' prison, the sort he had read about in the papers. Instead he spends his time in some of the toughest prisons in Britain.

The story grips from the start when Hoskison swaps the safety of green fairways for the medieval squalor of HMP Wandsworth, where drug taking and violence are rife and prison officers can throw victims to the hard men.

This book is much more than a story of crime and punishment.  It is a true tale about how quickly our lives can be shattered by taking a risk - just once. 

Reviews
"This is a must read book. Not just an insight into how prison really is but a real life story that illustrates just how quickly your life can turn upside down. There but for the grace of God..."
John Francome, Bestselling Author and Champion Jockey.

"A journey to hell and back. Entertaining, and 100 times more scary than any drink/drive campaign."
FHM Magazine

"Ought to be compulsory reading for all Home Office ministers."
Allan Massie - Daily Telegraph

"This brave and important book should be read by all those who have anything to do with the treatment and condition of those committed to our prisons." 
Lord Ramsbotham - Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons

"A searingly honest account. John Hoskison tells it like it is, as opposed to what gets portrayed on TV or at the cinema."
Professor David Wilson - Professor of Criminology at Birmingham City University - former Prison Governor

OTHER TITLES by John Hoskison
Name and Number (Based on a True Prison Story)
A Golf Swing You Can Trust
The Short Game Silver Bullet
Lower Your Golf Score

• No Hiding in The Open - NEW BOOK (John's story from the European PGA Golf Tour - life before Inside)

About this title

Book Description:

In 1994 John Hoskison, a successful professional golfer, accepted a few drinks after a game and killed a cyclist when driving home. This work recounts his time inside one of Britain's toughest prisons following the incident: the squalor, violence, noise, stench, brutality, drugs and danger.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1492299731
• ISBN 13: 9781492299738
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 194