Cons

Don't even try to imagine what jail's like - you'll be wasting your time. You can get all the books and watch all the films, but nothing can prepare you for the way you feel the first time they slam that cell door shut. It's like somebody punched you in the gut and you're the loneliest you've ever been.' Drawn from the harrowing experiences of murderers, bank robbers, drug dealers and burglars, Cons reveals what life is really like inside some of the UK's toughest jails. Using the prisoners' own words, this is an unflinching look at the world behind the prison walls. Unfiltered, unapologetic and pulling no punches, their experiences take us into the armoured prison van and up to the front gates, through the admission process and up to the cells to face that first despairing night. With tales of riots, escapes, gangs, drug smuggling, subversion, enmities and friendships, Cons paints a shocking picture of what it's like to do time.