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Titles in This Set
The Prison Doctor
The Prison Doctor: Women Inside
The Prison Doctor: The Final Sentence
Details
Condition: New
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780008735890
Publisher: HQ (HarperCollins Publishers)
Overview
Step behind the wire with Dr Amanda Brown, the GP whose frontline experience in some of Britain's toughest prisons has made her a Sunday Times bestselling author. This three-book paperback collection brings together her complete memoir trilogy, offering an unflinching, compassionate look at addiction, violence, self-harm and hope inside the UK prison system. Ideal for true crime readers, healthcare professionals and anyone fascinated by real-life stories from behind bars, this set is a powerful addition to any non-fiction shelf.
About the Books
In The Prison Doctor, Amanda Brown recounts her journey from a conventional NHS surgery into the challenging world of prison medicine, treating inmates at young offenders' institutions, HMP Wormwood Scrubs and HMP Bronzefield, Europe's largest women's prison. Readers encounter miraculous pregnancies, dirty protests, violent attacks and acts of desperate self-harm, all recorded with clinical honesty and deep empathy.
The Prison Doctor: Women Inside turns the focus to the women of Bronzefield — addicts, survivors of domestic abuse and elderly lifers who prefer incarceration to the uncertainty of freedom. These accounts are by turns heartbreaking, harrowing and unexpectedly heart-warming, revealing the complex social and medical needs facing women in custody.
The Prison Doctor: The Final Sentence completes the trilogy, exploring the plight of foreign national prisoners caught between deportation, danger and, in some cases, death. Dr Brown's clinical notes and personal encounters expose how medical care, legal limbo and human rights intersect within the justice system.
Together these three volumes offer a rare, credible window into a world most readers never see, told by someone who lived it every day.
Key Benefits
About the Author
Dr Amanda Brown spent many years as a conventional NHS GP before choosing to specialise in prison medicine, wanting to care for patients who often fall through the cracks of mainstream healthcare. Her work has taken her through young offenders' institutions, HMP Wormwood Scrubs and HMP Bronzefield. Her memoirs have become Sunday Times bestsellers, praised for their honesty, compassion and unique insight into life — and healthcare — behind bars.
Why You'll Love This Collection
Raw, real and deeply human, this trilogy gives an authentic voice to people too often overlooked. If you love true stories that inform as much as they move you, this set belongs on your shelf.
Please Note: Cover shown is the UK edition; ISBN reflects the UK paperback set as listed.
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