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Title: A Turnkey or Not?

Written by: Tony Levy

Type: Novel

Genre: Biography

Logline: This is a unique look inside the workings of the UK Prison Service, an autobiography of my 25 year career.

A chance meeting on holiday in Majorca changed Tony Levy’s life forever and launched him into a 25-year career in a job that he never would’ve considered previously: working in Her Majesty’s Prison Service. This book catalogues Tony’s personal experiences of working as a prison officer, from his early days at high-security HMP Pentonville to his final years in therapy-based HMP Grendon. Filled with interesting observations and incidences, hilarious wind-ups and memorable characters, this autobiography is the story of a journey, from the happiest days in what will always be a potentially volatile environment to a complete state of disillusionment as an ‘old dinosaur’ that no longer fitted into the modern prison service world. Tony…