The Joy: Mountjoy Jail - The Shocking, True Story of Life Inside
- ISBN-10
- 1847177441
- ISBN-13
- 9781847177445
- Category
- Prisoners
- Pages
- 183
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015
- Author
- Paul Howard
Description
One man's story of life in The Joy -- compulsive, chilling and frank. A no-holds-barred account of a criminal's time in the notorious Dublin prison, as revealed to journalist Paul Howard. This extraordinary life story tells it all. The desperate lifestyle of a junkie; bullying and savage beatings among the prisoners; ingenious drug-smuggling ploys; the despairing cry for help of a failed suicide attempt. But alongside the pain there is humour -- from the hilarity of World Cup celebrations to the distraction of a beautiful aerobics teacher, from bingeing on altar wine to the shortest-ever "hunger strike". The first ever glimpse of Mountjoy Prison -- from the inside. Illustrated with black & white photographs. With a new introduction by the author.
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- 2016-04-15
- 76 pages
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- 2013-01-08
- 200 pages
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