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Prison Days: Screw'd Up
Stabbings. Rapes. Murders. This is Maximum-Security.
Simon King spent years inside one of the country’s worst maximum-security facilities, guarding those considered society’s worst offenders. With the popular Prison Days series, Simon shared the day-to-day events of a job many consider too risky to try themselves. It tells of a nightmare world behind the walls, of incidents considered too extreme by the general public. Discover murders, rapes, stabbings, assaults, as well as the human toll such actions took on the staff.
But throughout that series, Simon remained neutral, telling the stories with an unbiased voice, to give readers the opportunity to experience the events as close to the real thing as possible, so they could make their own mind up. This time, there’s no holding back, with the harsh reality of prison life told from one man’s perspective. It’s not just another prison story.
Prison Screw’d Up is a confronting retelling of a career where murder, assaults, and suicides are considered just another part of the workday.
Get ready to experience prison like never before, as you go behind the walls of maximum-security and discover one of the darkest places on Earth.
Simon King spent years inside one of the country’s worst maximum-security facilities, guarding those considered society’s worst offenders. With the popular Prison Days series, Simon shared the day-to-day events of a job many consider too risky to try themselves. It tells of a nightmare world behind the walls, of incidents considered too extreme by the general public. Discover murders, rapes, stabbings, assaults, as well as the human toll such actions took on the staff.
But throughout that series, Simon remained neutral, telling the stories with an unbiased voice, to give readers the opportunity to experience the events as close to the real thing as possible, so they could make their own mind up. This time, there’s no holding back, with the harsh reality of prison life told from one man’s perspective. It’s not just another prison story.
Prison Screw’d Up is a confronting retelling of a career where murder, assaults, and suicides are considered just another part of the workday.
Get ready to experience prison like never before, as you go behind the walls of maximum-security and discover one of the darkest places on Earth.
166 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 20, 2021
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About the author
Simon King
62 books45 followersSimon King is the author of more than 40 books, spanning 5 series, and writes with a voracious appetite that includes both hard-hitting thrillers and confronting true crime.
His personal experiences inside a maximum-security prison have given rise to his popular Prison Days books, which ultimately led to the raw and nail-biting world of MAX, his ongoing prison-based crime thriller series.
With his latest saga, the Sam Rader Thrillers, Simon once again weaves intricate worlds that ultimately shock and consume readers within their pages, leading them through to nail-biting climaxes that leave most craving more.
Start your journey today and find out why Simon King is rapidly growing in popularity amongst thriller circles the world over.
His personal experiences inside a maximum-security prison have given rise to his popular Prison Days books, which ultimately led to the raw and nail-biting world of MAX, his ongoing prison-based crime thriller series.
With his latest saga, the Sam Rader Thrillers, Simon once again weaves intricate worlds that ultimately shock and consume readers within their pages, leading them through to nail-biting climaxes that leave most craving more.
Start your journey today and find out why Simon King is rapidly growing in popularity amongst thriller circles the world over.
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July 22, 2022
Manifesto
That was quite a tour. For sure prison work is interesting and totally unpredictable. I feel positive it's not for me! But I enjoyed reading about Simon's run. It's been some great reading. Prepare for some cringe worthy gore, because that's what happens in prison.
That was quite a tour. For sure prison work is interesting and totally unpredictable. I feel positive it's not for me! But I enjoyed reading about Simon's run. It's been some great reading. Prepare for some cringe worthy gore, because that's what happens in prison.
December 11, 2021
So this is the end of what has been an excellent series. Simon is very open and honest about his experiences and it is incredibly interesting to read a prison guards perspective and that although there are quite a number of lows and it is obviously a very difficult environment there were some highs and he kept a sense of humour. I have really enjoyed the whole series and would recommend to anyone who is interested in what happens behind bars in an Australian prison, I would however recommend reading the other Prison Days in the series before reading this particular book as he does reference some events that he has wrote about in his previous books.
February 25, 2023
Contempt disguised as nonjudgement.
I don't know how to review this book. Over the course of reading this series my perceptions have altered. I do wonder why anyone would feel an obsessive need to work in a prison and consider it their destiny. Only to end up loathing it. Funny, at the beginning of this book King relates a story about how a person is never judged for the 99 things he does right but the one thing he does wrong. He thinks its about him. Oh he does judge these men but he isn't above exploiting them to use as fodder for his stories. He s paid while he writes at midnight. Maybe that's the biggest crime in this book. Without prison he'd have nothing to write about. All stories draw upon life. At what point does it become exploitation? Of course, and King taunts his readers with it, you don't want to read a out the boring nights. Hello penny dreadful. Well, as someone who's lived in low rent trailer parks perhaps not all that different in their own way, where normal isn't like I believed before, it isn't boring ,but it is stressful but you get so used to the drama you need it. A quality a need of sociopaths. And it helps if you can't feel empathy. And I shouldn't say this but ... well I have ancestors who ended up as ashes due to guards only following the rules. And its made for a lot of books. What I don't see at all is an attempt whatsoever to consider these men as human beings, consider who and why they are or what made them that way. What I'm reading is contempt disguised as nonjudgement.
I don't know how to review this book. Over the course of reading this series my perceptions have altered. I do wonder why anyone would feel an obsessive need to work in a prison and consider it their destiny. Only to end up loathing it. Funny, at the beginning of this book King relates a story about how a person is never judged for the 99 things he does right but the one thing he does wrong. He thinks its about him. Oh he does judge these men but he isn't above exploiting them to use as fodder for his stories. He s paid while he writes at midnight. Maybe that's the biggest crime in this book. Without prison he'd have nothing to write about. All stories draw upon life. At what point does it become exploitation? Of course, and King taunts his readers with it, you don't want to read a out the boring nights. Hello penny dreadful. Well, as someone who's lived in low rent trailer parks perhaps not all that different in their own way, where normal isn't like I believed before, it isn't boring ,but it is stressful but you get so used to the drama you need it. A quality a need of sociopaths. And it helps if you can't feel empathy. And I shouldn't say this but ... well I have ancestors who ended up as ashes due to guards only following the rules. And its made for a lot of books. What I don't see at all is an attempt whatsoever to consider these men as human beings, consider who and why they are or what made them that way. What I'm reading is contempt disguised as nonjudgement.
September 26, 2023
They screw’d him royally
What a great finish to the Prison Days books. It was great to hear Simons personally views on the prison after his unbiased Prison Days 1-12
It really must take a toll working in such a toxic environment and this comes across in this book
The prisons profits appear to come before officer and prisoner safety and at times with dire consequences
What a great finish to the Prison Days books. It was great to hear Simons personally views on the prison after his unbiased Prison Days 1-12
It really must take a toll working in such a toxic environment and this comes across in this book
The prisons profits appear to come before officer and prisoner safety and at times with dire consequences
December 4, 2021
A great ending to a great series
Simon is so honest and compassionate in his writing. I have enjoyed all of the Prison Days books and have started on the fiction books. Do yourself a huge favor and start reading them!
Simon is so honest and compassionate in his writing. I have enjoyed all of the Prison Days books and have started on the fiction books. Do yourself a huge favor and start reading them!
March 2, 2022
perfect ending to the series
This is the perfect ending to the prison days series. Witty, honest and truthful as ever. You’ll laugh, cry, cringe, and that’s what makes it brilliant! Off to check out MAX now
This is the perfect ending to the prison days series. Witty, honest and truthful as ever. You’ll laugh, cry, cringe, and that’s what makes it brilliant! Off to check out MAX now
May 29, 2022
Good humour
I've now read all the prison books, have to say they wouldn't normally be my choice of reading however read the first out of curiosity! Now I've read them all within a week, so that's sums it up for me! I've LOL, heaved,& been shocked.
Would advise anyone to pick up.
I've now read all the prison books, have to say they wouldn't normally be my choice of reading however read the first out of curiosity! Now I've read them all within a week, so that's sums it up for me! I've LOL, heaved,& been shocked.
Would advise anyone to pick up.
May 26, 2023
Es curiosa la forma en que decide dedicarse a ser guarda de una cárcel, que no parece un trabajo muy agradable.
Posteriormente lo deja bastante rápidamente al empezar a escribir sobre las prisiones.
Posteriormente lo deja bastante rápidamente al empezar a escribir sobre las prisiones.
May 18, 2022
BORING POOH.I
Boring times 20, minimum words required, x 20, boring boring more boring, boring again, more bored, extremely boring and bored again
Boring times 20, minimum words required, x 20, boring boring more boring, boring again, more bored, extremely boring and bored again
February 8, 2023
good
Nothing not to like as all the books by Simon are great. Only comment on this one is the poor proof reading which I haven’t found in the rest.
Nothing not to like as all the books by Simon are great. Only comment on this one is the poor proof reading which I haven’t found in the rest.
October 6, 2023
Great final for the whole series
Author has a concise but humorous way of writing, easy to understand and enough to keep me interested until the end.
Author has a concise but humorous way of writing, easy to understand and enough to keep me interested until the end.
December 12, 2021
best description ever of rules of attraction
some might find that their idealism is ripped from them in reading this book, but it demonstrates so exactly the types of people who are attracted to working within the prison system, in my view pretty much worldwide. there are good people out there who do the job for the right reasons, but there are a lot of jaded, cynical, obnoxious assholes who make it hard for the good officers. it made for a sad read for me, to witness the continuing power that the bad, lazy, useless and corrupt, wield over the good. to you simon, thank you, for your service.
some might find that their idealism is ripped from them in reading this book, but it demonstrates so exactly the types of people who are attracted to working within the prison system, in my view pretty much worldwide. there are good people out there who do the job for the right reasons, but there are a lot of jaded, cynical, obnoxious assholes who make it hard for the good officers. it made for a sad read for me, to witness the continuing power that the bad, lazy, useless and corrupt, wield over the good. to you simon, thank you, for your service.
January 30, 2024
What a fantastic and intriguing read. I need something different than my normal MC reads. I'm so glad I found Simon King and this series.
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