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Purgatory: A Prison Diary Volume 2 (original 2003; edition 2005)

by Jeffrey Archer

Series: Prison Diaries (2)

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Purgatory: A Prison Diary, Volume 2, is Jeffrey Archer's frank, shocking, sometimes humorous, sometimes horrifying account of his incarceration.
On August 9, 2001, 22 days after Archerâ??now known as Prisoner FF8282â??was sentenced to four years in prison for perjury, he was transferred from a maximum security prison in London to HMP Wayland, a medium security prison in Norfolk. For the next 67 days, as he waited to be reclassified for an "open," minimum security prison, he encountered not only the daily degradations of a dangerously overstretched prison system but also the spirit and courage of his fellow inmates… (more)

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Title:Purgatory: A Prison Diary Volume 2
Authors:Jeffrey Archer
Info:St. Martin's Griffin (2005), Edition: Reprint, Paperback, 320 pages
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A Prison Diary - Volume 2: Purgatory by Jeffrey Archer (2003)

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Outstanding reporting of British prison system, on par with George Orwell’s investigation into pauperism for insight, clarity and writing. ( )
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Biography & Autobiography. Nonfiction. HTML:

Purgatory: A Prison Diary, Volume 2, is Jeffrey Archer's frank, shocking, sometimes humorous, sometimes horrifying account of his incarceration.
On August 9, 2001, 22 days after Archerâ??now known as Prisoner FF8282â??was sentenced to four years in prison for perjury, he was transferred from a maximum security prison in London to HMP Wayland, a medium security prison in Norfolk. For the next 67 days, as he waited to be reclassified for an "open," minimum security prison, he encountered not only the daily degradations of a dangerously overstretched prison system but also the spirit and courage of his fellow inmates

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