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  • Time After Time

  • Repeat Offenders: The Inside Stories
  • By: Chris Atkins
  • Narrated by: Chris Atkins
  • Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (150 ratings)

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Summary

A funny, touching, challenging and campaigning book about our prisons crisis by the Sunday Times bestselling author of A Bit of a Stretch.

British prisoners have to endure the most inhumane and barbaric conditions imaginable, so why do so many of them keep going back? Former inmate and documentary maker Chris Atkins has spent the last six years tracking the fortunes of a dozen repeat offenders to understand why the state fails to keep them out of trouble.

Featuring funny, wild and poignant stories, Time After Time exploits Chris's unprecedented access to the criminal underworld to understand why the system actually makes reoffending all but inevitable for ex prisoners.

©2023 Chris Atkins (P)2023 Audible, Ltd
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Interesting read

Learnt a lot and was left with plenty to think about. Very useful perspective to hear

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Fantastic

I hope this isn’t chris’ last book. Gripping and a wealth of knowledge. Fantastic sequel to a bit of a stretch

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Excellent writing

but depressing facts about our self-sabotaging justice system (or society).

Well worth a listen, but so frustrating to hear.

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Easy listening

I liked the fact it wasn't complicated words. easy to follow. A real eye opener

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Fascinating and informative.

This book , without a doubt , has drastically changed some of my opinions regarding offenders and the system tasked with their rehabilitation. Which , as a law student , has been very humbling and unveiled biases that I need to work on.

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great research

Politicians need to listen as if they take the authors advice and convert into policies reoffenders will be reduced dramatically. This is a great book. Very insightful.

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A broken system… read all about it!

Well written and narrated. As expected, full of how much waste and failure of the system. Other countries do it better… but politicians have to be “tough on crime”… which, doesn’t solve reoffending.. so they’re causing more crime!
Read this… broken system in detail, written in a very engaging style. 😊
Only criticism is the “footnotes” which would be better incorporated into main narrative.

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Thought provoking

A powerful book with some heartbreaking real life stories. It has been well researched and excellently written. Highly recommended.

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interesting follow up

An interesting follow up that explores a range of subjects who are stuck in a cycle of re-offending. The personal aspect the author gives makes it all the more authentic and there is some intriguing stories of the lives of the subjects. If you enjoy books on this topic or liked Atkins' first book then this is an obvious choice. I look forward to seeing where his journalistic interests take him next.

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Thought provoking

An interesting book, which have already recommended to a sociology student to help get a grasp on what is happening in the wider world and not just a lecture theatre.
Unfortunately throughout our country people are lumped together and seen as a cost and not as individuals.
And the general public are conditioned to see the same. We have a lack of humanity and like to see ourselves as better and are unforgiving.
This book is a good place to start if you want to understand how the prison system affects inmates.
We like to think they are being rehabilitated, but it seems its far from the truth.
I've had 2 ex prison officers do work for me, both saying they left the service because of bullying by groups of other officers.
It all seems very toxic and in need of an overhaul.

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