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Time After Time
- Repeat Offenders: The Inside Stories
- Narrated by: Chris Atkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
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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.
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- Oliver James
- 20-10-23
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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- Rachael
- 11-04-24
Thought provoking
A really well read and written book. Lots to think about and some quite shocking statistics. Well worth a listen
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- Sarah P
- 25-02-24
Interesting read
Learnt a lot and was left with plenty to think about. Very useful perspective to hear
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- Taylor Family Account
- 23-02-24
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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- Daniel Wright
- 19-09-23
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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- Anonymous User
- 03-03-24
Easy listening
I liked the fact it wasn't complicated words. easy to follow. A real eye opener
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- Caity
- 11-09-23
Fantastic sequel and stand alone
I loved ‘a bit of a stretch’ and couldn’t wait for this. It’s every bit as engaging, enraging and well written.
The author uses real stories to put a human face on each issue and then backs up it up with excellent journalism to give you the general picture as well. The combination leaves you feeling well informed and really caring, having heard how a real (and usually a dad with small children) has been royally screwed.
I hope whoever are the justice and homes secretaries currently (who can keep track of cabinet any more?) reads this and enacts the recommendations as their swan song.
If you loved a bit of a stretch then 100% get this. If you haven’t yet, get that too, you won’t regret it.
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- Amazon Customer
- 18-10-23
Highly recommended
Well informed, written and read. A sad reality and I call to action for the changes needed.
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- GC
- 17-01-24
Great Content and Narration
I recently listened to Chris Atkins previous Title ‘A Bit Of A Stretch’ which I much enjoyed as it was unlike other Prison journals that I have read being a ‘there but for the Grace of God experience’ but it also benefitted from great narration in the first person. This follow up raises some thought provoking issues that without the personal experience of incarceration by HMP could not effectively deliver the first hand exposure necessary to provide a balanced opinion.
Listen to A Bit of a Stretch first and then follow up with this book. It will certainly make you think.
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- Mini
- 14-09-23
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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