A Turnkey or Not by Tony Levy

This is Tony Levy’s first book to be published.

A chance meeting on holiday in Majorca changed his life forever and launched him into a 25 year career in a job that he never considered previously: working in Her Majesty’s Prison Service.

This book catalogues his personal experiences of working as a prison officer, from the early days at high security HMP Pentonville to his final years in therapy-based HMP Grendon.

Filled with interesting observations and incidences, hilarious wind-ups and memorable characters, this autobiography is the story of a journey, from the happiest days in what will always be a potentially volatile environment to a complete state of disillusionment as an old dinosaur that no longer fitted into the modern prison service world.

He gives an honest account of his feelings, as someone who would never be a yes man and toe the party line, in the face of a constantly changing environment that had become increasingly controlled by political correctness gone mad and by budgetary needs rather than human needs.

He is a man who cared, and even though his heart was sucked out of his job, he never lost my dignity or respect.

Most importantly, he would never allow himself to be reduced to just a turnkey.

Available from Amazon in both traditional and Kindle formats.