{"product_id":"a-turnkey-or-not-tony-levy-9781393892236","title":"A Turnkey or Not?","description":"\u003cp\u003eMy book 'A Turnkey or Not?' was originally published in November 2011.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA chance meeting on holiday in Majorca changed my life forever and launched me into a 25-year career in a job that I never would've considered previously: working in Her Majesty's Prison Service. This book catalogues my personal experiences of working as a prison officer, from my early days at high-security HMP Pentonville to my 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. I give an honest account of my feelings, as someone who would never be a yes man and toe the party line faced with a constantly changing environment that had become increasingly controlled by political correctness gone mad and by budgetary needs rather than human needs. I am a man who cared, and even though my heart was sucked out of my job, I never lost my dignity or respect. Most importantly, I would never allow myself to be reduced to just a turnkey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am a 69-year-old Tottenham-born family man and former prison officer. After spending 25 years in the UK's prison service, and having become increasingly disillusioned with stifling modern prison service politics and practices, in 2008 I took my pension pot and ran, moving to Spain to spend my early retirement in the sun. My wife and I, however, have now moved back to the UK temporarily because of the current economic climate. This autobiography about my prison service life and was my first book to be published.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tony Levy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 139389223X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781393892236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tony Levy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/23\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Tony Levy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47425229848831,"sku":"9781393892236","price":14.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c314ed59-685b-4ccf-b3c5-2e96c835b25b.jpg?v=1761537885","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-turnkey-or-not-tony-levy-9781393892236","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}