Review of Screw

Having spent 27 years in the prison service, I can recognise people on both sides and the problems both sides have to put up with. Anyone who has spent time inside would easily recognise the characters shown in this series, the humour and the routines and the normal setbacks of everyday prison life. The truth is prison is a dumping ground, there are many inside who cannot cope mentally and should be helped but instead are placed in an environment that they cannot deal with and are exploited by career criminals. We are a forgotten service and unless there is a riot or escape no one thinks about prisons and those involved. Governors are trying to run their prisons with too few staff and too many prisoners and financial restrictions placed on them.