I recently came across a homeless woman in her forties who was awaiting plastic surgery following a violent rape, during which a piece of her face had been bitten off, as well as her little finger. She was in prison for shoplifting, which is very common among homeless substance users who resort to petty crime to feed their drug habit. It starts slow, has no real interest, all of the women have the same story of abuse, and it builds to an ending that attempts to teach a moral but comes across rather cliche (especially with the Christmas carols and biblical references!)

This book depicts the patients lives that Dr. Amanda Brown had to encounter inside the walls of Bronzefield, the UK’s biggest women’s prison.Dr Amanda Brown, thank you so much for sharing some of yours and your patient's stories. The world is a better place because of people like you.

Over the seven years Brown spent at Scrubs, she felt increasingly at ease and involved with the prisoners’ lives. When a young man who spoke no English arrived in a wheelchair because he’d jumped from a window fleeing police and his shattered legs had both been amputated, she cried. “I cry a lot and it’s embarrassing, but the day I lose my compassion is the day I stop working”. When a violent prisoner from the segregation ward presented her with an intricate miniature racing car he’d carved from a bar of soap – in thanks for “being kind and not judging” – she floated home on a high. A woman told me that prison was the only place she’d felt safe But this has also been an exciting challenge and through the years, I’ve witnessed a fascinating mix of humanity. Some of the inmates we got to see and the interactions and issues were in fact very interesting and I felt a lot of empathy for them. Seeing that some people only went into prison so they'd have somewhere safe and warm to sleep and then the also effects of drugs and seeing the uprise of spice.Mane tiesiog sužavėjo ne gydytojos medicininės žinios, o žmogiškumas. Pasakodama visas istorijas ji niekad nesmerkė, gerbė kalinius kaip asmenybes, nepaisant kokius nusikaltimus jie padarė. Man pačiai tai labai artimos vertybės - gydyti ne tik kūną, bet ir atsižvelgti į paciento jausmus.

I absolutely loved the prison doctor and although I didn't love this one as much as her first book, I did really enjoy it still I’m a big fan of doctor memoirs. Which is funny because I’m a sook who hates needles and the sight of blood 🥴 I enjoyed Dr Brown's first book and even though I feel this one was shorter I liked it just as much. Success is measured in small doses, first at the young offenders institution where she embarks on this new phase of her life, to working in Wormwood Scrubs and finally, HMP Bronzefield, the women’s prison which replaced the better known, Holloway.In this eye-opening, inspirational memoir, Amanda reveals the stories, the patients and the cases that have shaped a career helping those most of us would rather forget. Knygos, susijusios su medicina yra mano silpnybė. Nes tai mano gyvenimas, kasdienybė. Taigi ši knyga buvo tikras desertas ir atgaiva.

This book discusses her experiences working in a foreign nationals prison, where the prisoners are soon to be deported.Inside stories are a popular genre. The Secret Barrister and Adam Kay’s This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor are only two of many, and here is another that is unlikely to be dismissed. The stories and case studies discussed in this book are so fascinating. It really does open your eyes to the struggles and abuse women go through which often leads them to prison. One of the main feelings I got while reading this was the large amount of compassion Dr Amanda Brown has for her patients, and the sometimes truly awful situations that have led to them being in prison. We follow Brown as she leaves her job as a community GP to working in a young offender’s institute, then a men’s prison and finally a women’s prison. Every job is varied, fast paced and harrowing, but it’s her time within the women’s prison that stands out the most. These women she treats are often so institutionalised that they feel safer within the prison walls, constantly reoffending to remain inside because it’s better than a life spent on the streets, wrapped up in prostitution or domestic abuse. There’s one particular woman who’s so ashamed of an ulcer on her leg because of the smell that she wraps it in sanitary towels rather than go to the doctor for help. She’s become so use to thinking that she’s worthless that she doesn’t see herself as worthy of help. That made me so sad to think that really, a lot of these women just need someone to talk to. And that’s what Dr Brown does. She listens, never judges, as her eyes are opened to this new world. She also had described many relevant topics like Narcississtic controlling relationships, bullying, kleptomania, crime and family life, future of children of prison inmates, mental trauma that prison inmates have to face, and many other important topics pertaining to the life of other prisoners. I also didn't realize how terrifying some of the book would be. I was so scared for the doctor because it seems like such a dangerous job at times.