The Happy Prisoner

<p><strong><em>Justice isn't just about punishment so why do our prisons act like it is?</em></strong></p><p>When <strong>Umberto Schramm</strong> was sent to prison for a mistake he will regret for the rest of his life he expected punishment... but also rehabilitation. What he found instead was a system so broken that it often made prisoners more likely to reoffend not less.</p><p>Part diary part manifesto for change <em>The Happy Prisoner</em> is a searingly honest account of life behind bars - from the violence and deprivation to the unexpected moments of hope. Through his time inside Schramm came to a radical but vital conclusion: if we truly want safer streets prisons cannot just punish; they must rehabilitate. And as much as it goes against our instincts only a relatively happy prisoner is one who can change grow and learn from his mistakes. But in the UK an overcrowded underfunded and contradictory system is failing on every front.</p><p>With unflinching insight Schramm exposes the flaws at the heart of British justice and argues for a new way forward-one that would cost less work better and ultimately create fewer victims of crime. Challenging humane and deeply personal The Happy Prisoner forces us to ask: <em>what kind of justice system do we really want?</em></p>