The Prison Doctor Quotes

“People self-harm for many reasons, but mostly it’s to displace the pain they feel in their minds.”
― Amanda Brown, The Prison Doctor

“I used to judge people. Now I don’t. You never know what someone else is living through.”
― Amanda Brown, The Prison Doctor: Women Inside: Stories from my time inside Britain’s biggest women’s prison.

“A short prison sentence may as well be a life sentence”
― Amanda Brown, The Prison Doctor: Women Inside: Stories from my time inside Britain’s biggest women’s prison.

“The longer people wait to get help, the worse it gets. But they can start all over again.”
― Amanda Brown, The Prison Doctor: Women Inside: Stories from my time inside Britain’s biggest women’s prison.

“I told the nurse I’d stuck my asthma pump up my arse, but I haven’t. I made it up ’cos I was bored.”
― Amanda Brown, The Prison Doctor: Women Inside: Stories from my time inside Britain’s biggest women’s prison.

“Yes, that’s why I’m here. I tried to cut his penis off with a barbed wire,’ she told me matter-of-factly, with a wry expression, the corners of her mouth turned up slightly. ‘I didn’t manage to finish the job. Sadly.”
― Amanda Brown, The Prison Doctor: Women Inside: Stories from my time inside Britain’s biggest women’s prison.

“In my year, twenty-five per cent of us were female; this was twenty-five per cent too many for the Prof. He was one of life’s bullies.”
― Amanda Brown, The Prison Doctor: Women Inside: Stories from my time inside Britain’s biggest women’s prison.

“When you are backed into a corner and someone champions and believes in you, it can change your life.”
― Amanda Brown, The Prison Doctor: Women Inside: Stories from my time inside Britain’s biggest women’s prison.

“core”
― Amanda Brown, The Prison Doctor