The Blantyre House prison affair : lessons from a modern-day witch hunt /
Murtagh, Tom, OBE.
The Blantyre House prison affair : lessons from a modern-day witch hunt / Tom Murtagh ; foreword, Martin Narey. - Sherfield-on-Loddon, UK : Portland, Or. : Waterside Press ; North American distributors, International Specialised Book Services, ©2007. - 1 online resource (216 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (page 205) and index.
Cover -- Acknowledgements -- Some Key Abbreviations and Terminology -- CONTENTS -- About the author -- Foreword Martin Narey -- Preface -- 1 Sad Reflections -- 2 Career Choices -- 3 Fresh Start -- 4 The ATM Scant -- 5 The 'Charity Work' Debacle -- 6 The Chaucer Unit -- 7 Downhill Spiral -- 8 Operation Swynford -- 9 Aftermath -- 10 The Home Affairs Select Committee Investigation -- 11 A Modern-day Witch Hunt? -- Some of the items found during the search -- References -- Index -- Back cover
Tom Murtagh OBE was a governor at The Maze Prison and Armagh Prison, Northern Ireland before becoming Area Manager - one of the highest ranks in HM Prison Service - for Kent, Surrey and Sussex. Building on a fine record and long experience he set out to raise standards in all the prisons under his charge, only to be demonised by a Parliamentary Home Affairs Committee in 'The Blantyre House Prison Affair'. In this autobiographical account he tells his side of the story: the background, key facts, matters of intelligence that were confidential at the time, and about how the events led to his vilification as his strategically-informed messages and voice were ignored.
English.
9781906534035 (electronic bk.) 1906534039 (electronic bk.) 1281124354 9781281124357 9786611124359 6611124357
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013673281 Uk
Murtagh, Tom, OBE.
Murtagh, Tom, OBE.
HM Prison Blantyre House.
HM Prison Blantyre House.
Prisons--Officials and employees--Biography.
Prisons--England--Kent.
Prison administration--England--Kent.
Prisons--Personnel--Biographies.
Prisons--Angleterre--Kent.
Prisons--Administration--Angleterre--Kent.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Social Scientists & Psychologists.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Penology.
Prison administration.
Prisons.
Prisons--Officials and employees.
England--Kent.
Electronic books.
collective biographies.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
HV9645.M87 / A3 2007eb
365.94223092
The Blantyre House prison affair : lessons from a modern-day witch hunt / Tom Murtagh ; foreword, Martin Narey. - Sherfield-on-Loddon, UK : Portland, Or. : Waterside Press ; North American distributors, International Specialised Book Services, ©2007. - 1 online resource (216 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (page 205) and index.
Cover -- Acknowledgements -- Some Key Abbreviations and Terminology -- CONTENTS -- About the author -- Foreword Martin Narey -- Preface -- 1 Sad Reflections -- 2 Career Choices -- 3 Fresh Start -- 4 The ATM Scant -- 5 The 'Charity Work' Debacle -- 6 The Chaucer Unit -- 7 Downhill Spiral -- 8 Operation Swynford -- 9 Aftermath -- 10 The Home Affairs Select Committee Investigation -- 11 A Modern-day Witch Hunt? -- Some of the items found during the search -- References -- Index -- Back cover
Tom Murtagh OBE was a governor at The Maze Prison and Armagh Prison, Northern Ireland before becoming Area Manager - one of the highest ranks in HM Prison Service - for Kent, Surrey and Sussex. Building on a fine record and long experience he set out to raise standards in all the prisons under his charge, only to be demonised by a Parliamentary Home Affairs Committee in 'The Blantyre House Prison Affair'. In this autobiographical account he tells his side of the story: the background, key facts, matters of intelligence that were confidential at the time, and about how the events led to his vilification as his strategically-informed messages and voice were ignored.
English.
9781906534035 (electronic bk.) 1906534039 (electronic bk.) 1281124354 9781281124357 9786611124359 6611124357
GBA712899 bnb
013673281 Uk
Murtagh, Tom, OBE.
Murtagh, Tom, OBE.
HM Prison Blantyre House.
HM Prison Blantyre House.
Prisons--Officials and employees--Biography.
Prisons--England--Kent.
Prison administration--England--Kent.
Prisons--Personnel--Biographies.
Prisons--Angleterre--Kent.
Prisons--Administration--Angleterre--Kent.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Social Scientists & Psychologists.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Penology.
Prison administration.
Prisons.
Prisons--Officials and employees.
England--Kent.
Electronic books.
collective biographies.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
HV9645.M87 / A3 2007eb
365.94223092