A thoroughly interesting book showing a range of life experiences, mental health difficulties and really exploring how we view people who need our help and support but have been convicted of violent crimes. I found the writing to feel human but factual, none of the crimes or people felt like they had been sensationalised in order to make their story more 'interesting' or more comfortable to read. 

This book has allowed me to think about my own internal bias and how this may influence how I originally viewed people whose crimes or life experience did not align with my morals, values or lived experience. By bringing awareness to this it allows us to view people as people. Every person is deserving of help, respect and redemption and we really need to ensure that this is allowed to happen by supporting those individuals and organisations who do this kind of work. 

Not always an easy read but a necessary one.