Using a play on words, 'menu inside ' The Menu Inside is written to bring to light the distasteful life inside prison establishments. The aim is not solely to inform, but hopefully to deter anyone contemplating any criminal activity. Experience is often described as the best teacher. Well, this book is bourne out of such an experience. There are many who go into a life of crime, willfully or even as a result of naivety, perhaps misplaced loyalties. What is rarely considered is the life and time behind bars, locked away, banged up. From the narratives within this book, following first hand discussions with inmates, hardened and prolific offenders have broken down when faced with the reality now facing them from the menu inside. The depravity and degradation faced daily, the fear of the unknown cell mate or unpredictable situation, which may kick off at any moment, the loneliness within the prison cells of being locked up for 23 hours a day, denial of many basic rights and privileges we often take for granted on the outside, not to mention the time loss away from families and loved ones, some who move into other lives, as well as the loss to fulfilling ones own hopes and dreams. The Menu Inside seeks to bring these to light, that crime in the long run really does not pay, even if you think you can do the time, when the sentence is given, you, your family and loved ones who are also doing time, albeit on the outside, cannot.
