A prison sentence was never in Sophie Campbell’s life plan, but an altercation with a police officer sent her behind bars. Here, in her own words, she reveals some of the things she witnessed at HMP Bronzefield and how she restarted her life after her release. I walked down from my cell to the prison food servery unit and joined the single-file queue for lunch.
There were two guards on duty – not that it meant much, the guards were never there to watch our back. Reaching for my sandwich and crisps, my stomach lurched as I heard a fight break out behind me.
A woman was being wrestled to the ground by another prisoner. They were screaming and shouting, and punches were being thrown just metres away from me.
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