Hodder & Stoughton has won an eight-way auction for Behind These Doors: Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival in Prison by former prison officer Alex South. Strictly's Katya Jones leaves rehearsals with dance partnerNigel Harman as she's seen for the first time since splitting from William Abbotts South’s work in corrections has taken an emotional toll, leading to nightmares and moral dilemmas about the nature of her work.

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South is concerned with what happens when we are denied that kind of relating and connection, both within prison, but also in the structures and systems that lead to many of these men ending up where they are. What kept her going? ‘There are lots of really resilient POs and I wanted to be one of them,’ she says. Kaley Cuoco dishes out a treat as she dresses daughter Matilda in FIVE adorable outfits for her first Halloween

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They got out for one hour,’ South says. ‘One hour to settle scores, to make phone calls with only eight phones on a wing, to have a shower when there weren’t many showers. There was no time for conversation, to form friendships. Anything could be a flashpoint for a fight.’ Megan Thee Gremlin! Stallion rapper looks sexy in glittered bralette as she goes green as Greta from highly-popular 1990s horror-comedy for Halloween Little Mix's Perrie Edwards and son Axel look unrecognisable after incredible Ratatouille transformation for HalloweenLorraine Kelly shares her devastation as young ITV team member battles terminal cancer two months after welcoming a baby boy: 'We are all deeply saddened' But these incidents were usually stamped out by the other prisoners. ‘There were older men who had daughters themselves. They did not allow it.’ Inside Matthew Perry's relationship with Briana Brancato: Hisassistant and best friend pays tribute to the Friends star As she spends more time with these inmates, she discovers that they confide in her, sharing their vulnerabilities and struggles. Telling their stories, as well as her own, Alex shows that being understanding of each other and approaching difficult subjects can be freeing. Viewers say graphic violence on post-watershed TV is now the 'norm'... but portrayal of sex has become fairer to women