Book description
Convicted murderer Billy Ferris has endured more than three decades
behind bars in many of Britain's prisons. In The Hate Factory,
he candidly documents his experiences in jail with some of the UK's
most notorious criminals.
Jailed for life in 1977 for a crime of passion, Ferris experienced
betrayal and treachery on the inside. He unexpectedly formed
friendships that led to his being labelled a 'bombers' crony' and
found love while on the run after a dramatic escape. He vividly
describes the cruelty, savagery and degradation that go hand in hand
with prison life and details the nightmare that was Wormwood Scrubs,
the prison he christened 'the Hate Factory'. He relays what happened
when his cell was used as a courtroom for an IRA punishment trial and
how he hatched a plan to assassinate the son of a legendary underworld
godfather and plotted to murder an informer.
Over the 30 years during which Ferris has been imprisoned, his
fellow inmates have included some of the UK's 'most wanted' from
London underworld enforcer 'Mad' Frankie Fraser to Archie Hall, the
serial killer dubbed 'the Monster Butler'.
David Leslie has worked for the
News of the World
since 1970. He is also the author of the bestselling
Crimelord
, about Tam McGraw, as well as
The Happy Dust Gang
,
The Gangster's Wife
and
Mummy, Take Me Home
. He lives in Glasgow.
