Behind these Doors: As heard on Radio 4 Book of the Week

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Half of prison officers in England and Wales do not feel safe at work, according to a recent large-scale survey. Alex South spent 10 years working as a prison officer, and she’s written a book, Behind These Doors, about her experiences. She speaks to Nuala about working in such a male-dominated environment and shares her stories. Jessie J shows off her incredible post-baby body in a tiny bikini as she shares photos from her family holiday with boyfriend Chanan Safir Colman and son Sky

Concern over surging inmate numbers last week moved the chief inspector of prisons, Charlie Taylor, to take the unusual step of posting an online article warning that the issue has “consequences for all of us”. Prince William breaks cover as he arrives at the Tusk Conservation Awards - amid Omid Scobie's claims he rejected opportunities to meet Prince Harry Now, all that is lost. But it has not been replaced by the liberal paradise which 1960s reformers presumably hoped for. A vivid, unsentimental insight into a world that needs to be seen . . . a powerful reminder of how far we are from rehabilitating our prisons.’ The ObserverPeople are going to the toilet in front of each other in these spaces, they’re also expected to eat there, they won’t get a shower every day so they wash in there too. It’s demeaning and dehumanising, and then we expect them to come out and have transformed their lives.

She recalls a violent London gang member who was a gifted writer. South would ask him to pen responses to letters in the Guardian – and would be amazed by his articulacy. Elizabeth Hurley, 58, shows off her jaw dropping figure in a skimpy red bikini as she relaxes in a swimming pool during Thailand getawayEDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Dunhill heir Piers Dunhill-Turner in bitter High Court battle with his old chum Charles Karsten Kim Kardashian flashes her busty cleavage and shows off her toned abs as she promotes SKIMS bi-annual sale Nowadays, there are around 80,000, in prisons swirling with drugs and weapons, where a pitifully small number of officers try to keep control, and increasingly fail. The alarming descriptions of sudden violent explosions in South's book are a warning of the future.