Many of you will have a
preconceived notion that Charles
Bronson is some sort of an
inhuman, murdering, baby-eating monster. It's
hardly surprising considering
the stories that they print
about him in the national press:
"Britain's Most Dangerous
Prisoner!" and "The Most Violent
Inmate in the Country!" they
scream.Well, I have known
Charlie for almost ten years now.
I have spent a good deal of time
in his company and many hundreds
of hours speaking to him on the
telephone
and I can tell you that I know
the truth about the man.
To date he has spent over 35
years in English prisons, 31 of
those years have been spent in
solitary confinement. That means
23 hours a day locked in a cell
on his own with only cockroaches
for company and let out for one
hour a day (if he's lucky) to
exercise in a small yard.
Charlie has never killed
anyone and has never laid a
finger on a woman or a child,
but he earned his reputation for
violence in his earlier years in
prison. It was a reputation that
was to bury him in the
segregation "Blocks"
of England's prisons.
The prison system has
systematically played with
Charlie's life, pushing the
buttons it knows will make him
react. They moved him from
prison to prison frequently to
destabilise him. Why? Well, a long time
ago they decided to make an
example of Mr. Bronson. I have
spoken with Police Officers who
have worked in the prison
system and former Prison
Officers. They have told me that
it will resist any and all
pressures to rehabilitate or
release him. How? By pressing
his buttons and getting him to
perform, thus justifying his
retention in jail!
But for ten years now Charlie
has resisted their attempts to
bait him. That is until they
redoubled their efforts in the
wake of the film Bronson.
They really didn't like the way
they (or Charlie) were
portrayed. Since then he has
been moved twice without any
reason from the relative calm of
HMP Wakefield; he has been
banned from sending his art out
to his friends; his letters have
been delayed and stopped; anyone
with anything to do with the
film has been banned from
visiting or even talking to him
on the phone; security vetting
to visit him is now taking
months. Months designed to
upset and frustrate him.
If you want to understand how
Charlie came to this situation
then I suggest you read his
books rather than the daily
rags. In the book "Bronson"
Charlie makes no bones about his
behaviour in the past. He freely
admits that there were
years of insanity and violence.
But he has since been declared
sane (how many of us can say
that?)
These days Charlie is an
artist, a writer and a poet. His
work has won prizes. Over the
years he has raised many
thousands of pounds for
children's charities and other
good causes.
This website is not a fan
site but a place of information.
What is stated here is all
factual. Please take the time to
read through the pages and get
to know and understand the
real Charles Bronson and
sign the petition when you come
to the conclusion
that it's the right thing to do.
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