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.