It was 2015 when I first wrote “It’s All in The Fall”. This was my first ever attempt to
write a book based on my life, that contains factual events that occurred in the NSW
prison system during the 1970s/1980s.
I had occasion to re-read my first book a few months ago, causing me to decide to
give it a major re-write. I do not hide behind a facade of political correctness, and I
tell my story in a truthful and factual manner. I name names and places. Nothing is
glorified, nor is it embellished.
Parts of “It’s all in The Fall” will make you laugh, while others may bring tears to
your eyes. You will understand how the NSW Prison System operated in the 1970s,
and the changes that developed following the 1978 Royal Commission into the NSW
Prisons. Not all for the good, and most to the detriment of all concerned working
within the prisons.
It was about the early 1980s that the NSW Department of Corrective Services began
to be nick named “The Department of Corruptive Services” by those of us who
worked behind those daunting 30-foot brick walls that help keep the convicted,
violent criminals in, and the public safe from those imprisoned within them.
You will get to meet many of the prison officers that I worked with, some very good
men, while others that were corrupted by the devil himself. I name names and I
invite you to make your own mind up which is which. Prisoners too. Some were in
prison, “to do the time because they did the crime” and were of little trouble. While
others were born troublemakers and will most likely remain that way until they
become too old to do harm or die.
In the middle of the 1980s, corruption was so intrenched by one Superintendent,
Ronald (Rotton Ron) George Woodham, that it became precariously dangerous to be
working or to associate with him, or most especially to be targeted by him,
regardless of whether you were an officer or prisoner. I tell the shocking true story
of how this individual ruined my life and that of my entire family, as well as many
others on both sides of the fence. It is almost unbelievable that later he became The
Commissioner of Corrective Services.
I invite you to read It’s All in The Fall and I always welcome feedback. - CLICK HERE
This I believe.
Peter t. Egge
