The book says the collection is from a creative writing competition by prisoners in the UK which explores intense emotions and struggles. All the different authors have stories worth sharing and each use different styles of writing and prose to best express what they want. These stories, and the insight into the people who lived them, are intense and emotional, beautiful in the ways they paint pictures and reveal world of the authors, as well as celebrating the education they have gained from such a competition. To learn, understand, and appreciate, this is a perfect collection.