Charles Bronson gets another chance to get out on parole

The famous British prisoner Charles Bronson (real name – Michael Gordon Peterson, later changed to Charles Arthur Salvador), who gained a reputation as the most cruel and unpredictable criminal in the modern history of the United Kingdom, came close to a possible release. The relevant state commission has officially approved a two-day hearing, which will consider in detail the issue of his parole.

The main feature of the upcoming trial will be that the 73-year-old inmate was allowed to present his defence in person and on his own. Up to this point, all of Bronson’s similar requests were considered by the expert council only in closed mode on the written materials of the case, without his direct participation.

Half a century in prison and 37 years in prison

The criminal biography of Bronson began in 1974, when he received his first seven-year sentence for armed robbery of a post office. However, due to regular gross violations of the regime, constant fights with guards and cellmates, the organization of prison riots and ten episodes of hostage-taking, his detention extended for almost 50 years. He was sentenced to life in 1999 after taking a prison drawing teacher prisoner.

In total, the criminal spent about 37 years in conditions of severe isolation - in a solitary cell with the right to leave it only for an hour walk a day. During this time, Bronson managed to become famous in pop culture: he actively wrote paintings, poems, published a book about training in a confined space, and his image was brilliantly embodied by actor Tom Hardy in the biopic of the same name “Bronson”.

Skepticism behind barbed wire

In recent years, the elderly prisoner has radically revised his life views, completely ceased to show unmotivated aggression and no longer poses a public threat. At the same time, Bronson, according to his lawyers, is extremely pragmatic and assesses his chances of being released with healthy skepticism.

If the Commission still responds categorically to the request for parole, lawyers intend to immediately demand from the leadership of the penitentiary system of Great Britain cardinal easing of conditions of his detention and transfer from the solitary unit to the common cell.

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