Journey to Hell: Inside the World's Most Violent Prison System

By Donald MacNeil

Donald MacNeil was a sailing instructor in the north of England when he was hired to skipper a yacht across the Mediterranean while teaching owners to sail. When the trip reached Malta, the true nature of the trip was revealed: he had to sail to South America to collect one of the biggest shipments of cocaine ever bound to the UK. There followed a harrowing and bizarre journey, terminated when Donald was arrested for drug smuggling and sent to a Venezuela prison. There, he discovered just why Venezuela prisons are reputed to be the most violent in the world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1903854571
• ISBN13: 9781903854570
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Milo Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Book

I finished this book in two days and found it to be a honest and well written memoir of Macneils' hellish stay in Venezuelan prisons. He never tries to extract pity or sympathy from the reader and tells his story in a detached, straight forward manner with often humorous observations. Highly recommended.