Charles Bronson is locked in his jail cell for 23 hours a day and receives post from 500 regular letter writers, his parole hearing heard.
Bronson is one of the UK's longest-serving prisoners, having first been locked up in 1974 at Walton jail. The Parole Board review to decide whether he should remain behind bars began on Monday (March 6) morning, making him the second inmate in UK legal history to have his case heard in public.
The hearing heard that Bronson is allowed to leave his cell for one hour for exercise or other activities each day due to staff shortages. The panel of parole judges heard there are 500 people on a mailing list who write to Bronson in jail but he does not always reply.
