When PETER HITCHENS spent four days banged-up with ex-cons for a documentary he genuinely feared for his safety and came close to a 'furious, desperate meltdown'. And that was before word got round about his uncompromising views on crime and punishment | Daily Mail Online

PETER HITCHENS: In my free life, I have been insulted by experts and I went through a pretty spartan boarding school experience when I was small, so I am hard to wound or to surprise.