Maximum Insecurity: A Doctor in the Supermax

It's one of the most entertaining audible books-ever!
Funny, true to life, narration and dialogue at its best especially the inmates.
You are noble, Dr. Wright !

I worked in the medical of a jail--best job I ever had! I can relate to literally everything Dr. Wright talks about. I laughed and laughed remembering. Those of us who worked in medical used to say, "You can't pay for this kind of entertainment". It may not be so amusing to those who have never been there, but I can tell you from experience, he is spot on about the illegible spelling, the illiteracy, the lunacy, and the manipulation, and everything in between, and I am only into chapter 11. I highly recommend this entertaining and realistic book.

toward the top

the honesty of the doctor, about really goes on in the Maximum jail

the dry sense of humor

laugh

the author did a great job telling about his change in careers without bragging - he tells what it like to work for a government agency, without being unduly critical

What a great book! Dr. Wright is funny, he shares his interesting experience working within the prison as an MD. A paramedic, he and I alike have had similar experiences working in Correctional Medicine.

Possibly. I didn't read the print version. The audio version is excellent, with terrific narration by Eric Martin.

Since this is about real people and not literary characters, I won't be picking any favorites.

Not a scene-based work, either. Dr. Wright tells plenty of fascinating, sometimes disturbing stories, but they are not scenes.

Medicine in the Supermax

Prison life manages to simultaneously attract our interest and repel our sympathies. Dr. Wright dove in to that system and learned quickly--both learning and speed of learning were essential--how to handle his daily roster of dangerous, manipulative patients. He shares with the reader/listener a wide variety of his experiences with the criminal clientele and with the prison staff and administration. Dr. Wright is an open, honest author with a dry sense of humor. He understands the crafty nature of most of the prisoners and avoids playing co-dependent to their various deficiencies. But Dr. Wright also has compassion for these people, and strives to help them whenever possible. I enjoyed this book so much that I snapped up its sequel, Jailhouse Doc. Serving as a jail doc turned out to be quite a different experience for Dr. Wright. I highly recommend both books.

Dr. Wright is a completely likable person, and he is noticeably talented. His journey into the correctional system is very honest and enlightening, and his book is superbly written. He initially goes into the supermax prison with a worry for his life, but after the first day, he realizes that the majority of inmates are basically a bunch of whiny babies. The book is really interesting, and his interactions with the various inmates are really comical, but he also speaks quite seriously about his observations on the flaws of the correctional system.

Eric Martin’s narration is absolutely perfect. It feels like Dr. Wright is in the room with you telling his stories, and he makes all the different inmates come to life. He truly has a talent for narration! I can’t even imagine myself ever reading a physical copy of this book because his performance is altogether outstanding.

There are few chapters in this book that make me laugh out loud every single time, and I often return to this title when I am between audiobooks. I highly recommend Maximum Insecurity! If the summary of this book has peaked your interest you should definitely pick it up!

Very funny!

The doctor's personality is just so much fun!

Gave perfect tone to the jokes and did great voice impersonations

I laughed out loud in my kitchen while doing the cooking and the dishes, the kids and the neighbors probably thought I was nuts lol

Nothing very substantive and at times seemed judgmental. Seemed like the same story over and over again. It was simply his story as a prison doc, nothing else. No lesson to teach or things to learn.

Sounds somewhat like my VA.
Good inside look at the behavior of ingrate thugs, many who should have been executed long ago.

I didn't like the sarcastic tone of both the content and the performance of this book. It wasn't as interesting as I thought it would be.