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Boris Becker Details Harsh UK Prison Ordeal as He Previews Memoir 'Inside'

He describes 231 days behind bars as scarring, asserting personal responsibility for the mistakes that put him there.

Overview

  • In interviews ahead of the 10 September release of 'Inside', Becker recounts his 2022 incarceration in Wandsworth and Huntercombe after his insolvency conviction in London.
  • He describes initial 23‑hour lockups, nights filled with screams, invasive searches, overcrowding, scarce staffing, cold cells, violence, and pervasive drug use.
  • Becker says he once lost £500 in a prison poker game and feared assault until a friend outside settled the debt, calling the episode a reckless mistake.
  • He explains why daughter Anna did not visit and says a legal agreement prevents him from speaking publicly about son Amadeus, adding that some calls were barred by his ex‑wife.
  • Now living in Milan, Becker credits wife Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro—whom he calls his captain—with his reset as they expect a child in December, noting he was deported to Germany in December 2022 and remains temporarily barred from the UK.