Who is Charles Bronson? Britain’s most notorious prisoner, will he finally be released after 50 years?
Charles Bronson, now legally Charles Salvador, has spent over 50 years in prison, much in solitary confinement, for violent offenses including hostage-taking. At 73, he faces his ninth parole review, with the board weighing his risk against decades of notoriety, personal transformation through art, and public fascination, famously dramatized by Tom Hardy in the 2008 film Bronson.
