I think a big chunk of his sentences were due to stuff he did in prison.
He was regularly moved and frequently in trouble, particularly so when he punched two prison officers at Gartree and took the Deputy Governor hostage at Frankland.[
Sixteen days later, he was arrested for conspiracy to rob and for possession of a sawn-off shotgun.[78] On remand in Woodhill, he took a civilian librarian hostage, and demanded an inflatable doll, a helicopter, and a cup of tea from police negotiators.[79] He released the hostage after being disgusted when the man farted in front of him.[
He attacked the governor at High Down, who had felt safe enough to visit Bronson on his own, telling his prison officers that "he's okay with me"
n April 1996, he was sent back to Belmarsh after taking a doctor hostage at Birmingham.[93] Five months later, an Iraqi hijacker bumped into him in the canteen and did not apologise.[94] After a long period of brooding, Bronson took two other Iraqi hijackers, along with another inmate named Jason Greasley, hostage in a cell.
In January 1999, he took Phil Danielson, a civilian education worker, hostage, as he had criticised one of Bronson's drawings.[102] Bronson tore up the prison, throwing refrigeration units and furniture around. He was shocked and knocked unconscious for a few minutes when wrenching a washing machine out of the wall.[103] The siege lasted for 44 hours before he released Danielson. Bronson was transferred to Whitemoor.
For the incident, Bronson received a discretionary life sentence to run a minimum of three years.