What's life really like in prison?
Discussion
thetrash said:
Lots of inaccuracies in this post. For a start no public sector prisons have Sky TV available for prisoners to watch. What difference does it make that a female governor has tattoos on show either? And most Officers I know parting words to prisoners who are being released is dont come back.
Where do you get that idea from? It's not true.
thetrash said:
matchmaker said:
Where do you get that idea from? It's not true.
Google it, public sector prisons can only watch the freeview channels and then only 8 which are preselected. Private jails are different. thetrash said:
matchmaker said:
Google it again. Prisoners in most of Scotland's public sector prisons can get Sky if they pay for it.
Didn't realise we were talking about Scotish prisonsandym1603 said:
matchmaker said:
Google it again. Prisoners in most of Scotland's public sector prisons can get Sky if they pay for it.
Nonsense, do they all get there own dish as well?An acquaintance of mine was sent down for several frauds, and a few other things, a couple of years ago. He was in Winchester prison for about 6 months. Other than a couple of fights breaking out, he said it was pretty boring really. "A bit like a hostel, but without being allowed out" is how he put it. Although he wouldn't choose to go back, he reckoned it would be no big deal. He was surprised by the amount of 'normal' things which are allowed in there. Television, games consoles, a gym, and all sorts of things you'd expect in a hostel / hotel, but not in chokey. One of the guards used to work at Strangeways, before the riots, he said he couldn't wait to retire, because it's all gone soft since then.
A friend of mine elected to do 6 months in jail in lieu of a bunch of fines he could not afford to pay. He was on the dole, so a quid a week was of no use to the courts apparently. He reckoned it was easy, no problem, just boring. I think he was in the Dana, in Shrewsbury. This was back in the 80's.
I heard the Dana might be bought and turned into a night club??
I heard the Dana might be bought and turned into a night club??
Here in Panama prison, by all accounts, is no fun at all.
You can be gaol for years here on remand, many prison deaths through violence or just neglect, not long ago to quell a riot the guards chucked smoke grenades into one block and burned it down, prisoners and all.
You don't get a cell, even a shared cell. You get put in a cage and there you stay.
You can be gaol for years here on remand, many prison deaths through violence or just neglect, not long ago to quell a riot the guards chucked smoke grenades into one block and burned it down, prisoners and all.
You don't get a cell, even a shared cell. You get put in a cage and there you stay.
Ayahuasca said:
Here in Panama prison, by all accounts, is no fun at all.
You can be gaol for years here on remand, many prison deaths through violence or just neglect, not long ago to quell a riot the guards chucked smoke grenades into one block and burned it down, prisoners and all.
You don't get a cell, even a shared cell. You get put in a cage and there you stay.
I think I'll stop complaining about my 5 hrs in Canterbury custody suit last week now!You can be gaol for years here on remand, many prison deaths through violence or just neglect, not long ago to quell a riot the guards chucked smoke grenades into one block and burned it down, prisoners and all.
You don't get a cell, even a shared cell. You get put in a cage and there you stay.
Andy_mr2sc said:
Thanks to me having a mentalist X GF I spent 5hrs in custody in a cell yesterday. How the heck people cope with years in these rooms is beyond me. Got to be the most depressing place to be. I started finding the cardboard coffee cups interesting due to their bright red colour. It must destroy people spending a long time in cells. No wonder so many re offend or can't cope when back out.
Just for the record released without charge.
Note to self, avoid mental women.
Funnily enough, I have a mentalist female neighbour, it all kicked off when I got home on Friday night over a noise issue, not 15 mins after last reading this thread. She threatened to (falsely) accuse me of being racist towards her two kids, all because me and several neighbours have asked her to tone down her noise. Fortunately for me I had the whole shebang on phone video, including the bit where she admits on tape that I've done no such thing, and in fact have been helpful to her kids. Same mentalist accused another neighbour of being racist, the kicker being that the other neighbour has two mixed-race daughters! Just for the record released without charge.
Note to self, avoid mental women.
To cut a long story short a copper friend has advised me to make a formal complaint, so that I am "the aggrieved". Otherwise, this woman is likely to make any kind of allegation she likes, standard procedure is for them to nick you, night in the cells, bailed next day. She is unstable and likely to kick-off at a moment's notice, I very much suspect that I might get to inspect my local custody suite whilst completely innocent in the near future. Yes, I do have a good lawyer, on speed dial just in case, FFS!
My pal works at a high security prison housing ome of the most notorous prisoners in the UK.
Basically he and his colleagues tell me they are better fed than the OAP's of this country, however they dont give any hassle and generally are as quiet as church mouses....life could become very difficult for them if they dont tow the line
Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff