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wondering - on the back of the chap getting jailed for (albeit very excessive) speeding thread - what life is actually like in prison in Britain in 2007?
on the basis that paedophiles seem to be increasingly getting let off, whilst pensioners are jailed for non-payment of council tax - whether the socio-demographics of those inside have changed of late....
an PHers posting from jail?
open prisons?
my propensity to lawbreak is clearly at its highest for many years - what are the potential consequences?
rent free living for a year or so whilst tring to avoid 'big Dave' in the showers? or living in a underclass comune?
genuinly interested in any experiences fellow PHers may have had.
on the basis that paedophiles seem to be increasingly getting let off, whilst pensioners are jailed for non-payment of council tax - whether the socio-demographics of those inside have changed of late....
an PHers posting from jail?
open prisons?
my propensity to lawbreak is clearly at its highest for many years - what are the potential consequences?
rent free living for a year or so whilst tring to avoid 'big Dave' in the showers? or living in a underclass comune?
genuinly interested in any experiences fellow PHers may have had.
It's an interesting point. And I wonder amount would tempt some people to go to prison.
Just the other day I was reading about a fraudster (VAT I think) that was currently in court. £10 miilion had vanished into thin air, he gave the excuse he just diidn't know where it had gone. The judge has given him the option of 10 years or full repayment (well at least accounting for where the money is). Of course that'll be 5 years and then up for parole.
Would anyone here server 5 years for £10 million?
Just the other day I was reading about a fraudster (VAT I think) that was currently in court. £10 miilion had vanished into thin air, he gave the excuse he just diidn't know where it had gone. The judge has given him the option of 10 years or full repayment (well at least accounting for where the money is). Of course that'll be 5 years and then up for parole.
Would anyone here server 5 years for £10 million?
MaxAndRuby said:
kiwisr said:
Would anyone here server 5 years for £10 million?
Only if it was guarranteed that they wouldn't find it and take it back whilst I was banged up. The problem is getting caught while you're trying and doing the time for nothing.My only experience of something like prison would be the 3 months I spent doing basic training in the army. (I was only a territorial, but I did the regular force basic voluntarily)
Arguably it was worse than being in prison - you virtually lose all human rights as a soldier during this phase and are subject to both verbal and physical abuse. Some people didn't handle it well at all. Being institutionalised is something that you need to be able to cope with otherwise I suspect you'll be found hanging from the roof of your cell. And unlike the army, where if you really do break down or want to quit you are whisked out of the platoon pronto , you can't do that in prison.
For me the hardest party wouldn't be the discipline and rules, it would be having to spend my time with scrotes and thickos.
Arguably it was worse than being in prison - you virtually lose all human rights as a soldier during this phase and are subject to both verbal and physical abuse. Some people didn't handle it well at all. Being institutionalised is something that you need to be able to cope with otherwise I suspect you'll be found hanging from the roof of your cell. And unlike the army, where if you really do break down or want to quit you are whisked out of the platoon pronto , you can't do that in prison.
For me the hardest party wouldn't be the discipline and rules, it would be having to spend my time with scrotes and thickos.
I was buying an expensive (ish) sub woofer for my home cinema kit a few months ago. The shop had a top line model in (about 3k iirc), but it was sold pending delivery to HMP Peterborough where a convict who was in Prison (after sentencing) was having it for his cell. Apparently he also had a decent TV etc as well. All from the manager of the shop - who couldnt sell me expensive stuff from stock as it was going to prison.
He also said they sold several HD projectors for use in the common areas.
He also said they sold several HD projectors for use in the common areas.
Maxf said:
Plotloss said:
kiwisr said:
Would anyone here server 5 years for £10 million?
Thats equivalent to a salary of £2m per year inside.:thinks:
Yeah, probably.
Fidgits said:
Maxf said:
Plotloss said:
kiwisr said:
Would anyone here server 5 years for £10 million?
Thats equivalent to a salary of £2m per year inside.:thinks:
Yeah, probably.
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