Prison?

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BERGS2

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2,801 posts

247 months

Monday 24th September 2007
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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.



cloggy

4,959 posts

208 months

Monday 24th September 2007
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10 Pence, your thread has arrived !!!

Edited by cloggy on Monday 24th September 14:51

groomi

9,317 posts

242 months

Monday 24th September 2007
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It's probably not too different from surfing PH. After all, it only seems to be motorists who get prosecuted these days...

kiwisr

9,335 posts

206 months

Monday 24th September 2007
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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?

groomi

9,317 posts

242 months

Monday 24th September 2007
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kiwisr said:
Would anyone here server 5 years for £10 million?
Spend 5 years of your working life in prison, then never have to work again? scratchchin

Fidgits

17,202 posts

228 months

Monday 24th September 2007
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That is an interesting one.

How bad is prison really? I mean, porrige or mean machine?

I doubt someone in for a driving offence or not paying council tax is likely to share a cell with murders or rapists right?

ganglandboss

8,294 posts

202 months

Monday 24th September 2007
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Come on guys!

Where are the jokes about buggery?

lingus75

1,695 posts

221 months

Monday 24th September 2007
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ganglandboss said:
Come on guys!

Where are the jokes about buggery?
Well, you appear to have 'Buggery' on your mind so perhaps retreat for five mins then come back when your done hehe

arfur

3,871 posts

213 months

Monday 24th September 2007
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cloggy said:
10 Pence, your thread has arrived !!!

Edited by cloggy on Monday 24th September 14:51
Pass the soap !

MaxAndRuby

6,792 posts

231 months

Monday 24th September 2007
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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.

cloggy

4,959 posts

208 months

Monday 24th September 2007
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arfur said:
cloggy said:
10 Pence, your thread has arrived !!!

Edited by cloggy on Monday 24th September 14:51
Pass the soap !
It's on the floor in front of you.

smilerbaker

4,071 posts

214 months

Monday 24th September 2007
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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.
sounds like a worthwhile gamble tho

ganglandboss

8,294 posts

202 months

Monday 24th September 2007
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lingus75 said:
ganglandboss said:
Come on guys!

Where are the jokes about buggery?
Well, you appear to have 'Buggery' on your mind so perhaps retreat for five mins then come back when your done hehe
Finished! wink

MK4 Slowride

10,028 posts

207 months

Monday 24th September 2007
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Can you play on-line games in prison or just against the computer?

kiwisr

9,335 posts

206 months

Monday 24th September 2007
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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.

Plotloss

67,280 posts

269 months

Monday 24th September 2007
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kiwisr said:
Would anyone here server 5 years for £10 million?
Thats equivalent to a salary of £2m per year inside.

:thinks:

Yeah, probably.

Maxf

8,402 posts

240 months

Monday 24th September 2007
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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.

Maxf

8,402 posts

240 months

Monday 24th September 2007
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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.
Its more than that - he's taking home £2m per year, that closer to £3.5m top line!

Fidgits

17,202 posts

228 months

Monday 24th September 2007
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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.
Its more than that - he's taking home £2m per year, that closer to £3.5m top line!
dont forget, those 5 years wont cost you a penny in living costs wink

cloggy

4,959 posts

208 months

Monday 24th September 2007
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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.
Its more than that - he's taking home £2m per year, that closer to £3.5m top line!
dont forget, those 5 years wont cost you a penny in living costs wink
And if you have it wisely invested offshore for 5 years much more.
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