Anyone here done time in jail?

[ASSE]Hinchy · 8 Jan 2009 at 11:15

Maccy said:
Yeh I can imagine them being well built guys. Were the inmates violent and bad tacklers?

There were a few that loved to fly into challenges. I got one of them that sent me flying. However they aren't allowed to be violent. Playing football there is a privelege. If they're seen to be violent and hacking away at people all the time then they get the privelege of playing football every week taken away. So for the most part they are well behaved.

A lot of them are pretty crap people though. You try talking to them in the match and they just grunt.

stude1983 · 8 Jan 2009 at 11:38

Teledude said:
2 weeks earlier this year - its soul destroying and has changed me for sure.

I would not wish it on anyone close to me.

Thats odd because were into the second week of this year, so did you break out???

ColdAsIce · 8 Jan 2009 at 12:21

Mate was in for two months, said it was a piece of p*ss. Basically said it was really boring but wasn't intimidating or anything. He didn't have any bad days in there. Unless your a **** then no-one bothers you apparently.

arknor · 8 Jan 2009 at 12:27

ColdAsIce said:
Mate was in for two months, said it was a piece of p*ss. Basically said it was really boring but wasn't intimidating or anything. He didn't have any bad days in there. Unless your a **** then no-one bothers you apparently.

some prisons are worse than others obviously, some are also poorly run.

anyone ever watch that docu about the undercover reporter beeing a warden? i think it was on the bbc a few years ago. prisoners ran the place pretty much

eddiemcgarrigle · 8 Jan 2009 at 12:28

Nope but I have visited a few because of my job. Just imagine being the new boy at a low-risk Prison facility and being shoved into a dorm that houses another 14 crims and the door gets locked behind you at 7pm and isn't opened again until 7am. :eek:

djbenjo · 8 Jan 2009 at 12:31

Two of my friends went to juvi for 3 months for robbery - it was something very out of character for them and they are really nice down to earth blokes, but they owed some money to some unsavoury characters.

They both tried to keep their heads down and keep to themselves but they both got confronted by a group of lads on separate occasions. One of them stood up for himself and gave back what he got, they left him alone, but the other one got a kicking and didn't defend himself, after this he got a lot more kicking in.

They both said drugs were readily available in there.

They both vowed never to go back, ever, ever again.

Sime · 8 Jan 2009 at 12:34

Begbie said:
An old friend is in the now, he quite likes it. Got an apprentice ship out of it and gets some weekends out.

wait, can u explain the weekends out bit?

You mean hes aloud to nip down to the shops for some bread, that kinda thing?

Atrox Moris · 8 Jan 2009 at 12:36

Older brother was in in his mid 20s. I know someone who's serving a sentence for murder.

Sanguinnus · 8 Jan 2009 at 13:00

I got arrested once, was never charged though, got off with a caution, they kept me in a cell for a few hours and this alone made me never want to be incarcerated, it was horrible.

starfighter · 8 Jan 2009 at 13:08

I have a friend who is currently serving time for drug related reasons. He was guilty but I feel sorry for him. He is a really nice guy and will not suit prison at all and I imagine when he comes out he will be verry verry careful as it means he now has to start uni 3 years late amongst the other 100s of bad things.

To be fair he was caught Es in a local "club". (it is really poor, it isn't a proper club but it is a bit more than a pub or bar.) He had honestly purchased them to sell to mates and had only gone in for a few mins but it is his own stupid fault for going in and getting them out.

I am quite happy for people to damage their own body through these substance but taking a large number into a public venue is asking for it.

Dats y when they dem pigs come for me i pop and dont stop till they all drop.

Sic · 8 Jan 2009 at 13:47

Begbie said:
An old friend is in the now, he quite likes it. Got an apprentice ship out of it and gets some weekends out.

Are you sure you're not confusing prison with college?

Amnesia · 8 Jan 2009 at 14:06

i know a couple of ppl who went in........they got to know some bad ppl and are just as bad now.
from what ive seen it made them worse.

^TANK^ · 8 Jan 2009 at 14:06

I have been cautioned a ridiculous amount of times in my early teens and most likely escaped by the skin of my teeth from a few months inside more than likely :eek:

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4T5 · 8 Jan 2009 at 14:08

This thread is great, Like reading an account by Americans on what the English are like

O.P.
Not the sort of Question that gets an Answer unless you are Trusted, Well known & Discreet & Public forums are not.
Also anybody that opens up is just criticised & mis quoted & then it gets brought up for Months on end whether you have reformed or not.
Damned if you do, Damned if you don't.

emmjaybee · 8 Jan 2009 at 14:09

Andy said:
This is not true, 9 out of 10 people enjoy gang rape

As found on sikipedia yawn!

carlazai · 8 Jan 2009 at 14:11

A few childhood friends went to prison. Most of them had no trouble at all. The only one i know that had a hard time was the weakest of the lot. It seems to be a place where bullying is endemic, so if you are skinny or shy i wouldnt like to try the place.

Drugs were easy to get in and one guys dad used to bring it in for him. I dont need to describe where the hash went with butter added.

4T5 · 8 Jan 2009 at 14:13

It is not that Bullying is endemic it's just that caging people brings the worst out in them, Treat a man like an Animal & he acts like an animal.

carlazai · 8 Jan 2009 at 14:16

malc30 said:
It is not that Bullying is endemic it's just that caging people brings the worst out in them, Treat a man like an Animal & he acts like an animal.

That's also very true but there is no other alternative to be honest. I've given some thought to this myself and can never see education working for the majority of people i know that went to prison. Even if they had qualifications they wouldnt work as its easier to rob and sell drugs.

Chimerical · 8 Jan 2009 at 14:17

malc30 said:
O.P.
Not the sort of Question that gets an Answer unless you are Trusted, Well known & Discreet & Public forums are not.
Also anybody that opens up is just criticised & mis quoted & then it gets brought up for Months on end whether you have reformed or not.
Damned if you do, Damned if you don't.

Personally, I think that'd its good if people post about their experiences or a friend's experiences of jail (no matter how short-lived).

I've seen some posters on these forums associate jail with hotels...doesn't sound like that to me...

malc30 said:
It is not that Bullying is endemic it's just that caging people brings the worst out in them, Treat a man like an Animal & he acts like an animal.

True.

Chimerical · 8 Jan 2009 at 14:19

carlazai said:
That's also very true but there is no other alternative to be honest. I've given some thought to this myself and can never see education working for the majority of people i know that went to prison. Even if they had qualifications they wouldnt work as its easier to rob and sell drugs.

Do you know what type of rehabilitation programs there are in (British/English) jails?

Are there any at all, and if so, do they work?