Do You Think 5 Years Was Excessive?

[Quangoid]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4635390/Woman-prison-officer-affair-inmate-jailed.html

[nailit]

^^obviously couldn't get to the main gate unescorted though, ;-)

[EDDIE51]

In the open jail I worked in there was even a prisoner who was the jail minibus driver. He would take any prisoner due for release to the rail station in the prison minibus. He also used to take prisoners to court hearings and pick them up afterwards, they were normally unescorted. He would hand them over to the court officials and pick them up from them again. Many of the long term prisoners in 'my' nick has outside jobs, they would be given a lift to their place of work and picked up afterwards, again it was the prison minibus driver's responsibility. The prison kitchen made them packed lunches every day as they allowed no actual cash.
The out workers got the normal rate for the job but the cash was put into a bank account which was not available until after release.
This was to prepare them for a return to 'real life' and prevent them just reoffending and coming straight back, the program was hailed as very successful!
No one I knew of took advantage as they knew any breaking of the rules would see them sent straight back to closed conditions where they would be locked up 23 hours a day!
I will now sit back and wait for the howels of protest!
Did you know that long term prisoners in open jails are allowed 24 hour home visits in the last months of their sentence? Again it is to prepare them for 'real life'!
Cue more protests!

[nailit]

Don't think you will get howls of protest on this thread now EDDIE, its died and Quangoid hasn't got back to it. But no doubt there will still be howls across AB in the future anytime its mentioned that prisons are little more than hotels for delinquints and undesireables.

[EDDIE51]

^ I am sure that you have met the old lags who discuss the merits of the various nicks in much the same way businessmen discuss hotels?

[nailit]

Haha, certainly have EDDIE.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Good-Prison-Guide-Charles-Bronson/dp/1844543595

[EDDIE51]

Have you read Jeffrey Archers 'Prison Diaries ' by the way?
I found them very accurate in describing life 'Inside' they are funny as well.

[nailit]

Ive recommended Archers Prison Diary's on here a time or two EDDIE. I'm not a tory by a long stretch (no pun intended there) but I do enjoy Archers books. Think hes a great novelist.

[Peter Pedant]

Q

eddie has taught inside a prison ( at least 50% illiteracy ) and deserves credit and respect for that

and NOT - 'ow many years didja do den ?' and
''ow many babies didja stab den ? an' is it true they go squish? gor you hard you are'

[douglas9401]

Well he's certainly kept that one quiet, Peter.
Most folk would go on at great length about summat like that.