Things to do in prison

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[Dean27]

I did 3 months in Young Offenders and 2 years in prison. Like people have said if you want to and take chances you are given it can be a good thing and you can change things around if you want to if people give you a chance and help you.

The first few months there I didn't do too much mainly sat around watching TV, smoking, gym, hanging around with others. I got a job as a wing cleaner - you get a few pounds if you do a job. It was a pretty crap job but I preferred being busy and doing something instead of just hanging around or locked up in my cell.

I got a job in the kitchens and because I stayed out of trouble there and got put on a programme called The Clink Restaurant attached to the prison. I ended up working as a waiter there and it made a real difference as I felt more like a normal worker instead of being a prisoner. They make you realise that it is a privilege to do it so you do nothing to mess up or be taken off the programme.

Was the best thing that ever happened me and part of it was that they helped me get a job for when I was released. That's a big thing when you have a bad criminal record if you are trying to get a job.

My family and gf were really proud of me and they could see I was trying to change after what I'd been like before.

I'm out 4 years now and have a decent life and am trying to get on. I hope I never end up back in prison like other people I know. You meet all sorts of people in prison and not everybody is a scumbag.

[duhawkz]

Was it as bad a the media make out?

I heard two very different accounts of what its like inside, one lad said it was like butlins and he spent all day playing pool and going to the gym, another said it was hell (didn't stop him going back more than once) and got a kicking nearly everyday, people getting slashed over half ounce of baccy stuff like that.
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[RhynoCZ]

3 pages in and no body, not even Ste, answered the OP's question with saying: ''Your dad.''
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[Dean27]

[Dean27]

[Screw Loose]

For the record I can confirm Dean's account is pretty much how most prisoners are, us screws try to make life easier for all involved (it keeps our colleagues safe if the prisoners aren't kicking off) however there's very much a balance to be had, say yes and you are their best friend, as soon as you say no you can expect a pool cue round the head.

I spend a lot of the time working in the segregation unit - and its a different ballgame down there...
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