The first blog by a British prisoner. Variously described as being "obviously extremely intelligent" (Michael Gove), "the most interesting interview I have ever done" (Michael Portillo), and a "fully paid up member of the awkward squad" (Parole Board), I try to generate debate around the moral and political nexus that is imprisonment. Imprisoned between ages 14 to 47, released on Licence in August 2012
Short, sharp and pointed. Ouch!
ReplyDeleteI dunno, have you actually been to a Butlins lately? Oh, hang on...that's awkward...sorry.
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Good point, well made.
ReplyDeleteMind you, having spent a week in Skegness when 'Agga-Doo' was all the rage, I really do wonder what the 'Daily Fail' mob are trying to prove by likening prisons to holiday camps!
It says something about us using Prisons as dumping grounds. Clearly many of those individuals should have been in a psychiatric hospital. I feel sorry for prison staff having to deal with such situations when they clearly are not qualified to do so. It seems impossible to me to stop suicide if a person is determined to take their own life.
ReplyDeleteDo you have the numbers between male and female and age. I watched a documentary on Holloway Prison last year and many of the women were self harmers. The staff were impressive in dealing with some very disturbed young people.
It is all very sad but given the lack of mental health hospitals it is inevitable that we will continue to have such numbers....
Sadly, most incidents of self-harm are amongst women. Perhaps they turn their distress inwards, where men express this outwards as aggression?
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