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Ben
Lecturing
About Me
- prisonerben
- United Kingdom
- Previously known as "one of Britain's best known prisoners...he constantly questions authority and exposes the futility of the system" The Times, Ben was finally released from prison after 32 years in August 2012. Pleading guilty to the murder of a friend when he was 14 years old, he renounced violence and fought for the recognition of the inherent dignity of all human beings. As a result of speaking truth to power, he served far longer than the recommended 10 years, leading Education Secretary Michael Gove to argue that he had "been punished excessively for a crime committed as a child". One of the more intellectual of prisoner-campaigners, Ben chose to educate himself from schoolboy level to having both undergraduate and post graduate degrees. He is currently one of very few prisoners in Britain ever to attempt a Doctorate. Ben's speciality is non-violent action and the Human Needs Theory. Now on Life Licence, He is forging a career as a CJ policy consultant, writer and - as ever - campaigner.
You don't look very busy to me
ReplyDeleteI'm most disapointed by the beard, I really was hoping for a more 'zz top' effort..
ReplyDeleteHope the day has been kind.
Sam
(I don't seem to be able to work the authentication thingy)
I know, I cultivated a Gandalfian beard for decades but it had to go when (a) I found beetle in it, and (b) for domestic harmony. Why do so many women object to caveman beards???!!! One day I will post a pic of me back in those days but at the moment I prefer to deprive the Daily Star of another cheap shot!
ReplyDeleteDepriving the daily star of anything of value is to be praised,
ReplyDeleteThe beetle makes me think, have you seen/read 'Jons jail Journal' (http://jonsjailjournal.blogspot.co.uk/). I'm rather hoping that UK conditions despite their bizarre and frustrating rules/bureaucracy (thank thingy for spell checkers) are somewhat both more hygienic and humane.
Thanks for the most interesting insights by the way.
Sam
@Anon, thanks! UK prisons tend not to have the infestations that afflict some US jails but some are far from hygienic or humane. Alas.
ReplyDeleteIs it just me, or is there a certain 'buddha-esque-ness' to the image?
ReplyDeleteHey baldy ever thought of becoming a Tibetan monk?
ReplyDeleteYes John, a more apt description for sure. F*ck knows where I got the Buddha nonsense from! Anyway, let's hope the plot in the garden becomes more permanent soon.....
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