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Tuesday, September 11, 2012
My Cell At Shepton
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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.
what a hole!
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to your facebook account Ben?
ReplyDeleteIcky, I try to retain a sphere of privacy for myself and the Editor and FB was allowing someone to join dots, so I suspended it for a little while. It should be back soon - when I have worked out the privacy settings! I am back on Twitter :)
DeleteI hope that's your beard on the picture-board! :)
ReplyDelete@Darby, I was wondering who would notice that disgusting detail! When i sent her the pic, the Editor made me throw it away!
ReplyDeleteI can understand the Editors misgivings - but nevertheless suspect it had the desired effect on the screws. I note that the value of tobacco in jail is endorsed by the fact that your pre-prepared roll-ups are only marginally thicker than the lolly-sticks!
DeleteThey still are here at home!
DeleteTwo questions;
ReplyDelete-Is the thing on the bed in the first picture the "jug" of which we heard so much?
-Whats behind the orange and yellow blanket?
@tallguy. Yep, the thing on the bed is my jug...which the Editor found and threw in the bin when I arrived home. Luckily, I have spares! And the hideous thing hanging up is an ancient duvet which I hung over the cell door to muffle the sound of my speaking on the mobile. I didn't even think of bringing that home!
ReplyDeleteYou don't consider it home sweet home then? I miss you on fb, hurry back.
ReplyDeleteThe cell? No. At the time it was home in a sense. The one I have now is infinitely better!
DeleteNotice u have curtains. Is that for everyone or just the lucky few. And also what were the beds like they don't look very comfortable. And I assume they did cell searches, but I assume they don't do.personal searchs as they would find the mobile, oh and how did u get one in.
ReplyDeleteOh and ps can u get into trouble for posting these. They don't infringe any prison copyright or security.
Delete@SuperSaint. Curtains are allowed in most training prisons, especially for long termers. We buy them. The beds are horrible, obviously. Of course staff search the bodies of prisoners, though not internally. For that they have a BOSS chair, which is essentially a very expensive metal detector. The phone was hidden in my cell for 4 years (not on or in my body) and despite regular "targeted" searches they failed to find it. The copyright of the pics is mine. Obviously phones are illegal in prison but that I had a phone has been known for over a year. I will never say how I obtained it...obviously.
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