tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post4023376319963995388..comments2023-10-25T09:49:43.089+01:00Comments on BEN'S PRISON BLOG - Lifer On The Loose: Yellow? Yellow?prisonerbenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14923205052778958118noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-73068089844707032202012-03-27T22:10:09.389+01:002012-03-27T22:10:09.389+01:00There's a really cheap Samsung model that fits...There's a really cheap Samsung model that fits the criteria laid out by HMP. Do not buy it. After my release I was in a hostel with a 'No Camera Phones' policy and went through 3 of the damned things before working out that anything from the E series is actually bad at the one function left to it... making calls. Getting a refund wasn't too difficult but I'd commend Nokia if you can find a basic phone from them.<br /><br />I moved on from hostels and got mugged at random for my 7 year old Nokia. A friend who works for Google gave me a £400 smartphone from the goodness of his heart. The Nokia had a battery life of about a week. This one is lucky to make it through the day. On the plus side it helps with the budget a helluva lot. For £15 a month I get unlimited broadband. I don't have a TV and don't watch Iplayer live so I don't need a TV license. The phone turns my cheap and old PC into a TV.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-79993121360882934552012-03-27T16:51:58.983+01:002012-03-27T16:51:58.983+01:00Are you as simple as you sound?Are you as simple as you sound?Darbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-39880050136510673912012-03-27T13:12:49.060+01:002012-03-27T13:12:49.060+01:00Er......you committed a crime and therefore have h...Er......you committed a crime and therefore have had your civil liberties curtailed, what right do you have to complain about what you have not got access to.<br /><br />If you don't want to have the curtailments of Her Majestey's prison service levied against you then don't commit a crime!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-80511205045061065952012-03-25T08:38:09.606+01:002012-03-25T08:38:09.606+01:00So because Ben is in open conditions now he's ...So because Ben is in open conditions now he's not allowed to comment on what he sees as flaws in the system? Open conditions = even less free speech than he had before? *sigh*Wigarsenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-934488405519541852012-03-25T05:06:26.425+01:002012-03-25T05:06:26.425+01:00Well, you're almost out. Forgive them their li...Well, you're almost out. Forgive them their little sillynesses a bit - it is, after all, a lack of forgiveness that kept you in longer. You don't want to act the same way as if your part of the same species of unforgiving as them. Oh wait, I guess it's impossible to switch species...I dunno, don't forgive then? For to do so would make no difference?Callan S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15373053356095440571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-6430698389698049462012-03-24T12:52:38.420+00:002012-03-24T12:52:38.420+00:00Darby.Darby.Darbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-19944204960859763722012-03-24T12:51:10.043+00:002012-03-24T12:51:10.043+00:001) Neither sensible or valid
2) Blatant subversiv...1) Neither sensible or valid<br /><br />2) Blatant subversive behaviour in open prisons is a rare thing. This is because ANY transgressions can get to you sent back to closed conditions at the drop of a hat. For that reason, I can’t see anyone who’s willing to get involved in a RIOT under such circumstances – not already having access to the black market devices available in any jail. <br /><br />Should they be banned because of what could but probably won’t happen?Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-76908066084008254372012-03-24T11:52:18.638+00:002012-03-24T11:52:18.638+00:00I can think of 2 reasons -
1) The prison charges e...I can think of 2 reasons -<br />1) The prison charges exorbitant rates for use of normal phones - ie the phones are a source of revenue. If you allow prisoners to retain mobile phones the prison destroys its revenue - at this time of cutbacks probably not a good move from the prisons point of view.<br />2) In a riot situation (does happen in open prisons) prisoners can phone each other to give warnings/ advice on whats happening - a VERY bad idea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-55657822087632623962012-03-24T10:37:21.768+00:002012-03-24T10:37:21.768+00:00I agree. The rubber builders Nokia was indestructi...I agree. The rubber builders Nokia was indestructible.Darbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-76814818100490228702012-03-24T10:32:20.773+00:002012-03-24T10:32:20.773+00:00Perhaps you can tell us all just what reason YOU t...Perhaps you can tell us all just what reason YOU think the reason might be? Personally, I've wracked my brains and can think of no sensible/valid grounds.Darbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-6256091069888838402012-03-24T10:20:26.904+00:002012-03-24T10:20:26.904+00:00If the phone is a cheap nokia, then there is a ver...If the phone is a cheap nokia, then there is a very good reason to be happy. <br /><br />I have had my cheap nokia for 4 years now. Trusty, unbroken, fully functional. Smart phones break. Cameras explode (seen this happen myself). But my nokia...trundles on. As a bonus its battery lasts a good 10 days compared to 12 hours most smartphones have after a few months. <br /><br />Given the reliability of this phone is needed to inform the prison if you are running late, surely the reliability is the main thing?<br /><br />And get yourself a real camera as soon as you are outside. The quality of pictures taken makes it actually worth while, compared to the low quality shots a phone takes.tallguynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-51301931415709047812012-03-23T23:39:52.243+00:002012-03-23T23:39:52.243+00:00oh dear, you were doing so well, but are starting ...oh dear, you were doing so well, but are starting to regress... 'the prison service are my enemy I must stay in prison, call them names, complain and oppose them' What did the prison service give for the reason for not having phones in prison? ah you didn't ask? thought not...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com