tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post726573732090655485..comments2023-10-25T09:49:43.089+01:00Comments on BEN'S PRISON BLOG - Lifer On The Loose: Love Your Bumprisonerbenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14923205052778958118noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-16988919741916467442009-10-04T20:11:37.038+01:002009-10-04T20:11:37.038+01:00Not only Crumlin Road, Kate. In addition to the sh...Not only Crumlin Road, Kate. In addition to the shit-parcels, razor wire outside the wings of London prisons used to be festooned with men's underpants - doing the same job you mentioned in your post. How are things these days, Ben?YagiBirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06779431797609509966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-85235111101864060102009-10-04T17:35:31.047+01:002009-10-04T17:35:31.047+01:00In the now closed jail on the crumlin road in Belf...In the now closed jail on the crumlin road in Belfast, my brother in law tells me they had mystery parcels. In crowded cells rather than sleep with the smell of another mans you know what in the bucket (no toilets in cells) they wrapped it up and shoved it out the window into the exercise yard for the screws/or who ever the screws could get to come along and clean in the morning.Kate.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16867796422714332491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-65222170768710261922009-10-03T20:53:03.541+01:002009-10-03T20:53:03.541+01:00I forget the year - about 1990 I think - when I us...I forget the year - about 1990 I think - when I used a sheet of the above mentioned semi-translucent forest product, held up against my cell window, to chart the course of a naked eye sunspot as it crossed the disc of the sun over several days. Such small triumphs wake a little bird inside you!YagiBirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06779431797609509966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-41468739606466962442009-10-03T06:31:42.045+01:002009-10-03T06:31:42.045+01:00Hello Ben and all. I came across your blogg last w...Hello Ben and all. I came across your blogg last week and now have it bookmarked. I find your insights of the mainly hidden prison world very informative and interesting. As a btw, I have been concerned for a long time by the UK following the USA model of politicians competing to lock up as many as people as they can to keep certain types of voters happy. A much better way would be the Swedish or Dutch model of reformation rather than retribution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-81823956654057248622009-10-02T23:16:33.368+01:002009-10-02T23:16:33.368+01:00I have also done the comb bit with the bog paper. ...I have also done the comb bit with the bog paper. But. this IRA bloke couldn't half do a good Danny Boy on the comb and bog paper and his voice was like an angel...jailhouselawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03795278184797990706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-19325239498448130382009-10-02T19:07:09.267+01:002009-10-02T19:07:09.267+01:00Great Blog, Ben. I'm enjoying the commentary....Great Blog, Ben. I'm enjoying the commentary.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-19412522291490116212009-10-02T18:41:40.791+01:002009-10-02T18:41:40.791+01:00At boarding school we had that paper. We played m...At boarding school we had that paper. We played music on it by wrapping it around a comb. Sounded like a gazoo!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com