tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post7346348530361694838..comments2023-10-25T09:49:43.089+01:00Comments on BEN'S PRISON BLOG - Lifer On The Loose: A Disreputable Discourseprisonerbenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14923205052778958118noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-54570552298657677662012-09-27T08:15:22.023+01:002012-09-27T08:15:22.023+01:00Being a PO is a job with enormous potential to mak...Being a PO is a job with enormous potential to make a huge difference to society. Given the right support, training and career prospects it could be a very challenging and rewarding job. Unfortunately, as a society, we value the POs almost as little as we value prisoners. I have as much sympathy for the people trapped working for such a broken system as I do those within it: it must be a thankless task of massive proportions rolling that particular rock up that particular mountain. The few good POs that have managed to maintain their values in that background deserve knighthoods IMO.Wigarsenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-39606487601737377692012-09-21T00:42:39.178+01:002012-09-21T00:42:39.178+01:00Hi Ben....my first commenst on your blog. Great st...Hi Ben....my first commenst on your blog. Great stuff though not always strictly accurate.....eg virtually all lifers plead not guilty and have a trial. Also, having worked in two very different prisons I'm sometimes disappointed with your view of the frontline staff who in my experience (but with very marked exceptions) are caring and well meaning people. It is the system that lets everyone down and the dynamics of the Jobcentre indicate sthe chasm between what i sneeded and what outcomes are achieved. Your experience of them is unfortunately the norm, and imagine how disillusioned or dillusional the staff in their must be..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-57467345757081380152012-09-18T16:55:00.117+01:002012-09-18T16:55:00.117+01:00Hi Ben, I'm a journalist investigating the di...Hi Ben, I'm a journalist investigating the difference between the public and private arms of prison estate and would be very interested to hear about the relative positive and negatives - I understand you've spent time in both.<br /><br />I've sent you an email - not sure if you've received it yet? Either way please email me on danieljlanyon@gmail.com and we can either correspond via email, skype or on the phone.<br /><br />Cheers, Daniel<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-80541446869213229282012-09-18T14:07:42.261+01:002012-09-18T14:07:42.261+01:00And more relevant, in your Case at least is this.
...And more relevant, in your Case at least is this.<br /><br />You were sentenced to a tariff of 10 years. that was your "Time for the Crime"<br /><br />You finished that (the punitive) element years ago.<br /><br />All of the time you were doing following that was for a completely different reason...<br /><br /><br />To all those who say "can't do the time" I suggest you try living a week behind a steel door, then see if you consider Prison to be a reasonable punishment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-17119919829488371942012-09-18T04:47:14.949+01:002012-09-18T04:47:14.949+01:00Hear hear.Hear hear.Wigarsenoreply@blogger.com