PB 4.2 Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 I spend a night in jail for bringing alcohol into a dry county in the USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Watson Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 2 hours ago, Cerberus said: Over the weekend a person I loosely know broke the law and is now looking at extended incarceration. I've never been but jail sounds a bit pish. What's P&Bs experience with jail? Has anyone been in jail? Was it like Ernest Goes To Jail and a delightful hoot? On the bright side, he'll be treated better than a UK pensioner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dindeleux Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 This post has been reported due to malicious lies. It’s in the other thread buddy it seems to be public knowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt30 Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 I served 18 months of a 3 year sentence for GBH. When I was younger I was a big drinker and had been in trouble with the police growing up. When I was 21 I did a 3 month sentence at home in Mountjoy in Dublin – The Joy. That was a kip so old – no toilets in the cells up to a few years ago so had to slop out and everything which is pretty crap. Then went to England to work where things got worse and ended up getting the 3 years there. That was in 2010. It probably turned out being a good thing as that sentence changed me and made me realise that if I didn’t change I could end up being in and out of prison all my life like some of the others there. Prison is bad enough but when I got sentenced I had girlfriend with a baby on the way and that made me grow up and change. My girlfriend stood by me and had our baby when I was locked up. That was pretty hard to deal with. After the first few weeks you just get used to it and accept it and then I just tried to keep busy. Most days you'd have work and courses and sosh but at weekends or if there weren't enough screws it could be 22 hours lock up. Really boring - spend those days mainly watching TV, sleeping, smoking, reading a bit. That's when it really gets to you that you are locked up. I preferred keeping busy, working doing courses - anything is better than being locked up in your cell. When I was in for 18 months by the end of it I had a good routine and everybody knew me and it wasn't so bad. You lose your freedom but you know what your life is like and just get on with it without having to think about it. I kind of got used to the routine. I’m 31 now so hopefully those days are behind me now. Since getting out from that sentence have only been arrested once for something stupid so I am doing alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt30 Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 3 hours ago, Nkomo-A-Gogo said: Was in for a 16 hour stretch few years ago. I had a modified number plate on hinges to avoid paying a toll bridge and was stopped in a sting operation. Turns out I had previous been banned from driving after not producing my licence and insurance so was kept in overnight and brought to court the next day. The whole thing was grim. From my overnight cell with this itchy horsehair/pubey blanket and hole in the floor for toilet. Get regularly disturbed during the night to be checked on. To the holding cell next day with junkies and scumbags wanting to know what you were there for. Got a free big mac though. Police cells are worse than prison cells when you are kept in. Nothing to do, no one to talk to. not allowed have a smoke. I was nicked on a Friday night before, questioned on Saturday and kept in for court on Monday morning. Seemed like the longest weekend ever. That sounds like a Garda cell to me - and seeing you in Dublin it probably was especially with what you say about the hole in the floor as a toilet and having to nearly beg for toilet paper and then trying to get them to flush it (they can only be flushed by the guard from outside the cell). Remember getting Supermacs instead of McDonalds though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenconner Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 6 hours ago, Jacksgranda said: Like the Republican wing of The Maze back in the 80s? I'll wear no prison uniform nor meekly serve my time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Worked with an Aussie that spent the weekend in the Bangkok Hilton after he got a bit frantic with a Thai Police Officer instead of a tourist Police Officer about having his passport stolen. Said it was easily the worst experience of his life and that he broke down in tears at the Aussie Consulate upon his release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenconner Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Notice nobody has mentioned the strip searching especially after visits. Just in case your burd/granny/auntie has evaded the visitors search and got some gear in. Could be a long shift if you don't have any visitors. Prisons are pretty petty places for rules. You can't just wonder around the prison. You'll be escorted to visits/kitchen/laundry/nurse etc. And you'll wait till there is somebody available to take you. Then there's the grub. It's basic, very basic. And if your a fussy eater, your effed. Scottish prisons ain't Peru or Thailand or America. You'll be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locheedfcno1 Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Marching Powder is an interesting read about life in a Bolivian prison. Read marching powder. One of the best books I’ve ever read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennboy1978 Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Read marching powder. One of the best books I’ve ever read Had to Google alot when reading that, some of the things were truly unbelievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 6 hours ago, Glenconner said: Notice nobody has mentioned the strip searching I didn't want to spoil the surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Was put in overnight after the police picked me up, steaming, sleeping at a bus stop. Probably done me a favour, given it was Renfrew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 7 hours ago, sjc said: Worked with an Aussie that spent the weekend in the Bangkok Hilton after he got a bit frantic with a Thai Police Officer instead of a tourist Police Officer about having his passport stolen. Said it was easily the worst experience of his life and that he broke down in tears at the Aussie Consulate upon his release. A boy I used to work with when I worked overseas is doing a lengthy stretch in Jail in Thailand for murdering a US Marine. He was a big guy like and you could tell he wasn't quite right in the head. He stabbed the boy to death after a punch up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEADOWXI Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 12 hours ago, Raidernation said: I've been in Peterhead, Craiginches, Saughton, Perth, Inverness and Cornton Vale. If you going to be a house breaker I advise don't be a Big-house breaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowden0 Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Over the weekend a person I loosely know broke the law and is now looking at extended incarceration. I've never been but jail sounds a bit pish. What's P&Bs experience with jail? Has anyone been in jail? Was it like Ernest Goes To Jail and a delightful hoot? You'll be grand. At least you still have your internet access obviously.[emoji6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 1 hour ago, johnnydun said: A boy I used to work with when I worked overseas is doing a lengthy stretch in Jail in Thailand for murdering a US Marine. He was a big guy like and you could tell he wasn't quite right in the head. He stabbed the boy to death after a punch up. I remember reading about that case in the news. Did you think he was capable of killing someone? We've all met or know people "not right in the head" but how many of them would you genuinely think could kill? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 31 minutes ago, sjc said: I remember reading about that case in the news. Did you think he was capable of killing someone? We've all met or know people "not right in the head" but how many of them would you genuinely think could kill? Sounds a bit mental. Murder suspect Lee Aldhouse is Thai prison's 'worst inmate' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broony88 Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 One of my friends was in prison for about two months while waiting for a court date. He kept breaking his bail and judge decided eventually to keep him in. He said it was up there with the easiest time of his life. Certain sky channels beamed into his own cell. I went to visit him and expected him to be a bit down and pleased for the visit but I think he viewed it as a bit of a hassle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 1 hour ago, sjc said: I remember reading about that case in the news. Did you think he was capable of killing someone? We've all met or know people "not right in the head" but how many of them would you genuinely think could kill? He was always on edge and quite invasive and intimidating, used to sit and watch me eat my lunch while he had nothing and told me how great he was at Thai-bo. I don't think I thought him as a killer, but he quite clearly had a short fuse. A couple of weeks after I last saw him he did this. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/lee-aldhouse-jailed-dashawn-longfellow-2860202.amp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 46 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Sounds a bit mental. Murder suspect Lee Aldhouse is Thai prison's 'worst inmate' Aye, thats him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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