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david kissack (i never saw the portland beast)
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Date Posted: 04:36:30 05/17/13 Fri
>>>I was at portland borstal in 85 when borstal was
>>>supposed to be abolished,as the usual sentance i got
>>>the 6 to 2 for arson i was only 16 at the time so i
>>>did my stint starting on the good old hardy house
>then
>>>because of my age i went to nelson house.I had
>already
>>>done a fair few months in pucklechurch in bristol on
>>>remand so i thought i knew the score, but boy was
>that
>>>a wake up call hitting portland.It's totally
>different
>>>to a remand centre, as i was a bastard for trying to
>>>screw the system, but first time i touched down on e
>>>hall i was shocked to say the least, you're to far
>>>away from any of the other houses for other inmates
>to
>>>hear your cries or screams the closest house facing e
>>>hall was drake house.But the first time i hit e hall
>>>the screws open the gates & you have to run in
>careful
>>>not to cross there poxy white line, and there was
>>>always some fat shit screw sat there who you would
>>>have to shout your name & number to.So after that
>>>rigmarole you would have to run to a cell of there
>>>choice(AND BELIEVE ME I KNEW EVERY CELL IN E HALL
>>>BEFORE I LEFT)and sit there on a cardboard chair in
>>>the cell until the governor chose to see you, you
>>>would also probably get a visit from the board of
>>>visitors,(WHICH WERE A USELESS BUNCH OF YES
>PEOPLE).So
>>>then you would receive your fate,but i never did
>>>myself any favours as i had a real problem with
>>>authority back then so i just kept adding more & more
>>>time to my sentence.But i met some real characters in
>>>portland from all over the uk,england,wales,scotland
>>>&ireland & we did believe it or not between scrapping
>>>amongst ourselves & the screws i met some of the most
>>>genuine people i've ever met in that place.In the end
>>>i ended up serving 2&half years nearly but only
>>>because i would only shave if i felt the need i would
>>>only make my bed pack if i could be bothered & if i
>>>woke up in a real rebellious mood id make sure i was
>>>still in bed when they did unlock,it was just to see
>>>the look on there faces when they opened my door id
>>>yawn & come out with some cheeky remark like morning
>>>sir is it that time already.Just to see there faces
>go
>>>10 colors of the rainbow was worth any kicking i got
>>>down the block. That was also the time before we had
>>>any toilets,sinks electric& i've now heard every cell
>>>comes with its own t.v. So all we were allowed in
>them
>>>days was a basic radio, which cost me no ends of
>>>trouble & numerous electric shocks trying to wire it
>>>up to the light which is not advisable if you've no
>>>electrical experience & it was extremely forbidden.
>>>But on canteen day it was a toss up between batteries
>>>or baccy there was no competition, the radio had to
>go
>>>to the light. But anyone doing time then or before
>>>knows exactly what i'm talking about when it came to
>>>slop out in the morning, it must have been the most
>>>inhumane degrading part of the day, i was physically
>>>sick every morning at slop out coz you could garentee
>>>there would be someone who couldn't wait for a
>number2
>>>through the night & rather than do what i did which
>>>was shit on a newspaper and throw it out the
>>>window(SORRY TO ALL YOU YARD CLEANERS BUT NEEDS MUST
>>>AND I WASN'T HAVING THAT IN MY CELL TILL MORNING),you
>>>would always get 1 dirty twat shit in his piss pot
>and
>>>put it in the slush first thing in the morning.I am
>>>sorry to say borstal wasn't my last st6int but i am
>>>now of the age where i have grown up i have a
>>>beautiful fiancee who keeps me on the straight and
>>>narrow & i haven't been near any of them hell holes
>>>for over 10 years and i intend to keep it that way,
>so
>>>any of you up & coming teenagers who think you can
>>>beat the system forget it, i tried for years and just
>>>ended up wasting a big part of my life!!!!
>
>
>I was at portland 1980. I too, was 16 and was housed
>in nelson house from hardy. id never even been on
>remand before i went to crown court for, what actually
>was my 1st offence(s). i was sentenced on a friday
>preceeding a bank holiday and had to spend the bank
>holiday weekend in oxford prison so when i finally got
>to portland on the tues (after spending lunchtime
>locked up in winchester prison) i was already
>shellshocked. oxford was an absolute shithole and i
>was banged up with 2 others in a cell next to the
>recess. the 3 of us were all bound for portland
>together but that was the only thing we had in common,
>beleive me!!
>we didnt arrive at portland til well after tea and
>they gave us faggots to eat!!! fucking faggots, jesus
>on a bike man, howay! its 4kin offal isnt it? that was
>the worst thing that happened to me there though. id
>been expecting an experience akin to scum and was nowt
>like that! i didnt even mind having to march
>everywhere to the sound of 'eft iyte eft iyte'.
>i was in 13/3 in nelson and, the 2 things i remember
>most are; when john lennon died the guy in the pad
>next door, a guy from southampton, said to me on
>unlock in the morning, 'fucking hell mate, ringo starr
>is dead!'. 2 days later he ended up in the block for
>selling rat poison to a kid in raleigh house who
>wanted to kill himself!!!! the other thing is, new
>years eve 1980, there were 3 shelves in the corner of
>the cell by the window that my 'mod' records were
>displayed on and, i managed to sit on the topshelf to
>see out of the window. it was a really crisp and clear
>night the sea was real calm and i could see chesil
>beach fading into the night.
>i was buzzing anyway because i only had 4 weeks left!
>
>while there i was a house cleaner and chaplains
>orderly (the back of my donkey jacket said 'chap ord'!
>if it was in a scene from scum it would say 'daddy
>ord'!!!!) and, i started a course in lathe setting
>with an instructor who kept using the word 'dogmatic'.
>i inevitably, injured myself because i was so bored by
>it.
>then, my first hardy house canteen was 51 and a half
>p. half ounce of old h, box matches, pkt rizla and 2
>chews!
>i did the standard 8m 2wk, i gave nothing and got
>nothing in return, so i didt owe any fucker anything
>when i got out.
>oh yeah, one other thing i remember was this welsh
>kid, only a short-arse 16yr old, he tied himself to
>his bed then set fire to his mattress with a fag or
>something, regretted it and couldnt get up to ring the
>bell! the night screw saw the smoke billowing from
>under his door and had to call the gate for the keys
>to put him out!! lol!!! that was as funny as fuck only
>because he escaped with no more than a burnt arse. the
>hospital bandaged his bum (but not his humiliation)
>retuned him to the house then, he went home, i hope
>hes still around. ill bet he cringes everytime he
>thinks about it!
i was in portland around 1978. i was in raleigh house. went to the block a few times because certain people headbutted my fist. there were genuine screws there like mr radford and mr webster,, paki williams was a prat.i remember a kid called kripps and david milkins escaped and i got blamed for helping them so it was off to the block.a welsh kid upset me in church so i showed him i wasnt happy,, back down the block.got chucked off the bricklaying course for killing flies on the white bricks and put on the joe party,,, happy days
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