| Subject: Re: ex screws glenochil detention centre scotland |
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Jim
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Date Posted: 14:08:11 08/10/13 Sat
In reply to:
Colin Murrat
's message, "Re: ex screws glenochil detention centre scotland" on 12:34:00 01/04/13 Fri
I was there 76 I think, I did Friarton as well hated it lost every day of my remition and even was on Governers on my release day so never got out till 11am and had to walk to Train Station... They were doing bricklaying courses in Glenochil when I was there and we had a VIP visit some of us got white gattors to wear on parade. I live in Brighton now 26 years since I was convicted of anything,,,
>>>>>>know how u feel pal can u remember a screw called
>I was in Dec 73 to March 74. Bedding blocks, bulling
>boots, sewing mailbags and circuit training. It was
>tough but I'd been through the system. Remand home,
>Oakbank, Thornley Park and Perth Prison. I felt sorry
>for the poor bastards who got sent there for there 1st
>taste of porridge. The screw were slags. I remember
>feeling particularly sorry for a kid who had epilepsy
>and had to polish the dust bin by the wing office so
>the duty screw could keep an eye on him. I'm a
>successful decorating contractor now. And the duff was
>good.
>>>>>>hunter he was a half cast f..ing hated me he did a
>>>>>>would have loved tae have bumbed into him after a
>>>got
>>>>>>out but no such luck, remember big
>cameron.....done
>>>>>>eight weeks eight days ,n break lost three days
>>>>>>remission they didnaey let me forget it
>>>>>what did you lose remission for? have also read
>that
>>>>>if you snapped your fingers on the day of your
>>>release
>>>>>that you could lose remission for it any idea what
>>>>>that was about?
>>>>>i was there in 1975 and some of the screws were
>>right
>>>>>bastards though a couple of older screws werent so
>>>bad
>>>>>i remember being on parade and it was a hot day and
>>>>>almost blacked out and heard a voice telling me
>that
>>>>>if i fainted i would be scrubbing the parade ground
>>>>>for a week with a tooth brush luckily an older
>screw
>>>>>realised i was unwell and took me back to my room
>>and
>>>>>gave me a drink of water he also gave me permision
>>to
>>>>>lie down on my bed for 10 minutes
>>>>
>>>>Alright lads, I was in Glenochil Oct-Dec 1975 and
>had
>>>>a right hard time with the screws. They hit me from
>>>>day one, had me down as a different surname for the
>>>>first 3 weeks, (resulting in me not answering the
>>roll
>>>>call and the hassle that caused), tried to make me
>>eat
>>>>dry bread after my dinner was finished one day
>>(didn't
>>>>eat it!) which led to a severe beating, bedblock and
>>>>room etc totally trashed on my return from the
>dinner
>>>>hall! I eventually lost 3 days remission for
>>>>apparently trying to 'escape' during a black-out!
>The
>>>>screw responsible was Woods - he was outside our
>>cells
>>>>listening to some banter from me and a guy Billy
>>>>Dunlop (from Drumchapel) saying Woods was a
>>>>'chip-off-the-old block', lost my red grade that I
>>was
>>>>in line for (already had yellow at first attempt),
>>>>beat me up and put me on report - no sense of
>>>>humour...
>>>>The screws were ex-services mostly and all wore
>their
>>>>own gear, not uniforms if you remember and nearly
>>>>every one of them wore black Doc Martins shoes. A
>>year
>>>>later my mates were in Glenochil and the screws were
>>>>now in issued uniforms complete with the peaked hats
>>>>down to their beaks and more looking even more
>>>>intimidating!
>>>the screws being in uniform wasnt this just after the
>>>tories decided to make detention centres a short
>sharp
>>>shock regime also the young offenders would have been
>>>open by then as well
>>>re screws was that little fat shit bruce still there
>>>was our group officer on A wing also recall someone
>>>called melville believe it or not his auntie was my
>>>school teacher at infant school!
>>>your right about rooms being trashed and being put on
>>>report for no reasonable reason(ie they set you up by
>>>putting dust and dirt in your room then putting you
>on
>>>report for a dirty room)
>>>i did april-june 75 so must have lost a months
>>>remission
>>>reason i remember is that im not in love by 10cc had
>>>just got to number one after i was released but prior
>>>to that windsor davis and don estelle were at number
>>>one with whispering grass.
>>>did u like the duff? it was always served on
>thursdays
>>>i think
>>
>>I had managed to erase most it from memory, I was
>>there 76 not a nice place, Murphy was still there
>>bulling his way through the day, he offered me a
>>square go in a cuboard, I went in and the coward
>>locked me in it and put light off, I was in there the
>>whole day....The only good day was when they took us
>>up on the moors hill-walking for one day. Jim
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