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Subject: Re: Guys Marsh/Portland Borstal - anyone been there?

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peejay

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Date Posted: 03:29:40 02/06/04 Fri
In reply to: chris 's message, "Re: Guys Marsh/Portland Borstal - anyone been there?" on 07:08:51 01/16/04 Fri

you still around the oxford area chris?
>I was in Portland twice the first time was from
>september '1979-June 1980. I was in Benbow house. The
>second time was from may 1981- febuary 1982. For the
>second whack i spent the last two months at Guys marsh
>i was in Anglia house. Each time i was in Oxford
>prison on remand before going to Portland. I was in
>Campsfield House detention centre august 1978. There
>must be some real Borstal Boys out there! Get in
>touch.
>>>whenever i was released from borstal or nick, in my
>>>head i still had that prison mentality. things are ok
>>>now, but i still think like a crim and i guess i
>>>allways will, its just not going the present short
>>>term gains but looking to the future
>>i was at guys marsh 69/70, my only beef is that remand
>>time was not taken off & there was a bloody lot of
>>time spent on remand & assesment before getting there!
>>plus there was no way that an earliest possible date
>>of release could be given which made the whole
>>expereince seem like it was never going to end,
>>nothing to work towards or look foreward to.
>>After hasler dc gosport it was like a holiday camp,
>>great cameraderie, a great bunch of mates. There was a
>>right nasty basta'd screw at gosport. Payne was his
>>name & pain was his game, if he would like to try & do
>>what he did to me there now , i would be only be too
>>glad to see him again & let him try & have another pop
>>at me come on Payne, where are you now big shot/shit
>?

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