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Subject: Re: portland borstal


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leon (the good the bad the ugly)
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Date Posted: 09:55:43 04/14/09 Tue
In reply to: leon 's message, "portland borstal" on 09:53:18 04/14/09 Tue

>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!!!!

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Re: portland borstalgeordie steve (in deep thought!)18:47:34 11/15/09 Sun


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