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Do you know any convicts?

Eglinton

My friends and I were discussing the topic of going to prison last night. Neither I nor any of them know anyone personally that is currently in jail or previously jailed. I suppose it's a product of our social class and luck over the years that we've never been close to that sort of person/gang/group.

So do any of you boardsies know anyone in prison? I don't mean if you know of a guy in your local town that's done a stretch. We all know/have heard of them.

I mean really personally - relative, close friend etc. What did they do; What do you think of them now; How does it make you feel?

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Degsy

Make no mistake,there's very few people NOT capable of murder if the right buttons are pressed.

Neamhshuntasach

2 friends of mine from secondary school went on to be jailed for murder although later released due to technicalities.

A mate of mine from America is currently in prison in Guatemala for damage to federal property.

And family members have been imprisoned for membership of a certain organization.

thelordofcheese

Dudess wrote: »

Note to self: Never EVER go to prison.

don't worry dudess, womens prison is a much different place, i've seen the videos......

[Deleted User]

A "friend" was jailed/given a suspended sentence (can't fully remember) for a fairly serious assault recently.

I know somebody who is serving life in prison for murder.

Lockstep

some fairly chilling stuff here folks.

I'm guessing violence is fairly prevalent but is rape actually a problem here or just something people use to make "don't drop the soap" jokes.

incidentally, the dutch version of don't drop the soap is "swallow a fork", a dutch person explained it to me as "when you swallow the fork, it will stick in your anus and prevent penetration"..........

RoyalMarine

someone i know is on trial for murdering one of my best m8's sister's.

brayblue24

board om wrote: »

another guy i know did 6 months for a motor offence that he didnt even do. he was arrested on a warrant and dragged before the courts. 'apparently' he had been stopped on a motor bike with no tax and insurance but he actually hadnt. obviously someone else had been stopped and had given his name. so when he got to court he was sentenced to 6 months for no tax and insurance and for not turning up at the the original court date. the problem was though that he came from a criminal family and although he wasnt really like the rest of the family, he was tarred with the same brush. and even if he did know who had given his name he couldnt grass them up as it isnt the done thing where he is from. so he had to keep quiet and do the time.

Uh huh. Of course he did

stovelid

Two of my cousins and a few school friends, but nobody in my close circle.

board om

brayblue24 wrote: »

Uh huh. Of course he did

he did indeed. the way he was brought up is you dont talk to the garda, no matter what. so if you are picked up on the street you sit in silence until your period of detention is up. the rest of his family are all serious criminals, and his uncle is a certain criminal 'godfather' who was killed a few years ago. so he grew up with the house being raided and family memebrs going in and out of prison. so when this happened he didnt have the choice of blaming someone else becuase in his family and friends eyes that would be ratting, and being a rat where he comes from is worse than a prison sentence.

people like him usually have a few charges hanging over them at any one time and what they do is when it comes to answer the charges in court, they get all the cases heard at once and that way the sentences are run concurrently. so if they were caught for 5 differnt crimes, instead of having 5 differnt court cases and gettting a prison sentence for each crime, they own up to all 5 crimes in one go and get them all dealt with in the same court case. and that way instead of getting 5 different sentences of 6 months each, they get all the sentences to run conccurently and they will get one sentence of a year. it also gets them time off for pleading guilty as it saves the tax payer the cost of a trial. burglars and car thiefs would do it a lot. they would get a certain amount of prison time for each car theft or burglary if they were tried in seperate court cases, so when they eventually get caught and they know they are definitly getting a prison sentence, they admit to everything they know they are going to be caught for. they get to court, plead guilty, and get a nice short sentence. and they will even get a further 25% off of the sentence for good behaviour. then it is back out on to the streets and back to business.

for this lad it would have just been a charge on top of many other charges so it was easier just to plead guilty and take the concurrent sentence. the alternative would have meant getting one sentence for all the other stuff and then a seperate case for the motor offence, and if he had been found guilty of the motor offence it would have been a seperate sentence. so it makes sense just to plead guilty.

but i am sure he would be hearbroken that brayblue didnt believe his story. i am sure he will be sitting up at night in tears.

brayblue24

board om wrote: »

but i am sure he would be hearbroken that brayblue didnt believe his story. i am sure he will be sitting up at night in tears.

Obviously I'm not going to get involved in a public spat with you so to be fair the last post makes more sense than the original one. Given that detail I'd believe what you say alright

Dudess

board om wrote: »

people like him usually have a few charges hanging over them at any one time and what they do is when it comes to answer the charges in court, they get all the cases heard at once and that way the sentences are run concurrently. so if they were caught for 5 differnt crimes, instead of having 5 differnt court cases and gettting a prison sentence for each crime, they own up to all 5 crimes in one go and get them all dealt with in the same court case. and that way instead of getting 5 different sentences of 6 months each, they get all the sentences to run conccurently and they will get one sentence of a year. it also gets them time off for pleading guilty as it saves the tax payer the cost of a trial. burglars and car thiefs would do it a lot. they would get a certain amount of prison time for each car theft or burglary if they were tried in seperate court cases, so when they eventually get caught and they know they are definitly getting a prison sentence, they admit to everything they know they are going to be caught for. they get to court, plead guilty, and get a nice short sentence. and they will even get a further 25% off of the sentence for good behaviour. then it is back out on to the streets and back to business.

for this lad it would have just been a charge on top of many other charges so it was easier just to plead guilty and take the concurrent sentence. the alternative would have meant getting one sentence for all the other stuff and then a seperate case for the motor offence, and if he had been found guilty of the motor offence it would have been a seperate sentence. so it makes sense just to plead guilty.

/puts Daily Mail hat on: Great system for the criminal, but pretty unfair and crap for anyone who's a victim of crime.

Did he ever track down who gave his name instead of their own? I SO wouldn't like to be that dude if he did...

board om

Dudess wrote: »

/puts Daily Mail hat on: Great system for the criminal, but pretty unfair and crap for anyone who's a victim of crime.

i know, its kind of funny when you think about it. we all assume these scumbags are as thick as pig sh*t and that they end up in a life of crime due to their upbringing and that they never stood a chance with life. but the truth is they know exactly what they are doing and they know the system backwards. and they know exactly how to milk the various systems for what they are worth.

it happens a lot with crimes that carry a minimum sentence. if they know they are going to down for a certain amount of time anyway, then they just admit to everything at once, get the cases heard together, and instead of serving lots of different sentences they just serve one sentence.

it doesnt exactly fill you with joy knowing that some scumbag who has committed a string of serious crime doesnt actually get the sentence they deserve. if you look at the sentences handed down to ciminals in the US it is completly different. they dont let them off that easy. over there if someone carried out a series of crimes they wouldnt see the outside world again for a long time. over here all those sentence would be served as one.

Dudess wrote: »

Did he ever track down who gave his name instead of their own? I SO wouldn't like to be that dude if he did...

he was that bothered really. tbh i think it was a member of his own family, or at least someone very close to him like someone from the estate where he grew up. they had to have been close to him to know all the details like names, address, date of birth, etc. so it wasnt some stranger giving out his name, it was someone he knew well. and i reckon he knew that too. proves the saying that there is no honour amongst thieves.

moneyman

Dragan wrote: »

You would be suprised Dudess. I know some pretty well who is currently coming up on a murder charge. Seemed like a nice dude, got to know him well enough over a few years to consider him a mate....then all of a sudden this **** happens.

It can be pretty tough to seperate the act and the stereotypical personality and life you apply to such people in your head with the reality that this dude who you had pints and laughs with is capable of murder.

I mean, he killed someone....he seemed "normal".

Subconciously you tend to hold on to the ideal that something went wrong or it was somehow not all his fault.

It's an odd one.

Spot on, there. I know a guy who just got sentenced to 14 years (I think) for sexual assault and rape. Knew him fairly well. Always thought he was a decent fella 'til this happened, all in the last week. In fact, a big picture of him was sprawled across the star a few days ago with the caption "Monster". It's a bit surreal seeing someone you know in such a light. But he deserves all he gets and I have no sympathy whatsoever for him.

Ronan H

I go to one of the prisons in Dublin every weekend to play soccer with an "outside" team against an "inside" team. So I guess you could say that I know some of the guys on the inside team. For a number of years also I used to have a penpal on death row in Texas, USA. I suppose you could say I don't know any of these personally but I just thought I'd throw it in the mix as it's an interesting thread...

Head

Not naming who, but..very close relatives.

One, 6 months for GBH,put a guy in intensive care.
Another, Drug related charges
Another, Smuggling Cocaine + Heroin

3 different people, 2 lads and a girl.

and yes, they're all grand people..IF you're on their right side

Dave!

ClioV6 wrote: »

Not naming who, but..very close relatives.

One, 6 months for GBH,put a guy in intensive care.
Another, Drug related charges
Another, Smuggling Cocaine + Heroin

3 different people, 2 lads and a girl.

and yes, they're all grand people..IF you're on their right side

Ahh gwan, give us their names!

I don't know anybody who has been convicted of anything.

I'm trying to think of anybody who I think could be in the future, but drawing a blank!

Most likely someone will be done for a driving offense, or maybe something resulting from a fight. But then you can hardly predict who's gonna be the person to murder someone in a fit of passion/rage!

Maybe it'll be me! :eek:

BobTheBeat

Dave! wrote: »

...

Maybe it'll be me! :eek:

If you see Tom cruise outside your door , run ta fook!

jiltloop

Degsy wrote: »

They're not the only variables.In mountjoy for example,culchies and dubs kick absolute lumps out of each other.People are ghosted to mountjoy from,say cork if they pissed the screws off.There thier lives are made a total misery,they get piss pots emptied under thier cell doors,have thier stuff nicked and they get slashed with knives made out of toothbrushes.The balance is redressed if a dublin bloke is ghosted to cork or limerick prison,they get battered from the moment they get there.Also Dubs arent part particular about who they fight with,townies dont regard people from donaghmede as being dubs for example,people from one lot of flats could be fueding with people from another lot of flats.Its a ****ed-up place,even without the prevelence of drugs on the wings.
as for rapists etc,they're nearly all sent to arbour hill for thier own protection,being known as a grass or a rat will get you the same treatment though,especially if somebody you ratted on is on the same landing as you!

I don't think that's 100% true tbh, I knew a guy who served a couple of months in a prison down in cork. He was a dub with a dub accent. He said he got no hassle at all down there from the corkonians, apparently he actually got on very well with them.

Flipz4Rollz

3rd cousin with tom nevin(murdered a few years back)
Catherine is doing a bit of a stretch now

Duiske

Flipz4Rollz wrote: »

3rd cousin with john nevin(murdered a few years back)
Ann is doing a bit of a stretch now

Only Nevin murder I remember was the murder of Tom Nevin by his wife Cathrine.

Flipz4Rollz

Duiske wrote: »

Only Nevin murder I remember was the murder of Tom Nevin by his wife Cathrine.

Yeah it was them
Get relatives mixed up sometimes

[Deleted User]

I read a Martha Stewart magazine once, does that count?

HoLLLLLaments

the mits but hes my protege, dont bad mouth thye mits

brendansmith

ClioV6 wrote: »

put a guy in intensive care.

and yes, they're all grand people

Yep, nothing wrong here!

tman

A mate of mine just got out of prison last month. Was pretty weird going in to visit him, apart from the last time which was a nice and relaxed visit in the low security section... Even got to have a game of footy with him:)
He was on a bit of a bad path, and seems to be a changed man for the best now.

Went to visit my dad in prison when I was a kid. His words that day will always stick with me... "Never become a ****ing pig"
(sounds pretty badass, but he was only in there for an unpaid fine)

HoLLLLLaments

nice tman can u unban me from poker plz?

Tar.Aldarion

tman wrote: »

A mate of mine just got out of prison last month. Was pretty weird going in to visit him, apart from the last time which was a nice and relaxed visit in the low security section... Even got to have a game of footy with him:)
He was on a bit of a bad path, and seems to be a changed man for the best now.

Went to visit my dad in prison when I was a kid. His words that day will always stick with me... "Never become a ****ing pig"
(sounds pretty badass, but he was only in there for an unpaid fine)

Don't forget the free sex.

'Mommy tman, why is daddy wresting?'

brendansmith

Tara Le d'Arion wrote: »

Don't forget the free sex.

'Mommy tman, why is daddy wresting?'

? Not cool!

HoLLLLLaments

cool tara is da **** yo

brendansmith

HoLLLLLaments wrote: »

cool tara is da **** yo

word!