Have you ever been in prison?

Rawhead · 15-02-2011 11:21PM

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

Never been in prison, but have been locked up against my will on three occasions due to a mental illness. Spent six weeks locked up in a beautiful mental hospital run by a religious order in 2002. They put me into a padded cell for demanding my right to see a doctor independent of the American multinational that I had lodged two official complaints against. I folded after twenty seven hours; (an embarrasment to my hero James Connolly ).
Unlike somebody who has been accused of a crime, I was not allowed access to the Guards or a solicitor. I cannot explain to you the fear of being locked in a room without any rights or access to the outside world, or any idea of when or if, you will be let out. I fought for five years to bring this horrible injustice to light, only to be told in 2008, that the 2001 mental health act had finally been enacted, thus rendering my work superfluous.:(

The food was good though, and the people were nice.:)

Not to make light of your predicament, but did they stamp your hand like in the Simpson's episode.

dr gonzo · 15-02-2011 11:31PM

Jonniealan wrote: »

Yeah did 25 mins in the Bolivian state prison san pedro la paz. Did me time and kept me trap shut and avoided any unsavoury shower incidents ( in other words I didnt shower )

I was travelling in Bolivia and you could actually pay the gards to let you in for a tour with bodygaurds and inmate tour guide. It wa sureal to say the least but to be honest I regretted going in.
Anyone finds themselves in La paz dont bother you'll feel like your really taking advantage of people who are already bottom of the food chain.

Cant do it anymore anyway, we tried and got practically chased away by the guards because there had been a riot a few weeks before which led to the whole story about the San Pedro tourist industry coming out, apparently the government came down pretty hard on the prison authorities.

Cant say i was terribly disappointed, we were outside and got the exact impression youre talking about, taking advantage of people who have little or nothing for a cheap thrill.

yogimotorsport · 15-02-2011 11:50PM

Did 6 days on remand in cork prison,wasnt as bad as i feared on the way there but still ant somewhere i ever want to go again
Didnt get threathend or anything just kept to myself,few lads actually gave me advise and spoke to every day kept me sane being honest
But at the same time saw a Latvian lad getting slit in the throat with a razor blade for mouthing off freaked the ****e outa me

KamiKazeKitten · 16-02-2011 01:20PM

School tour to Mountjoy - does that count?

Saw the Scissor Sisters (womens prison is like a hotel btw), and was hit on by a guy in for armed robbery.
Fun day!

CrazyRabbit · 16-02-2011 01:53PM

Cereal Rapist wrote: »

Spent a night in Store St. Garda station, that's about the height of my criminal activity.

It was boring to say the least. Had nothing but a €2 coin to play with. They took my belt, phone, wallet, bag, shoe laces and even my glasses!

Etched my initials on the wall along with about 60 other people who had shared that cell previously.

Hamza Hissing Gnu wrote: »

What did you get arrested for?

Raping cereal of course.

jackiebaron · 16-02-2011 02:10PM

Spent the night in the precinct cells in the US. Handcuffed to a big Mexican next morning, put in a bus and driven to court for arraignment. Sent to jail. Sat in a holding cell with about 20 other muppets for hours. Then processed. Stripped and given an orange jumpsuit, a blanket, a baloney sandwich and a carton of milk and sent to the next round of processing. Tested for TB. Going through the next round of processing my name was called and I was told to go back...that bail had been posted. Gave my sandwich and milk to a black lad and went back, changed back into my civvies, got my belonging and was escorted out. Friend picked me up.

Didn't spend the night in the jail, only the cop-shop.

Monty Burnz · 16-02-2011 02:18PM

charlemont wrote: »

Iv been inside a few times, mostly only unpaid fines.

What the hell are you getting fined for the whole time? And why not pay?

R P McMurphy · 16-02-2011 02:19PM

jackiebaron wrote: »

Spent the night in the precinct cells in the US. Handcuffed to a big Mexican next morning, put in a bus and driven to court for arraignment. Sent to jail. Sat in a holding cell with about 20 other muppets for hours. Then processed. Stripped and given an orange jumpsuit, a blanket, a baloney sandwich and a carton of milk and sent to the next round of processing. Tested for TB. Going through the next round of processing my name was called and I was told to go back...that bail had been posted. Gave my sandwich and milk to a black lad and went back, changed back into my civvies, got my belonging and was escorted out. Friend picked me up.

Didn't spend the night in the jail, only the cop-shop.

That was a close one

Tubsandtiles · 16-02-2011 02:23PM

I've spent time on Shutter Island or have I ?

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milehip1 · 16-02-2011 02:32PM

Jonniealan wrote: »

Yeah did 25 mins in the Bolivian state prison san pedro la paz. Did me time and kept me trap shut and avoided any unsavoury shower incidents ( in other words I didnt shower )

I was travelling in Bolivia and you could actually pay the gards to let you in for a tour with bodygaurds and inmate tour guide. It wa sureal to say the least but to be honest I regretted going in.
Anyone finds themselves in La paz dont bother you'll feel like your really taking advantage of people who are already bottom of the food chain.

how long ago was that? I was there in 07/08 and that lark had been stopped due to a journalist going inside every day for a few months and doing an expose on the place.

stovelid · 16-02-2011 02:35PM

Thankfully the cllosest I got was overnight in a police cell for D and D.

biko · 16-02-2011 02:37PM

Going to prison this summer.

It's an old prison re-done into a hotel

faceman · 16-02-2011 02:40PM

I've been in jail far too often despite my best efforts to avoid it

You can say what you want about it but the worst part is not being able to collect €200.

flyton5 · 16-02-2011 02:45PM

I was convicted of the murder of my wife and her lover and sentenced to life imprisonment. Morgan Freeman befriended me and helped me get used to the dramatic change in my life.

Anyways, long story short. Over the course of two decades I dug a tunnel. One night I made my move and crawled to freedom through five hundred yards of **** smelling foulness you can't even imagine. Five hundred yards... that's the length of five football fields, just shy of half a mile.

Chairman Meow · 16-02-2011 02:47PM

Cereal Rapist wrote: »

Yup, it was. Dublin city centre. Not the first time my mate got arrested for graffiti either.

Hopefully next time they wont let either of you out.

ScumLord · 16-02-2011 03:06PM

I spent a few hours in a Galway cell, the hardest part was finding somewhere to sit that wasn't covered in human faeces.

dearg lady · 16-02-2011 03:14PM

Chairman Meow wrote: »

Hopefully next time they wont let either of you out.

ouch. why?

Lawros Tache · 16-02-2011 03:27PM

Monty Burnz wrote: »

What the hell are you getting fined for the whole time? And why not pay?

Maybe he had drug/alcohol problems

Maybe he was living on the streets and was getting arrested for drunk & disorderly or vagrancy associated incidents

Maybe he got a fine

Maybe he had no money

Or maybe he just couldn't remember the pin from his Gold Credit Card...

cml387 · 16-02-2011 03:30PM

flyton5 wrote: »

I was convicted of the murder of my wife and her lover and sentenced to life imprisonment. Morgan Freeman befriended me and helped me get used to the dramatic change in my life.

Anyways, long story short. Over the course of two decades I dug a tunnel. One night I made my move and crawled to freedom through five hundred yards of **** smelling foulness you can't even imagine. Five hundred yards... that's the length of five football fields, just shy of half a mile.

How did you manage to stick the poster back on the wall when you left eh?
Answer that and I'll believe you

Duggy747 · 16-02-2011 03:42PM

Once had a stint in a Turkish prison after being caught by airport officals trying to smuggle hashish taped to my torso out of the country.

Bastards in court had no intentions of letting me go and at one point they put me down in the basement with all the loonys. I had enough of the shìte so I stole an officer's suit and legged it out of the prison.

yrwhu8jxtni06a · 16-02-2011 03:49PM

Law is bit odd on life sentence-
http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/justice/prison_system/parole_board_of_ireland.html

If you are a prisoner in Ireland serving a life sentence or a long term sentence, the issue of your early release from prison may be considered by the Parole Board of Ireland.

Prisoners not eligible for review by parole board-

Prisoners guilty of the following offences are not (as a general principle) eligible for review by the Parole Board:
Murder or attempted murder committed within Ireland for a political motive, of the head of a foreign country, or of a member of the Government, or a diplomat from another country;

Murder of a member of An Garda Síochána or the Irish Prison Service in the course of his or her duty (Section 3 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1990);

Murder or attempted murder as set out in Section 6 of the Offences Against the State Act 1939 or Section 18 of that Act.

So if a complete scumbag goes on a killing spree without killing the listed in the not eligible section they are elgible for parole ?

ScumLord · 16-02-2011 03:52PM

Rowen Scrawny Ghetto wrote: »

Law is bit odd on life sentence-
http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/justice/prison_system/parole_board_of_ireland.html

So if a complete scumbag goes on a killing spree without killing the listed in the not eligible section they are elgible for parole ?

Ya, if it's only citizens of the republic sure it's no big loss.

Kasabian · 16-02-2011 04:15PM

Duggy747 wrote: »

Once had a stint in a Turkish prison after being caught by airport officals trying to smuggle hashish taped to my torso out of the country.

Bastards in court had no intentions of letting me go and at one point they put me down in the basement with all the loonys. I had enough of the shìte so I stole an officer's suit and legged it out of the prison.

At Midnight?

DribblingRobot · 16-02-2011 05:01PM

Spent a bit of time on a penal colony myself. Had a bunch of lads I didn't particularly get on with over for dinner one night just to try smooth things over. Two guys came in and shot one of them and blew up their motor. Of course muggins gets the blame and after a short bull**** trial I was sent to this place in the middle of nowhere. Bleedin baltic there. Anyway met this bird who was able to get us outside the magnetic shielding and after she tried to backstab us she got shot by the guards and we got beamed up to the enterprise. Turns out the whole thing was a conspiracy to assassinate the president of the federation and subvert a possible treaty between the federation and the Klingons.

shampon · 16-02-2011 05:14PM

I was framed for a crime I didn't commit. Spent some time on remand where I got a blue butterfly tattooed to my chest. Spent a **** load of time in solitary confinement when I ended up on the island...eventually escaped and wrote two bestselling books.

take everything · 16-02-2011 05:47PM

Dangerous Man wrote: »

I spent a few hours in a cell for a crime I didn't commit

Alter-Ego wrote: »

I spent an afternoon in the joy on a school trip for a crime I didn't commit.

Are ye the A team?

/only messing.

Duggy747 · 16-02-2011 05:48PM

Kasabian wrote: »

At Midnight?

Yes, I can't Express the ordeal any further :pac:

3rdDegree · 16-02-2011 06:46PM

Duggy747 wrote: »

Once had a stint in a Turkish prison after being caught by airport officals trying to smuggle hashish taped to my torso out of the country.

Bastards in court had no intentions of letting me go and at one point they put me down in the basement with all the loonys. I had enough of the shìte so I stole an officer's suit and legged it out of the prison.

Did you escape as per the book or the movie?

Stench Blossoms · 16-02-2011 06:56PM

My cousin is a prison guard and he brought me into Cloverhill for a tour.

He brought me up to the 'mental wing', knocked on this fella's door and said 'I've a special someone to see you'.

I peeked in and your man was bollic naked having a ****. I screamed. My girlie scream was heard by the rest of the inmate who started chanting 'get them off ya'.

My cousin thought this was hilarious, I thought I was going to crap myself.

Nephew · 16-02-2011 07:28PM

Back in the old country I spent some time in the gulag. Conditions were stern but fair.

Have you ever been in prison?

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