All posts by Gordon

Phone Hacking Hello friend, Well, well, well… 90 claimants who had brought cases for phone hacking against newspapers owned by Rupert Murdoch’s organisation, had their claims settled. Interesting… you have journalists who make their living from vilifying public figures and writing salacious stories about high-profile riminal cases, whilst at the same time they are breaking
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Food Hello friend There was a recent outbreak of listeria in a hospital due to food poisoning. It reminded me of my 2 bouts in here (see blog 2018 69). One of the experts referred to the ‘chill chain’ being broken. I am 100% certain that this is what caused my food poisoning the last
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Humanity Reminders Hello friend, After the last 3 blogs, you may well ask how I retain my faith in humanity – something I like to call ‘humanity reminders’. One of my regulars is ‘Undercover Boss USA’. I usually catch the last 20-30 minutes after coming back from work. Seeing the joy and emotion from the
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Hello friend Here we go again… I’ve now served my pre-action letter of claim against The Governor of HMP Wakefield and Care UK (the private healthcare provider). Both have now sent their acknowledgment letter and will be giving me their full response in around 3 months. Having been here many times before (this is my
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Dishonest Politicians Hello friend, I saw a clip of Chris Grayling (former prison’s minister) talking about the reoffending rates of violent and sexual offenders; this was when he was trying to gain support for his (now failed) privatisation of the probation service. He claimed that 60% go on to reoffend within a few months .
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019 – 27 – canteen Canteen Hello friend, Some of you may already know that we can order food items through the ‘canteen’ once a week. Despite the name, the ‘canteen’ is not a sit down food hall but a paper based list of products to choose from; DHL run the show fro another prison.
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Jimmy G CDs Hello friend, I finally got a CD copy of the shows back in March; plus a copy to my mother. The rest of the team also got their copies and a copy to send to a family member. It was great to listen to the shows again after being so long since
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Family Day Hello friend, I was on a family day earlier on this week; it was for the over 50s (!) My mother came to visit. There were only 14 prisoners and their families who attended – nice and quiet. There are always some little events they put on – quizzes, bingo, guess the number
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Blog Hello friend, Last year the blogs posts got a little behind the date I wrote them. The ‘team’ have done a great job and have pretty much got back on track. This means the posts will in all probability slow down a little. I’m also at the mercy of my cervical stenosis (2019-10); I
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CDs Hello friend, You may find this hard to believe, given how important music has been in my life, but I’ve not bought any CDs since I came to prison in 2003; would you spend half your wages on a CD. That being said, I’ve recently become aware that you can buy some CDs for
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