Eyes in the Back of Your Head Required...

posted by Bunnery on Thu 28th Jun, 07 at 12:39:24

Just two weeks left in prison. Hey - that makes me feel like Paris Hilton!! When I come out I want to open a home for Naughty Boys and do good :-)

Actually yesterday was a full day (usually we only do half a day at a time - all anyone can stand) and I can tell you that the lads seem to see it as a challenge to pinch anything that isn't screwed down! It is like a battle of wits! It is not like they actually want or need the stuff they nick - I mean, what are they going to do with the barcode scanner in their "pad"? They just think if it is there - they are honour-bound to try to filch it!

Yesterday I did manage to retrieve the new VIBE magazine (it's about music - in case you were wondering!) which I'd only had for 2 days! The officers had to "pat down" the lads before it was found, up a jumper. I stopped the attempted robbery of my date stamp just in time. Then I demanded the return of the TV pages from the newspaper - which thankfully one lad sheepishly produced from down his pants!! I wasn't entirely sure that I wanted it back after that, to tell you the truth! However, page 3 of The Sun was never found. Dread to think where the perpetrator had hidden that one!!

I am learning other stuff too - like the meaning of tattoos. Seems if someone has dots tattooed on their knuckles it means that they have been in Borstal (this from a boy who had been there since age 11!) and if you ever see anyone with tears tattooed on their face - the number of tears equates to the number of times they have been in prison. or in some cases the number of people they have killed. I wouldn't approach them either way, if I was you.

Ever wondered what the currency is in prison? I guess in adult prisons it is still tobacco but in a non-smoking establishment like the YOIs it is - shower gels! You hear many an X-Box game or music CD being offered for 4 Lynx Shower gels or two Radox! 

I have a start date for my new job of 9th July. I wonder if life is going to seem a little tame after all this...... [long word]