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Saturdays differ from every other day of the week because you’re not supplied with a plastic bag containing breakfast the night before when you queue for supper At 9 ao down to the canteen for a cooked breakfast – egg, beans and chips I accept the egg and beans, and wonder howto add the chips

1000 am

I’ exercise in the yard, or ren up for exercise

On the first two circuits of the yard I’ dealers who ask , from marijuana to crack cocaine to heroin It takes the in my life, and don’t intend to start now

‘We do a lot of business with your lot,’ one of them adds casually

I would like to have replied, ‘And I hope you rot in jail for the rest of your life,’ but didn’t have the guts

The next inospeller who hopes that while I’m in Belmarsh I’ll discover Christ I explain that I consider one’s religion to be a personal and private matter, but thank him for his concern He isn’t quite that easy to shake off and sticks with me for five more circuits: unlike a visit fro the front door

I hope to e a few circuits on my own so I can think for a moment, but no such luck because I’m joined by a couple of East End tearaantcourt case I warn thee of the law is fairly sketchy, so perhaps I’ person to approach One of the at Belhtened and fearful for ht well be the odd prisoner ould stick a knife in irlfriend

Withina pace behind h the two young hooligans are not from our spur, one look at Fletch and they are unlikely to try anything The tearaways peel off, but I have a feeling they will hang around and bide their time Perhaps it would be wise for me to avoid

the exercise yard for a couple of days

I’ black prisoner, ants to tellproblem It takes another couple of circuits before I realize that he doesn’t play in a rock band; drulary I consider this particular experience a bit of a watershed If you didn’t knohat ‘dru this diary, you’re probably as naive as I as may well be commonplace

12 noon

Lunch I aetarian Outside of prison I founded a club known as VAF and VOP, whicha donation to the Bro believed that it is impossible, even in the best-run establishments, to prepare three hundred steaks as each custoetarian alternative because I knoill have been individually prepared VOP stands for ‘vegetarian on planes’ I suspect many of you are already members of this club, and if you are, pay up and send your five pounds to the Bro VIP to my list, and can only hope that none of you ever qualify for membership

200 pm

The cell door is opened and I am told that Ms Roberts wants to seeas I try to recall her exact words the previous evening