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‘But it could easily house four prisoners’
‘True,’ says Clive, ‘but remember I’m also the race relations representative, so they’ll only allow black prisoners to share a room with me There aren’t that many black prisoners in D-cats,’ he adds with a smile
I hadn’t noticed the sudden drop in the black population after leaving Wayland until Clive mentioned it But I have seen a few at NSC, so I ask why they aren’t allowed to room with him
‘They all start life on the north block, and that’s where they stay,’ he adds without explanation He also beat ht
DAY 95
SUNDAY 21 OCTOBER 2001
600 am
Sunday is a day of rest, and if there’s one thing you don’t need in prison it’s a day of rest
800 am
SMU is open as Mr Downs is transferring files fro up new responsibilities Fifteen new prisoners arrived on Friday, giving me an excuse to prepare files and make up their identity cards
North Sea Camp, whose capacity is 220, rarely has ht to be within fiftystuck out on the east coast li refurbished at the moment, which shows the lack of pressure on accommodation6 The turnover at NSC is about fifteen prisoners a week What I am about to reveal is common to all D-cat prisons, and by no e, one prisoner absconds every week (unlawfully at large), the figures have a tendency to rise around Christ the summer, so NSC loses around fifty prisoners a year; this explains the need for five roll-calls a day Many absconders return within twenty-four hours, having thought better of it; they have twenty-eight days added to their sentence A few, often foreigners, return to their countries and are never seen again Quite recently, two Dutchmen absconded and were picked up by a speedboat, as the beach is only 100 yards out of bounds They were back in Holland before the next roll-call
Most absconders are quickly recaptured,as far as Boston, a mere six h walls and razor wire, and will never, under any circumstances, be allowed to return to an open prison, even if at some time in the future they are convicted of a et clean away But theyover their shoulder
There are even so husbands or partners back to prison, and in one case a ate, declaring that she didn’t want to see hiain until he completed his sentence
This is all relevant because of so that took
place today