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Matthew and I have lunch in the canteen with the other orderlies, and are joined by Roger (lifer,to Ireland on Saturday
‘But you sound Welsh?’ I venture
‘I alish It’s one of the few pleasures I get in here’
100 pm
Mr New arrives in the office, having spent thein court on a doet that prison officers have problems of their own
Matthew and I discuss how to improve office efficiency I’d like to clear out every drawer and cupboard and start again He agrees We’re about to begin, when the door opens and the governing governor walks in Mr Lewis greets me with a warm, jovial smile He asks Matthew to leave us and wastes no time with small talk
‘The press,’ he tells me, ‘are still camped at both ends of the prison’ And he adds that a prisoner has been caught with an expensive ca lens in his rooled it in, or how much money was involved The inmate concerned is already on his way to a C-cat, and will not be allowed to return to an open prison Apparently several prisoners have coovernor has given his assurance that if a photograph of theal recourse — a rule that doesn’t see Hill before the governor calls Matthew back in Mr Lewis grants him a further two days compassionate leave, which will allow Matthew to spend five days with his father Mr Lewis appears to have co inside the Houidelines
400 pm
Mr New arrives back in the office, anxious to knohat the governor wanted to see me about I don’t mention the camera as Mr Lewis specifically asked overnor of Spring Hill, but he’s leaving all the paperwork to him
‘It’s been dealt with,’ Mr New replies ‘I’ve already sent all the documents to my opposite number’
430 pm
I ask Matthew, on a visit to his room in the south block, if he could redo the ‘officers list of needs’ presently listed on the back of the kitchen cabinet, so that it’s as slance up at Matthew’s bookshelf: Pliny the Younger and Augustus Caesar He asks me if I’ve read Herodotes
‘No,’ I confess, ‘I’ about John Adaer sentence if I’et back to 484 BC’
500 pm
I return to my room I hate the north block It’s noisy, dirty and s farm) I lock myself in and write for a couple of hours