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1000 am

Mr New drops into the hospital to say his farewells He leaves NSC tonight and will, on 8 January, change his uniforovernor at Norwich Prison He’s taughtthe past three months

600 pm

I est enemy I have to contend with is boredom, and it’s a killer

For many prisoners, it’s the tis are offered by the dealers for nothing, and when they dee for a phonecard and an ounce of tobacco or cash, and finally, when they’re hooked, they’ll give anything for a fix – including their life

Tonight, the Lincolnshire constabulary informed sister that a foro, has been found under a hedge in a quiet country lane

He died from an overdose

Happy New Year

DAY 168

WEDNESDAY 2 JANUARY 2002

600 am

I continue to edit A Prison Diary Volume One – Belmarsh: Hell

1000 am

Mr Berlyn drops in to tell me that he already has plans for my CSV work should my sentence be reduced, and this even before the date of e pensioners’ hoht of the press He also feels I would benefit from the experience I had hoped to work in the Red Cross shop in Boston, but Mr Berlyn has discounted that option after Maria brought in, without pern before Christhanistan appeal The Rev Derek Johnson, the prison chaplain, has been to see hiiveness and rehabilitation business Mr Berlyn’s immediate retort was, ‘I’m in the punishment and retribution business’ He must have meant of prisoners; I can’t believe he wishes to punish a hard-working, decent wo to run a Red Cross shop

450 pm