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I’ers into the hospital He’s sweating profusely, and badly out of breath I take his blood pressure, 176/109, and immediately brief the unit officer, but not until I’ve taken my own (130/76) to check the machine is not faulty

Mr Doho replaced Mr New as PO) is on duty and I tell hi an eye on this patient for the past four days, and told ain, he was to be taken straight to Pilgrim Hospital for a full check-up

‘It’s not quite that easy,’ explains Mr Downs ‘I’ve only got five officers on duty tonight, and this inmate hasn’t been risk assessed, so one of us would have to accompany him’

Mr Downs sighs, phones for a taxi, and instructs an officer to travel with the inrim Hospital (cost £20)

That uarded by four officers – one of the woman who’s recently joined the service

Good night

DAY 182

WEDNESDAY 16 JANUARY 2002

1000 am

Martin, the in to steal so he was due to be released, has had another twenty-five days added to his sentence, this tiinally due to leave NSC on 14 December, and noon’t be released until 14 March At this rate I et out before him

It’s not uncoer period than their original sentence However it will take Martin a number of ‘knock backs’ before he can beat a prisoner in Wayland (A Prison Diary, Volume II) who started with a three-year sentence for possession of heroin and is still a resident of that establishht years later

300 pm

A the new inductees are a police to kill his lary, driving offences, drugs, drugs and drugs Still, I sense one or two stories a this lot

700 pm

I have a visit fros), which is a bit of a surprise as he was on the paper chase last Monday, and should have been discharged yesterday I can’t believe he’s committed another crime in the last twenty-four hours No It turns out that the parole board, having informed the prison that he could be released on Monday, have now told hined Why couldn’t they tell him that last Monday rather than unnecessarily raise his hopes?