More on the tiny phone.
Stewart said he received a phone call in prison telling him 'Helen should have never been involved'.
Just before the riots in Bedford prison, there was a massive riot it made the news.
It was just before that, someone handed me a phone and said: This is for you.
It was a little tiny phone. I took a call and I said: Hello
A man said: Is that Stewart?
I said: Yes.
I said: Who are you?
He said: That doesnt matter'"
The following has been taken from an ex-cons blog:
Even during my trial I kept in touch with family, friends and well-wishers by iPhone during the adjournments.
Then silence. As soon as I was sent down to the holding area under the Crown Court, I was effectively disconnected from the outside world. My mobile phone was the first thing that was seized from my pocket, to be bagged and inventoried with the rest of my property. I did get the chance, via my solicitor, to pass on a few messages to my family, but that was pretty much it. It would be years, rather than months, before I got to use a mobile or the Internet again
In fact, most prisons severely restrict even staff access to the Net through firewalls and other means. Members of staff arent even permitted to bring their own mobile phones or USB devices past the locker room in the main gatehouse,
Inmates do not have access to the Internet
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"Since he is a lifer on a 24-year minimum tariff, the con in question will probably have received some very unpleasant belated birthday gifts from the security screws and I wouldnt fancy being in his shoes at the moment, or on every birthday to come for the next 20-odd years".
I was surprised to learn that even the Number One governor isnt exempt since the locker room is outside the security perimeter.
But now we know about the Mars bars. Eew.
I imagine life in prison will be exceedingly tough for IS. I doubt his sons will ever visit him and he has no friends. That only leaves his parents. He'll be disconnected in more ways than one. Too bad, so sad.
http://prisonuk.blogspot.com.au/2014/08/prisoners-unnetworked.html