HMP YOI Glen Parva 1990

[@CARLIN4737]

These uploads are a very important part of our social history and The KZbin platform allows the light to shine on them once more otherwise they would have been lost to time and be just a memory.

[@georginaohara42]

Many of them are available to the public via the BBC archives,

[@Dramapalmer]

I drink and smoke but not at the same time 😂

[@goody3777]

Hunted a re-watch of this for years. ABSOLUTELY SUPERB PAGE with some historic prison documentary gems! I hope you have a few more to post!

[@caleyhook4091]

I am going into such a rabbit hole. Ive always been into social history and growing up on council estates in the 70s and 80s I knew so many lads who got stuck in the system. So important to have these fantastic records of how much humanity has changed in such a relatively short time. Thank you so much for curating such a fasinating collection. If anyone can point me towrds any other docs of this genre, or covering housing conditions during the same period Id be very grateful.

[@johnattwood8467]

Great upload m8. I was in Brinsford in '95. I cant believe how old fashioned it looks, but i suppose it is 30+yrs ago now.

[@Thevoiceofreason84]

Was in parva and brinsford Brinsford was worse in my experience

[@cdmChase1]

I was in Brinsford on and off from 1998 to 2001.. I was in Brinsford when 9-11 happened.. I always thought "how did they collapse " ?

[@MidlandAngler]

Brinsford was hard going 93-94 .. 😊

[@adamwuksta3255]

I hope Lee Smith led a good life upon release, seem to be a likeable young man with great supporting parents, he would be 53 years old now, a year older than myself. All the best to you mate.

[@MrTaylor498]

He bashed up an old woman of 80,likable? smh 😮

[@andymcguirk8292]

He lived in livingston in scotland but passed away couple of years ago

[@adamwuksta3255]

@@andymcguirk8292 thank you for sharing this information

[@joevtr]

@@andymcguirk8292 do you know what of? what did he end up doing with himself?

[@danrobinson572]

Too bad they didn’t do an update on these lads. Makes you wonder what ever happened to them now in 2024.

[@jeromealexandre4162]

That’s exactly what I was thinking , I’m so glad Lee was reunited with his parents at the end though - I was worried for him tbh .

[@ymcl2021]

@@Chatistics-ew5mrYip! Mugging an old woman of 80. I wonder how SHE got on.

[@littlewren5775]

Kids who not got guidance from parents are very easily provoked, and unthinkable crime not consider their consequences for their actions nor considering what would happen to the victim/victims. Until it's too late, he was lucky that 80-year-olds didn't die. Cause he wouldn't have survived adult prison. He'd been another suicide case . Wonder what happened to them. Think couple wouldn't be back others would have, and drugs would have taken a couple of them. It would be great to say they all stayed out of trouble, but 2 success is good outcome. But whoever knows, hopefully, someone may know, let us all know. I enjoyed this good viewing

[@danrobinson572]

@@littlewren5775 drugs are a serious problem and hopefully none of them got involved. And your right just getting 2 of them is better than 0

[@JohnAleno-fh9mj]

Matthew Greenaway ( the guy disciplined for bullying) has recently been sent down for several burglaries he is now 52

[@andrewcooper3503]

Brings back memories up saffron lane to tigers road it was me second home here and Onley. Tough old jail Glen parva not heard no one singing 10 cheesy bell ends does make a change.

[@senecaknowledge2274]

Great days.. my husband was a P.O there for many years

[@stevencrowley7816]

What year was last in ?

[@stevencrowley7816]

I'm Steven crowley I shared a cell with you 2000 2001 unit 2 glen parva

[@stevencrowley7816]

Yo huuuum used to make you laugh

[@jamiecoulson1016]

Heard that you got passed about glen parver​@@stevencrowley7816

[@KatieBlue16]

I love watching these old prison documentaries. I don't know how old I was when this was, or even if I was born, I'm an 81 baby, but I was 22 when it was on the telly. Interesting how things used to roll behind bars....

[@JohnBuckley-et5nq]

Became my second home at 1 point unfortunately, brings back memories watching this. Was mainly Nottingham and Leicester lads when i was there..

[@davefisher7359]

Yeah notts and Leicester boys mainly wen I was there too I’m from Cambridge was there 96 thru to 2001 wen I turned 21 mad jail back in them times exactly how I remember it

[@davefisher7359]

Remember mr smith the night cloggy

[@JohnBuckley-et5nq]

@@davefisher7359 I'm not sure tbh m8 I went to prison quite a few times after parva and over the years came across a few called Smith. Yeah parva was a busy yoi back then, loads of fights and bullies..

[@tyronesmith1027]

​@@davefisher7359 I remember Mr Smith. Used to bring loads of dvds in for dvd channels and would spend then night walking cell to cell passing stuff cell to cell

[@TonyS-u7z]

@@davefisher7359 Mr Smith rings a bell. Do you remember Miss Prince on 11 ended up with one of the lads got a baby together last I heard and Mr French as well. I was there can’t remember the exact years but 98 99 and I think 2000. In and out units 11, 12 14 then 2 I think after it became induction wing when the 15 - 18’s got shipped out to mostly Onley I think. When I was there I remember loads of brummie lads from Brinsford and Coventry lads as well they didn’t mess around lol. I remember my opposite was a lad from Cambridge Scoby his name was if it rings any bells lol

[@leeforsythgriffiths]

Absolutely fascinating documentary…

[@paulsantini9288]

I have been looking for this documentary ever since youtube first started,i could see it was on idmb but was always unavailable so it made my day to find it. I was on unit 10 next door to brackenbury and i remember a few of these characters obviously smiffy who we all knew had robbed an old ladies handbag. I noticed the black kid in the white shirt in church who was called grant. I saw cobby who like me had been transfered there from wellingborough when that got closed down. I saw mr wainwright the SO on unit 10 and a host of others that i had forgotten about. Best of all i saw the episode about the riot that did not air originally due to the trial taking place at the time so it was great to see it. Glen parva was a great place considering places like feltham as the staff did actually care. Thanks for the upload

[@Steven-xj6yb]

Know the bloke your on about cobby from n Hampton on unit 289/90

[@paulsantini9288]

@@Steven-xj6yb that's him mate

[@lalalalala4748]

These documentaries are such a good watch,you really root for some of the guys and now I wonder where these guys are now and how there lives turned out.

[@danrobinson572]

In 1990 I was 17 and doing 8 months in juvenile detention here in America 🇺🇸. So most of these blokes are my age now. Good 👍 video

[@ThunderWarrior01]

I was in the one on the documentary three times but only on remand. My wife who I’m still with came to visit me there. It’s still open and is getting a massive extension built which is not pleasing the surrounding area of which i used to live

[@danrobinson572]

@@ThunderWarrior01 okay 👍 so did the place teach you anything?

[@bossmansingleton4168]

My father was in there around this time too 😂 he was abt 17yo in 1990​@@ThunderWarrior01

[@Sawdust-f4p]

@@danrobinson572wot prison was you in the USA bud

[@ThunderWarrior01]

@@danrobinson572 it sure did.. don’t trust the lads. We were all going to the gym and the only reason i went was to do weights but when we got there we were asked football or weights and i was the only one who picked weights after they all said we’re doing weights. So they put me in goal and every time the ball came towards me I’d pretend to get ready to save it and then walk away from the goal. They went skits at me and i said fuck you your all full of shit. I hate football and always have..I can’t stand our national game. I’m a wrestling and NASCAR born in the wrong country 😂

[@CutLeRoc]

Its sad as I'm about the same age as some of these lads, I was clubbing and enjoying the girls and having some of the best times of my life whilst these lot were in here.

[@jeromealexandre4162]

This is very moving , I wish there was a Follow up to see how they got on later in life .

[@The_Hoxton_Hipster]

I’d be quite interested to see how their victims made out….

[@senecaknowledge2274]

@@The_Hoxton_Hipster Any self respecting hipster knows the criminals are the true victims

[@jamiecoulson1016]

What was moving about it ?

[@desmondandson4223]

did a little stint in costa del parva myself many years back this is interesting to see how its changed

[@Neilukuk]

It's a horrible place, First day ever in YOI and seen someone getting knocked out with pool balls in sock. Adult jail is 100s time safer and better. Everyone wants to fight each other in YOI.

[@happentodie8776]

My dad is in this , he worked there for a decade or so starting around 88 ish ,i was watching I thinking " wonder if my dad is in this lol" then bang there he was ....with hair !!!

[@Fanedit-hb8br]

Who was your da

[@happentodie8776]

@@Fanedit-hb8br don't really want to say his name suffice to say he worked on reception, and is at 5.05

[@clairmackenzie8300]

Was you on the scene when this was filmed @happentodie8776. Things like that fascinate me too!! I love looking back at my wedding photos from 2010 and realising how much the family has grown since the group shot was taken!!

[@happentodie8776]

@@clairmackenzie8300 yeah ı lived with my dad and recall him mentioning this show ,

[@toxic_badasss9656]

My old man was also a screw at Parva

[@annadallaway4524]

This was really interesting. Thanks for uploading xx

[@Lovemy911]

Aah remember this like yesterday 😂 The long hot summer of 1991 for me 😂memories eh

[@CarlJohnstone-r2e]

Hit like if remember Mr smith in the 90,s

[@chloemarsh612]

This is the only time I've seen him as I only found this documentary yesterday. But I will remember him after watching this

[@davidlivesey9148]

I was there in April 1990 unit 6 after being transferred there from strangeways because of the riot after being in armlea an Lincoln Glen Parva was easy toilet in pad after slopping out etc the lad Smith with the specs was on my unit I thought he was OK they were still filming him then hope he's stayed out of nick

[@lyrahollis4418]

Got 18 month in parva June 96. Unit 12 remand allocation for 3 month then unit 2 sentence for the last 6 month. Seems like forever. You are on your own n if you don’t know anyone you could have a bad time. Seen some people get really hurt

[@lungheadz9509]

I was in parva back in 2013/14. Did 6 months. Started on the newer induction unit (14) and then moved onto the older side, unit 2. I think unit 5 was the privileged unit if I remember correctly. It closed down not to long after I was released I believe. Seen some mad shit in there - people setting themselves on fire, vicious bust ups on the fireroad (main pathways through prison). Haven’t been back to prison since, it worked on me. 23 hour lock up if you weren’t working or in education was tough though. My uncle Patrick was apparently in parva aswell, kinda hoping I’ll see him in this doc but I’m not sure when he was in. My respect to all you who’ve been through it, hmyoi or hmp and have changed your ways or influences 💪

[@stevelowe2647]

Done 7 years, got out in 2020, & watching these makes you realise how far the prison system has attempted to progress but ultimately move backwards.. you'll be lucky to see mental health, i fsked a psychotic episode & punched thru the glass on my window (weak plate glass, who'd figure) just to get an appointment. They employ anyone without a record nowadays, screws are the one who get bullied nowadays, the prison system is failing miserably, recidivism of something like 65% in 12 months & 80% in 24 months, no respect, lads walking aroubd with phones bold as brass, wannabe g's all robbing each other then grassing on each other

[@JohnBuckley-et5nq]

Yeah agreed, I stayed out of trouble for nearly 20 years after doing 14 yrs broke up into a few sentences. When i got nicked and had to go in for a few weeks before the charge got dropped i couldn't believe how feckin bad it had got, totally unsafe, robberies, violence etc etc and hardly a screw to be seen they stayed in there office not giving 2 fucks. It was dog eat dog, no us against them it was every man for himself. Much better back in the day when the screws were hard men and they ran a tight ship. Never thought I'd say that cos I've rowed them a few times and had good hidings but i preferred that to the chaotic bullshit it is now. Hope i never have to go back..

[@johnattwood8467]

U ain't wrong mate. When they started using private security as screws I feel had a lot to do with it.

[@mauriceosullivan6832]

​@@johnattwood8467jon,, watch the strangeways documentary,, 1980s,, and you can see the difference,, most were hard, but fair,, most of the screws, were ex army then.

[@gearoftones8585]

If they all had a brain cell between them, they could make life easy for each other but most of them are too thick to realise

[@danrobinson572]

I’m from America 🇺🇸 and seeing this juvenile place is sooo much different than over here in America 🇺🇸. Especially in 1990 .

[@Hoxton66]

Much different here in uk, it wasn't hard but we made it difficult for how self in there,

[@danrobinson572]

@@Hoxton66 👍

[@Neilukuk]

@@Hoxton66 It's a horrible place, First day ever in YOI and seen someone getting knocked out with pool balls in sock. Adult jail is 100s time safer and better. Everyone wants to fight each other in YOI.

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

​@@Neilukukmy first week a lad come in and the rumour was he had half oz of smack up his arse so they got him in a cell pinned him down and dug it out with a spoon 🥄 😉 madness, yes saw someone get smashes with pool balls too. And stabbings slashing, brinsford was a madhouse in 1995

[@JoryBarrett]

@@Neilukuk you never went there liar. What kind of loser lies about something so stupid.

[@generichuman2044]

I remember the first and only time I went to prison and was waiting in the van to leave court. Bloke that spoke to me said I should be thankful that I was just over the age for the adult system. Said that everyone's worst years were in the YOI when people were trying to prove how hard they are

[@lakeswayno4745]

Best prison documentary I’ve ever watched ! Sad but also full of hope 👊

[@porkdread2950]

33:51 That officer could never SAY that on a documentary in 2024

[@chooselife5863]

I literally came here to see if anyone else picked up on it 😮

[@JoryBarrett]

@@chooselife5863 do you need to go cry in your safe space with a safety blanket and some hot cocoa or you think you'll survive, fkn baby

[@danielhooper502]

I'm surprised he didn't say the n word

[@MidlandAngler]

@@chooselife5863you don't like pakis 😎😎😎

[@fastraxplayground5155]

Shame the lads never found out about the sex case.. I bet watching this afterwards would make their blood boil.

[@pauljones8218]

which one is the sex case i must of missed that one

[@truthteller1908]

​@@pauljones821846 mins in

[@G.E.MTFC_]

​46 mins

[@danrobinson572]

Here in America especially back in 1990 staff would have told us what he’s in for. Unless he was sent to a facility for crimes like his.

[@NeilJohnson-v3t]

I only found out recently that when I was serving a sentence in Durham my padmate of 5 months was a bacon

[@kevinadams346]

In 1990 i was just finishing off im hmyoi Werrington House. Afterwards I sadly spent most of my teenage years locked up in prisons in the UK. I've settled down now. And have been since 2004. 😮😮

[@cdmChase1]

8 years after this i was in Parva 1998.. gosh i was on unit 15. Unit 5 was protecion wing.. Im shocked no one suspected him as a wrongun, i would've asked to see his paperwork if they refuse you know why..

[@jamiecoulson1016]

Everyone knows you was on the numbers

[@southerner4566]

I wonder where they are now

[@neillewis82]

I grew up just round the corner from GPYO

[@oldoaktrees]

A great find, thanks for uploading it.

[@วาสนาสิงหานุวงศ์]

The young lad in reception (Wren! They got his name mixed up) he got bullied so much by inmates and staff he ended up having a nervous breakdown and has been in and out of mental health hospitals ever since. (i know him very well i was in school with him) such a sad story. 😢

[@simonfrancisluttrell5818]

When I was a student at Loughborough Technical College, I had to do a work placement with Radio Rentals in Leicester, and often had to go with the engineer to Glen Parva HMP to repair the TVs that the young prisoners 'damaged'!!

[@leefolan3523]

I did 3 weeks in parva back in 2001 before i was moved to swinfen hall

[@jonyates7070]

How many are still in prison in 2024 all now in their late. 40's. How many watch this now 34 years later

[@davidjap5640]

Most of these young men are grandfathers and possibly great grandfather today who ever in this episode are not with us today R.I.P

[@drover110]

great grandfathers at 50!!! take some doing that considering most of them were 17/18 years old in 1990.

[@itstherefsfault7083]

Maths aint your thing

[@davidjap5640]

🤦🏻🤣🤣 I didn't see the date i commented on looking at round 5, maybe 6 seconds of watching it, came on after another video 🤣🤣

[@mauriceosullivan6832]

​@@drover110exactly I was 17 in 1990, and my sons 18 this year, but I know people my age, and some have very young grandchildren.

[@ThomasWarwick-p5i]

How would they not be with us they be in there late 40s early 50s 😂

[@grahamwright-k9u]

I wonder if the Asian lad who got put in my cell overnight after being put back in his cell to find his cell mate hanging has watched this. Brings back memories. Can never remember being helped unit twelve 14/15 All I remember of that place were pp9’s and governors inspection

[@jaycostewart8]

Glen parva. Unit 14/8/10/11/2 done my time there. From 1997/2001. Ffs.🤦🏾‍♂️😂🤦🏾‍♂️.

[@jboardy5439]

Safe. 👊 97-98

[@Thevoiceofreason84]

2003

[@danielhooper502]

For noncing?

[@100percentCONSERVATIVE]

Same 2005

[@micktaylor9332]

​@@danielhooper502😂😂😂😂

[@ThunderWarrior01]

I was in there on remand three times,once in 88 and twice in 89. In 1990 i got three months for shop lifting and was supposed to got back but the Strangeways riots were happening so i went straight from court to an open YOI in Nottinghamshire.

[@tonimarx6405]

Congratulations 👏

[@ymcl2021]

@@tonimarx6405😂😂😂

[@Semtex_1992]

😂 shoplifting is a disgusting crime. You're on par with the beasts.

[@slk290]

I was there in the 80s remember the Swinscoe brothers roy and terry from Nottingham ended up doing life for armed robberies

[@chrisstones3488]

Mr muscle robbed old ladies handbag's, then made really good cleaning products lol.

[@JulieOShaughnessy]

Very interesting. Can anyone tell me what radios people had back in jail, during the old days. I love listening to the radio, more than i like watching tv. The prison probably lent out radios for people who havnt got one. Thanks

[@shaunwhite1363]

AM radio very small sets. A Roberts Rambler was the top boy ,and when your battery's died ,you took them out and chewed them to get a bit more power from them .

[@JulieOShaughnessy]

@shaunwhite1363 thanks mate. I have a roberts rambler, very good quality radios 📻 👌. They first came out in the 70s. I did hear it was only am, and long wave. No fm because you could tune into the police, and prison officers radios

[@jboardy5439]

Top video. Thanx 4 the upload matey. 👏👏👏👊... Gordon Bennet. That visit halls brought back some shit memories... unit 11... luvved the bants on there. Remember having a str8ner in the corridor between unit 11 and the library. Got smashed i did. 😂😂😂 Best gym there, i luvved it. Football onna' weekend against outside teams... gr8 nick in the mid 90s.

[@vietkong1]

Glen starva was there in 2008 😅

[@craigbarnett9489]

I was on servery on unit 11 between 92 and 93 then ended up working officers mess with a couple of great lads. One was a traveller from Burton area and I swear to god I watched him wipe his arse on a lettuce leaf and slap it on a governors plate and serve it him. We watched him eat it with tears in our eyes. Great jail happy days!

[@leemcarthy4550]

What a wicked video man, does anybody know what happened to these lads and where they are today? I was only 13 in 1990 😂

[@reece3163]

3:06:43 this is fire 🔥🔥🔥

[@BrianCunningham-kp1qt]

I was in Glen Parva jn 1990!!

[@ainsleyshand7690]

Big jail old parva was went there at 19 went there 3 times in the end been rebuilt now

[@JR-wk9zn]

Gonna be a very long 1 indeed this comment people so feel free to either read it or ignore it but ive gotta say it exactly how it is...i was one of the very last inmates to be shipped out of here (Glen Parva) in late May 2017 before it finally closed its Doors and shut down for good in June 2017. I got shipped out to Doncaster (Marshgate) Best Jail ive ever been too as well apart from Walton in Liverpool which is my local and is Wild!!! But anyway gettin back to Parva i landed here from Sudbury open prison in December 2016 Just before Christmas after loosing my Cat D status for suspicion of selling moble phones and robbing the textiles workshop with all the Brand new Jackets that came in from the outside manufacturers, we had to sew tags into them or repair the ones with minor Damag to the seems before they were then sent back out onto the shops for sale. I Never actually got caught with anything tho tbh Just strong suspicion was all security would say... So was a bit pissed off @ the time but it was full of grasses like most Cat D's with cons chasing home leaves or trying to get out of a postive piss test, so Decide to throw another con under the Bus to save there own skin and CAT D Bed!!! Sad but true... But once the cuffs were on me and was marched Down the block i knew i was gone!!!...i Got to parva and landed on the induction wing which was (unit 14) a Right shithole full of YO's and screws with a matching YO mentality to go with it!!! Petty Rules and backward Logic which was a strong indication that it wasn't gonna be long until it went off with me and them...They Didnt seem to like me probably because i was a Northerner and a fully grown con who was experienced in mind games and mental warfare, who also Didn't like them either and Didn't mind putting them in there place as well, it was clear that they seen me as a threat and closed ranks. Christmas and new year soon came and went by and i was still on there asking to be moved off to a cons unit which was (Unit 12) but they kept me in pad 10 that had smashed plastic windows that wouldn't close properly and kids screaming out there windows all night and bangin the pipes, some were on suicide watch proper stress heads that couldn't Do there Jail so i had to talk to them calmly in the Mornings and try to talk some sense into them as thats not how i Did my Jail...Some actually listened and turned out to be ok and some Didnt and had to be warned. Anyway the screws always tryed to keep me banged up with no Job and stiching me up on laundry Days and Soash (association) so tentions were inevitably rising as i was gettin more angry by the Day until i eventually kicked off throwing some of there comfy staff chairs @ them and pool balls @ the office window's Just for good measure which ended up with a firm of them Jumping on me Mr Heggs, Mr Hopkins, Mr White, Mr S, Mr Briscow and the then Shitbag S.O Taff Lafferty!!! They Twisted me Right up tbh and threw me back in my pad on basic whilst (pending adjudication) which means no TV (wasn't assed about that) but they wouldn't let me out for a shower either with no calls, no mail not even legal mail from my solicitor, no Daily exercise or f#*kall with all meals being brought to my Door becausd they said i was a Risk to staff and security were making a Decision about my status once i had been before the Governor...proper stitching me up as much as poss... They couldn't even take me the block (where i would of been better off and got what i was entitled too) because it was full apparently according to them!!!...So i had to stay in my pad...Anyway nearly a week of this went on and they couldn't keep this up because i was making way too much noise in protest and finally got my lucky break and move off that horrible wing/unit when i seen a screw who i instantly Recognized and had knew previously from HMP Haverigg up in Cumbria way back in 2009. He transferred to parva after moving to Leicester to live and he remembered me thank god. i actually got on alright with him back then as well because he was old-skool firm but fair and you knew exactly where you stood with him MR Gregory👍🏻 who Didnt actually work on unit 14 but worked on unit 12 and had only popped onto 14 very briefly to collect some paperwork but i seen him through my open flap then shouted him over... i told him my situation and what had been goin on and could he get me over onto his unit...He told me to leave it with him then the very next Day he opened my Door and told me to pack my kit and i was moving to unit 12👌🏻 Happy Days🙂 Soon as i got onto 12 i got put straight onto standard still in a single pad because i was non cell-share high risk which suited me Just fine... i managed to get my hands on a George foreman toasty maker and loads of food which was robbed from the kitchens off some of the lads who i befriended and worked Down there...I had the landing smellin of pure toasties ham & cheese🥪 and all the lads would come to my Door and ask for 1 or could they lent it which i always Did...i got a phone and a little TV soon as well... Unit 12 wasn't like Unit 14 it wasn't a wing it was Just 4 landings like a spur 1 on top of the other with a staircase @ the bottom end of the landings going to the top and obviously vice-versa!!! The heating also came on through the walls as well, not pipes the actual walls were heated and made the pad feel more cosy on the fresh winter nights❄🌠 My pending adjudication before the Governor was put off and adjourned for the outside adjudicator (Judge) to come in for more Days to be added to my sentence, So i got around this by keep getting it put off and adjourned by way of pre-booked legal visits with my legal team or probation to land on for the very same Day and time as the outside adjudicator arrived and he only came once every other month!!!...as they can't stop you going on legal visits and when i got transferred to Marshgate Doncaster it never followed me probably because parva had closed permanently by then and was a HMP Jail where Doncaster was a private ran Jail so things Didn't always track you and got lost in the system so i tactically got out of that 1😉 I flourished in my new environment and had some good laughs making it easy Jail...i also managed to get myself a Decent Job on stores so i was always walking about the Jail with some young civvy screw called ash...who belive it or not would sometimes bring us in cold maccys breaky baps that he had bought that Mornings for himself before coming into work but got some extras for us as well👍🏻 where we had to eat it fast and in silence in our own mini staff room within the stores Department and give him the wrappers to properly dispose of under strict conditions we tell and brag to no one...which was Just fine with us🍔💯 Parva was a very strange Jail its gotta be said with a backward inbred culture amongst the screws!!! Ran more like a Borstal with that old Borstal YO mentality. It looked like 1 Because obviously it started out as 1... Also felt a bit like a set on that infamous 1970s film SCUM!!! Definitely seemed to be lost in time whilst literally falling apart hence its very soon to be closure!!! The new wings that were built later on Didn't take away that old Borstal vibe and the predominant YOs mixed with cons @ close Quarters only added to the strangeness of it all...The corridors were massive that seemed to run on for miles like a mental hospital or institution plus the Jail grounds especially the outer perimeter seemed to be Quite Big and spacious as well. I Didnt Rate parva as a Jail per-say and found it strange compared to my own local Jails like a totally Different planet but took the experience of that establishment with me and another 1 Done and completed on my many travels and tours over the Decades!!! It was Definitely a Different Jail and 1 that will never return or be seen again!!! R.I.P Parva & thanks for the Tour!!!

[@wezzbeet2923]

Mint mate

[@tyronesmith1027]

Not one unit in glen parva had 4 landings.

[@JR-wk9zn]

@@tyronesmith1027 ...Unit 12 had a Downstairs area which we had association on and where you came Down for your food with landings above that and then another set above that again from what I remember...it wasn't a wing like unit 14 they were landings that ran Down 1 side with the pads facing each other on both sides of the landings also there was stairs @ the bottom of each landing taking you up and obviously back Down... These stairs were used mainly by the screws and as emergency fire exits incase the landings caught fire. 2 on the bottom then 2 on top of that, Not 4 separate tiers stacked up on top of each other like strangeways...So your miss-reading what I said...The heating also came on through the walls and not ran through the pipes as there was no pipes on unit 12 like there was on unit 14...

[@JR-wk9zn]

@@wezzbeet2923 ...Thanks fella glad you enjoyed the read as it took long enough typing it out from my own personal memorys...

[@edwardodonnell6857]

Some of the lads are good lads just need a helping hand putting in the right direction there is always hope to move away from the cycle of crime.

[@Prez-B]

I liked the black lad who give evidence for the bullying, you could see that he was morally conflicted about giving evidence, went away and thought about it and did what he thought was right knowing it could put his safety at risk.

[@GamingHive79]

Stoke Heath and Werrington House were my spots whilst serving 95 to 96.. and the last 3 months at Thorn Cross.. never had the pleasure of Glen Parva..

[@GeorgeHancock-g9o]

Did both off them back in the day going from Stoke Heath to Warrington was a pleasure 🙏

[@jazztheglass6139]

I was one of the very first inductees into Thorn Cross when it first opened in August 1985. The very first batch of 12 YP's was from Strangeways. I was in the second batch of 12 from Walton. Over the course of 3 - 4 months it filled to its capacity. Remember one of the senior officers was named Barton. The governor was a runner who took a small group of us on a outside run every few weeks I served 6 moon there in total

[@justjames459]

i was in stoke heath too around same time also deerbolt hindley great times honest some of the best days in yois

[@GamingHive79]

@@justjames459 was remanded to Hindley in 2001 but was only there for 7 weeks.. 👌👌

[@justjames459]

@@GamingHive79 yeah hindley was my nearest remand place rough place tbh im a manchester lad so i was ok seen alot of bullies in there towards the liverpool lads grim

[@neilwilson3593]

corby boy spent several times on remand in glen Parva house unit 14 best screws Mr cleggy Mr brookes AKA Fred Flintstone met some decent lads from notts leicester doncaster parva was the biggest young offenders institution in europe you could cut the tension with a knife in there

[@David-x4x9n]

That comment saying he just wants to go home was the moment reality set in and thought shit what have I done ? 😮

[@ymcl2021]

He mugged an old woman of 80. I bet he wanted to go home!

[@pauldowns2539]

I was there unit nine the same time if you’re being filmed showing all the nice bits😂😂😂😂

[@paddymcdoogle4025]

1:14:96 There’s no way the rapist went to Grammar 😂

[@kevintraynor4508]

Why should a nounce get protection in prison. What about the kids who will be suffering with the mental scars of what he has done . They have to live with that for the rest of there lives.

[@JamesMorgan-ne8qu]

Kind of obvious really if you think about it. Really other prisoners should not have to mix with them and risk having assault charges added to their sentence?

[@gowdsake7103]

Because the scum in jail are NOT justice

[@StuartWhelan-up8vs]

I was Low Newton back then hows its changed we had to buy batteries for our radios they have plug sockets and tv now settled down with rescue dogs saved me though lve been in a few times since got a sentence for no tv licence ffs🤣🤣

[@generichuman2044]

I do wonder how much counselling plays a part in modern YOI. So many of these lads just needed some guidance and education from the right people and they'd be productive members of society. What's the point in short term prison sentences when they don't really rehabilitate or deter people from future crime. I was lucky that I went to adult prison and had supportive family and friends. If I was homeless or addicted to something I would keep going back for the meals and a roof over my head

[@ianmoran2419]

Done remand on unit 8 1989...brings back sum memory's.😂

[@josephkennedy8281]

Parva is long corridors isn’t it mate,preferred it to Brinsford this is intriguing full of crap the screws…you can do everything in here mate,sports courses on weight lifting…yeah ok mate just cus for the cameras

[@ianmoran2419]

I remember the visit room lol..and the heating in the cell wall(when it came on October)

[@RickMatthews-hl2tx]

@Josephkennedy8281. Done brinsford just after it opened also doneHewell Grange and was part of the furniture at brockhill

[@josephkennedy8281]

@@RickMatthews-hl2tx lol good man,where u from ?

[@RickMatthews-hl2tx]

@josephkennedy8281. I'm from brum originally but left 40+ years ago

[@kevintraynor4508]

I'm not saying I condone burglary. 19:27. But he did say it was to see his wife and kids did not starve and where fed. I can understand some situations can be hard. And at end if the day it's survival.

[@The_Hoxton_Hipster]

Oh well, since you’re so generous with other people’s property maybe you can put your address so people having a hard time..whatever they choose to define a herd time is…can get round and help themselves to your stuff. I came from nothing..ok maybe not as hard as some…but I was boring and just worked and studied for what little I have. Maybe I should have just gone out robbing when times were tough as they have been. Silly me. Oh yeah, if anyone tried robbing my place, if they found me they’d be in here after they got out of the ICU

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

​@@The_Hoxton_Hipstershut up, you just want to be a copper don't you, probably too short though 😅😅

[@JoryBarrett]

@@The_Hoxton_Hipster You couldn't put anyone in the ICU pussy, nothing worse than a keyboard tough guy.

[@ymcl2021]

Well, you are really condoning burglary! You’re saying if it’s to feed a man’s wife and kids it’s not so bad because of his situation! What a load bull dust that is! How dare anybody burglar someone’s home and steal their hard earned cash, valuables and things that can never be replaced. Don’t even start me on how some people never feel the same about their home again because some thug has come in uninvited to “feed his wife and kids”…. Breaking into someone’s house is a horrible crime!!

[@unusedsub3003]

@@The_Hoxton_HipsterWell said.

[@Bond2025]

I often wonder what happened to the people shown, how did their life turn out and where are they now? I watched one about Heroin dealing in Liverpool and the people in it would be in their late 60s and 70s now, so it would be very interesting to continue the story, or do a bit of research. I suspect most of the dealers and addicts would be dead now. Maybe one or two did turn their life around, who knows!

[@howey935]

I was a heroin addict from 1990 to 1999 and about 40% of the people I used to use with got clean the other 60% are either dead or still using. I know several people who’ve been using since the early 90s and are still using living a chaotic lifestyle. I’m 50 and can’t imagine still living the chaotic life I led in my late teens and early 20s.

[@cjbrunet8663]

I remember being in glen parva in 2005 til 2007 on unit 15 induction the unit 11 , 8 and 1 . Does anyone remember the safe night gov mr smith i think it was he was a absolute legend safest screw in parva he used to put the paper under my door everyday when i was on loses

[@lbarnett748]

The Thumb nail looks a bit like Gordon Ramsay as an ex convict. 😂

[@rjb10101]

omg,,,,, 2hr 01,,,, upon release, rozzers waiting to arrest... couldnt make it up

[@stevenjeffries6863]

1980 when it was borstal.

[@chooselife5863]

Who else was hoping the inmates found out who the s#x case was!

[@chloemarsh612]

I wanted them to find out but already saw another comment saying he didn't get found out

[@tylerdavidson5734]

I remember warren slaney doing time here, early eighties

[@PSD-ms8yl]

This is such a cool channel, glad found it.

[@danielhooper502]

Weird to think these could literaly be my parents, a was born a year after

[@TonyS-u7z]

I was in and out of Parva from I think 97 up to 99 unit 11 unit 12 14 and either 9 or 6 can’t remember now. Back when it was changed to 18 to 21 unit 2. Had some giggles in there Mr French and Miss Prince were sound. It was full of Cov and Brummie lads from Brinsford. Rough jail when jail was jail and screws were respected.

[@19george73]

that frail lad with the glasses, how would he have got on after no cameras were there? i felt so sorry for him, i cant be doing with bullying, although it goes on obviously

[@TonyS-u7z]

@@19george73 I can only tell you about when I was there, and things that I’ve seen been done to muppets on the wing and trust me he’d of been singing out his window Bah Bah Black Sheep and Post Man Pat crying and begging them to stop. Remember it was I think the biggest YOI in the EU or the UK with some serious lads from all over the East and West Midlands. It was the lads from Cov that stood out to me when I was there. They didn’t mess about.

[@19george73]

ive been in the courts dozen or so times when i was a lad (just drunken brawls) but, luckily dodged the jail. i dont think i coulda handled it@@TonyS-u7z

[@dosovcov984]

​@@TonyS-u7z I'm.a cov lad n spent some time in parva late 90s,. Mad times. Cov on tour

[@dosovcov984]

​@@TonyS-u7zI was in parva late 90s and am a cov lad. Mad times

[@dosovcov984]

Was in parva from 97 aged 17

[@Masud_S_Hoghughi]

When the sexy offender said he was a burglar it reminded me of what Roy Whiting said during his first prison sentence

[@micktaylor9332]

"sexy offender" wtf 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@fazem2960]

I spent my formative years here around early 2000s and was a dump then, my make some happy to know the prison shit a few years back, me and a mate did break in as such a while back out of nostalgia

[@peternicholl6750]

And the specky lad said hes being bullied like fuck the one who robbed the granny

[@Cian-k2v]

the Scottish screw beat the shit out of me down the block 1997

[@Steven-xj6yb]

The opening scene is winson green

[@billycasper289]

Was only 6 year old me did my first. Sentence at 17 11 year after this got made been back a few times jails a mugs tame but sometimes you got to do what you got to do

[@Steven-xj6yb]

Six year old my arse.

[@100percentCONSERVATIVE]

Costa del Parva i hear its been knocked down now. Good old unit 11 lol

[@Neilukuk]

Anyone remember the night watch guard who would give you cigs and pass stuff to other cell for you?

[@Dean-zy1sm]

Mr smith! Guy was a legend.

[@Neilukuk]

@@Dean-zy1sm Yes that's the one. Great guy he was. He risked getting sacked and probably charged for helping people who desperately needed a cig. Hope he never got in trouble.

[@Dean-zy1sm]

Yes he was a good one. Probably passed on now bless him. He was getting in a bit back then.

[@David-pm8ec]

Yeah smithy legend

[@smithy7639]

Was this 97 if so he'd also pass stuff around from other pads he was a decent old fella 👌

[@David-pm8ec]

My first sentence was in Glen Parva good days looking back wasn't great at the time mind

[@billycasper289]

23;00 i used to get chucked out of school windows and bulied every day. My mam told me to ignore them and theyll get fed up and move on. Bad advice that mate and place you are now well then i bet yiu didnt enjoy jesus 😂

[@patrickmay4344]

Where are they now ?

[@Thevoiceofreason84]

The one bully Greenaway Is 54 now burgling old women google him (Luton )

[@BruceDanton-xw6eg]

I wonder too.

[@Steven-xj6yb]

I hope they doing better than this lot we have to watch every day😅

[@SteveEddington-pv3ir]

Big up the cov lad who put me up with his sister and dad was gambling to horse's hope your ok fella

[@JamesMorgan-ne8qu]

Thumbnail looks like young Gordon Ramsey.

[@cjbrunet8663]

The good old fire road in parva if you know u know

[@user-gc3gl5bl2n]

Ended up in a homeless hostel nxt door , until i got my shit together

[@dave_goldcrest]

Can't believe they stripped and cuffed that lad and restrained him while filming it. Sick.

[@Steven-xj6yb]

That was pure gas lads 😮😅😮😅

[@Jakes_oddesy]

I was here

[@sharronfossey2968]

where is this please

[@BruceDanton-xw6eg]

Leicestershire as far as I know.

[@edwardodonnell6857]

Got no time for bullies cons or screws.Circumstances put me through the system in the 80s.Stockbrokerss investors make mega bucks no cameras in 2 minutes perfectly now that’s being smart

[@happentodie8776]

No time for cons or screws? Is there anyone you do like ?

[@zebbedi]

@@happentodie8776 I think he meant bullies in general.

[@happentodie8776]

@zebbedi yeah your right I've just read it again ,and it reads differently to the first time

[@edwardodonnell6857]

That’s correct in the prison system bullies wear both uniforms.We’ve all heard the saying If you can’t do the crime don’t do the time.Reality is if you don’t fight you won’t get or have any respect when you fight you get extra time catch 22.Most screws are horrible bastards because they see you as a theiving bastard vicious circle.If you gravitate from young prisoners to Adult prison expect a life of misery watching your back all the time.I’m 60 years of age nearly a old man been there done it on the out you buy something it’s yours in prison you have something someone else wants bad enough they will slash your face for it and worse.My advice don’t go there.

[@wezzbeet2923]

Anyone know gary hardy

[@russelltaylor208]

I got in the cricket team for this mob. 😂😂😂

[@trevorevans3956]

Most of these lads should have been recruited in to the Army.

[@nicolasetherton2534]

One of ours was in Borstal.