HMYOI Portland Prison

This hell hole was home between 2001 - 2003.
Don't go here
Really don't

[@dioh9754]

I was there 1995 to 2000 different sentences, i was an USLA, underschool leaving age first time i went, compulsory education and 4 or 5 circuits a week at least, still like a borstal, you would get roughed up if you went down the block, strict as hell, confined to cell down the block for a week was an experience to say the least, i had to grow up quick , bullying and hard arse old borstal screws, time went fairly quick though, thanks for giving us a voice Will, listening to your videos has stirred up alot of memories, some bad, some good, just nice to know me and some of my friends old codefendents not alone in our experiences

[@motiur9786]

Those years were the tough years. Slopping and bed packing.

[@TheWhadafuk]

My bro, listened to your story, you obviously an intelligent, articulate guy , put all this into a book ,u a great story teller, you a good writer my bro, something to consider for the future

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

thank you

[@graemebrown7069]

Really enjoyed this mate. Brought memories flooding back. I was in Portland from Feb 2002 till june 2003. I came down from HMP Chelmsford after being there for 2/3 days after sentencing. Went on to Hardy for about 2 weeks then on to Raleigh. If I remember rightly it was at that point they changed the induction wing too another wing. From about August 02 I managed to wangle getting on to Rodney, the drug free therapeutic community wing where I stayed till I got out in 03. After completing all the courses I was also on outside gardens at the end of my sentence. Is mad remembering the gym and the circuit training etc. Was a tough tough jail but I look back with fond memories as it must have worked as Ive never been back. Touch wood. Am going to now listen through some of your other podcasts and thank you for taking me down memory lane. Keep up the good work.

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

thanks, we where there the same time man, I would have been gym orderly then

[@Suppressed20]

I was also there in 2002 and 2003 Hardy and Drake and back on Hardy when it became a normal wing, I was the Hardy House ordally (red band)

[@hectorstable]

I was on Rodney from Dec2000-Jul2002, so left just before you arrived. If you remember the 1-10 scoring system for cell cleanliness, I invented that. I liked Rodney. Before that I was in Reading, Feltham, and then Grenville, Nelson (as a juvenile) and Benbow in Portland. Benbow, Drake and Raleigh are places no young person should have to experience.

[@lucydench4626]

Enjoyed listening to this … my son who has just got home from Portland .. his stay went alright .. good job for vapes … had a couple of run ins but he was given his own cell .. made friends .. loved the food .. even fed a seagull from his window .. he didn’t look back so no going back 😊

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

there's 600 lads in there and every one of them has a different experience. I was pretty weak at the age of 18 and probably looked a bit like a victim. the lad in the cell next door to me probably had a breeze of a time while I was going through hell, so yeah I'm glad he's home now. hopefully you won't be back again

[@stevebell395]

​@WilliamBonneyPodcast sorry 2 hear that was ok my stay in 99.2.000

[@dioh9754]

Im 44 , probs done 12 years altogether but been out for a good while now,, my 2 beautiful sons helped me do that,there my world and my family, im not exactly getting threw life as well as most, i wonder about PTSD and all that, i had a rough childhood as well but im grateful for my 2 boys and family, one of my brothers was in Afghanistan and Iraq, PTSD and similar issues i think are rife in society among alot of us, we just need to take a few second sometimes and not judge people so quickly and i think alot of people are trying to understand, thank you and i ll keep watching

[@ilovetattoos9682]

Old school gangsters had a code to keep out off each other’s way not like these plastic gangsters who think is hard to carry a knife. And kill someone for nothing

[@davidsilvester5514]

Good listening to your story bro. I was in there as well back in 2003 - 2005. On bembo wing once it opened but before that can’t remember, possibly rileigh? I didn’t mind it too much in there, mainly just read tonnes of books - just like you mentioned, once I found a good author, read their entire collection - played lots of pool which was probably the best part of being in there, and also done lots of painting and drawing which is really what saved me in there. Not exactly a great time but still good memories in a weird way and definitely I value the experience as it made me the person I am today.

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

I've been meaning to reply to you for a while, I've seen you comment ect, I just haven't responded as yet due to work commitments. I have friends that tell me the best times they had were in jail. There's something about that place that can be fun sometimes

[@smith2781]

Another great video as always. I only discovered your channel a couple of weeks ago but I’m hooked. I remember when I was in a HMYOI Portland or Portland Bill as they called it had a hell of a reputation everyone used to say you don’t want to be sent there. The other 2 which had a bad rep were Aylesbury and Feltham. But Portland was the worst one I heard about. Did you watch the documentary about Portland? It’s here on YT.

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

yeah I've seen a couple, it was a terrible place to. be

[@smith2781]

@@WilliamBonneyPodcast Yeah I bet. Like I said when I was in Glen Parva people would speak about Portland and these were people that had been to feltham and Aylesbury which are bad also so you know Portland is bad when you got guys from them 2 places talking about it.

[@noodles8638]

@@smith2781 Compared to Feltham & Aylesbury, Portland was full of fucking idiots.

[@thpxs0554]

Thanks I really enjoyed listening to this. I was there 83-84. Borstal to YCC. I was Rodney house orderly after a stint in the laundry. I don’t recognise what you experienced in common with how it was in 83/84. There was only 1 fight in the house. We would all watch Dallas on Thursday evenings in the big tv room, lots of banter never any fighting, like being in the pub with your mates, no fighting over snooker or anything else. We still had slop out, and contractors were fitting light switches in the cells, so after I’d left they must’ve dropped the lights out time. We had medium wave radios, colour tv up on a stand, , big snooker table and a couple of table tennis tables, there was a small room with a record player, the screws had pegged the volume knob to low. No female staff, there was a woman barber would come in but I never saw another woman. We were a bit separate, through the tunnel, we didn’t seem to mix with the other houses. I only left the house to go to the dining rooms and trampoline once a week. I think people had changed a lot by the time you went there. There were 2 Asian lads, Akalak and Kayami, in for drugs, and I can’t remember any blacks in the house, except the previous house orderly, Ronnie fine or vine. Lots of Welsh. It was a very easy going house with just one twat, Pausey from slough. I was unlocked early, the farm boys first for milking, then I’d be unlocked as soon as the screws had done a roll check, so I could slop out and wash in peace, then full unlock. I’d have to make tea for the screws, and one for myself, serve at the dining hall. And take back a big jug of sweetened milk to the house for the day’s coffee. If I got back with a full jug after everyone had a swig in the tunnel. I never went into the Victorian blocks, Rodney was rebuilt like Hardy, cos it was bombed in the war. Theres a documentary on KZbin I think it’s called Bad Boys, it’s filmed in Rodney in about 1999, Mr Blewitt was still there then but the whole regime was totally different. The house was a shit hole, it was immaculate in my time there, Not at all like it was 16 years earlier. The calibre of the inmates reflects the calibre of society outside, in chronic and unrecoverable decline. I’m gonna listen to your other stuff.

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

I'm glad you enjoyed it, there does seem to be a big difference in the jail the further back you go

[@thpxs0554]

@@WilliamBonneyPodcast I enjoyed your video, not being in Portland. My girlfriend “ I’ll love you forever” was shacked up with someone else when I got out!😂. Who’d have thought a 19 year old wouldn’t wait a year .

[@Sean-cz2li]

Raleigh.. 86 - 88 ... starred up to adult jail.. 👌🤣😂🤣.. Portland was ok tbf..

[@Suppressed20]

I was in portland in 2002 & 2003 doing a 3 year sentence, I like you was on Hardy house the induction Wing and then moved on to Drake, I got my enhanced (grade 4) in 2002 hardy stopped being the induction Wing and turned into a normal Wing, I went over there and was the house ordally (red band) we have tvs and power sockets, grade 4s could by a power lead off canteen for a 5er, no more batteries, i remember slopping out sanitation as it was called, let out for 7 minutes and having to type a 4 didget code in to lock the door again, Grenville and Nelson stopped being juvenile wings and they all got shipped out and the prison became 18-21, I was transferred there from hmyoi reading 6 hours on a sweat box, I actually look back on that place with some fond memories, we where almost certainly there at the same time

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

yeah, I was there 2001-2003 I was benbow then nelson once the under 18's left. I enjoyed some of it, the pool was great in the summer but cold!

[@cjhards]

Working in the laundry at portland is the best!! Get a swim most days! That’s 88’ stylie. ✌️😇

[@ldesign4405]

Was there 02 -03 hardy wing

[@cjhards]

Summer 88 hardy/Rodney house 6mth sentence! YC when i went in, YOI by my release. Anyone remember the ‘E HALL’? Mr. Green 🤣

[@Countryboy071]

Remember Mr. Davidson and his sidekick BJ in laundry.

[@BradleyMartin-mz6ez]

We called it ‘the block’

[@Suppressed20]

On a Sunday having to do a full kit layout during cell inspection, socks rolled up like donuts

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

if you failed they put you on a "rescrub" and you'd miss half of association

[@urmomspeng9018]

Yes bro keep these vids up man your channels soon gonna blow 👊🏽

[@SouthWestCarpHunter]

This is a fantastic in-site behind those walls. I’ve been to look at it from the outside. It looks so dark and medieval

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

I'll go back one day and do a video from outside. it's an old shit jail

[@charlotteoleary196]

This is fascinating, my great grandfather was in Portland for 5 years in the early 1900s, then he was in Dartmoor, Wormwood Scrubs then back to Dartmoor. Thank you for the videos.

[@moments8838]

Do you mean Dartmoor near Princetown?

[@charlotteoleary196]

Yes @@moments8838

[@rachbaker5214]

Hi,I only started listening a week ago,you are a natural story teller/ narrator.You should work with prison prevention as people who are in a bit of trouble would listen to you as you have been there and you put your experiences into an intelligent and sometimes funny,it works.More power to you👍

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

I did try speaking with probation and other agencies and nobody came back to me. one reason or another they felt like they didn't need my insight

[@borstalD91239]

@@WilliamBonneyPodcastthey can be difficult them lot. i remember portland back in BT days 1980-82 no 1 ever really liked being allocated to portland. good luck fella. have a listen to Samson misra aka Yammy B ,some gr8 stories n a nice man. sorry u got bullied.glad u overcame, seagulls n pidgeons IOW lol madness

[@rachbaker5214]

Hi,it's their loss.There isn't nearly enough help for people with drug/ offending problems,false economy putting people away as the only answer most of the time.Anyway please keep posting,you cheer me up of a morning 😌

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

@@rachbaker5214 is there anything you would like me to talk about?

[@Alanhock75]

At Albany in 1975 and sister jail Long Lartin,they had a night sanitation system sounds similar to Portland. The jail was all electronic, we didn’t have cell keys and all interconnected doors etc were electronically unlocked.The computer at that time was as big as a double wardrobe, I guess an iPhone would manage the job now easily.

[@dudemiester75]

Wow . Nice bruv. I was there 94. Rough at first got settled in. Mental. Forgot all about them doors on Hardy. I ended up on benbow for 6mth. Madness.🤣Enjoyed this👊🏻

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

I saw a picture the other day, I don't think hardy is there any more. benbow was ok, but crazy times

[@borstalD91239]

Billy just listened to all of this. how long did you get, you got a way with you.keep it humble keep it real. youll do alright i reckon. Hold it up yeah Peace

[@matthollis7443]

I was also in Portland mate 2002-2004 on Nelson house which was a VDTU at the time! Was the wing orderly, wing rep and laundry lad... Pretty violent place at times but we battle through don't we 😝 your video is nicely put together fair play... Got a fair few similar stories 🤔

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

thanks, looks like you got there just after I left! yeah it was wild there, I spent years at Dartmoor and probably saw more fights in a week at Portland

[@Countryboy071]

I am from Cornwall also. Portland 88-89. Grenville house, aged 18.. quickly learnt to look after myself. Lads treated like crap will respond accordingly.

[@BradleyMartin-mz6ez]

Rodney 88/90.. Learnt a lot about myself very quickly,

[@alisonhilll4317]

I wish some of these plastic gangsters would understand what you're saying , instead of glamourising it .

[@stolensilver5811]

For who ever watches this, I have been drinking for 2 days straight. Not a first time for me however my stepfather was a company Sargent Major in the Royal Marines and my life had to be as you could imagine.

[@danielle5360]

ABSOLUTELY LOVE LISTENING TO YOUR EXPERIENCES WHILST INSIDE PRISON MR, THANKS FOR SHARING THEM ON YOUR CHANNEL WITH US👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed them

[@danielle5360]

Your welcome William 👍🏻✌🏻✌🏻

[@VinylFrontier81]

the ship was hmp weare, a fella i used to know escaped from the fucker. good old beechy. back in the 90s i was in feltham and portrland had a rep then, was always told you had to slop out there for the first couple of weeks, was that true?

[@AlanSuffield-u9i]

I spent 2 year's in portland, I remember a lot of violent fights, talking down toilets, shiting in a pot that had to be emptied in the morning, a guy getting his ear bitten of in the shower, screws who were as violent as the inmates, gym training that made people sick it was an horrible experience.

[@the_pompey_kid4610]

You forgot to mention the grim y fronts and the ice cold shower outdoors in speedos before they made you dive in the pool and retrieve the rubber brick wether you could swim or not!!! It was a savage place but taught me a LOT of life lesson which I still use to this day!!!

[@panmad6156]

Big fan of your stories.. 👏

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

Glad you like them!

[@robertgeoffrey1422]

My cousin went there back in the 90s it was a hell of a place back in the day one hell of a place to go

[@peterpeters2624]

I was working in the quarry at Portland, we visited the adult prison, it was scary from the outside, can't imagine what it's like inside!

[@BradleyMartin-mz6ez]

It was shocking between 88 and 90

[@mrfugazi6713]

I’m not proud about this but I was in Portland when it was still a Borstol 1978-1979, I was just 15 years old, I spent time in the punishment block and believe me you ain’t gonna get a tougher punishment block then Portland Borstol, and that’s no bullshit, I wonder if they still have the copper kettle that was at the end of the block, it came from the Napoleonic wars, you had to shine the copper kettle so the screws could actually see their faces on it, no bullshit I went down there twice for fighting once when I was just 15 years old for just 3 days and they let me back up into Nelson house and I turned 16 6 days after I was allowed to go back to Nelson house and within a week I’m back down the block and this time they gave me no mercy, I spent 8 days down the block in E-Wing and after that session that was enough for me I can tell you and I never had another fight that’s for sure.

[@Biggles2498]

I often wonder what's worst : Prison or Boarding School(however posh it was). Getting your head kicked in and male rape applies to both but people are too frightened to report it ! As a Prefect I hated seeing young boys being sexually abused but they saw it as "the norm" and parents simply didn't want to know or believe it was happening !

[@happyemojilearning2866]

A very interesting experience Keep up the work fella 😊

[@gillshields3109]

Can't wait for the next one x

[@peterfalconer]

Thank you for this.

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

My pleasure!

[@shirleydunn2718]

If you don't want the time, don't commit the crime.

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

You're really wise

[@jamescoleman6048]

man's cool let him tell his story. high 5 bro

[@goodsoup9489]

Absolutely spot on thats exactly what it was like when i was there in 05 Hardy had become the Enhanced wing for role model prisoners one of the strangest things i ever see was a guy using the night sanitation 6 min to use the toilet and instead he had made 2 peanut butter sandwiches for the guy opposite me and proceeded to slide these flattened peanut butter sandwiches under his door 🤔 i remember standing at my window on the door saying to myself "well I've seen it all now" 😂 couple months later i was said person sending peanut butter and bread in my kit bag on a string to the guy next door swinging it from window to window 😂 left in 07 and never been back to prison ever since.

[@noodles8638]

After playing football in the quarry, they used to make us swim naked in this outside pool & if you didn't, you went straight down the block, which was underground and MEDIEVAL, the screw that made us strip was a NONCE. (P.S. he was a premier League referee, see him at a Spurs game & gave him so much abuse, I got warned I'd be removed!

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

I've played on that pitch, it was great. Standards at the jail get worse the further back you go. I hated the place

[@shaunmufc58]

Ive mentioned before mate i did Portland in 75/6 (Rodney house),was a normal wing back then.Dont know if you ever did Aylesbury YP but your description of Portland sounds more like Aylesbury,that was far worse then Portland,all londonders and the violence was out of control.ps,Portland was freezing all the time I was there lol.

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

Aylesbury was wild as well man, never actually went there but heard plenty of stories

[@anthonybolgie6406]

U had to do a 5 or more to land there is tha rite

[@shaunmufc58]

@@anthonybolgie6406 I was only doing 2 years (18 years old) but had already done 6 month DC and Borstal twice so ended up in Aylesbury,im not sure if there is a minimum sentence nowadays ,i was there 77 78.

[@ianwimbles1440]

You learn the thousand yard stare!

[@standsintherain1]

Rumour was some hard case was banging a cow , but nobody was brave enough to ask him Then one day we were all stood to attention , the cows are passing. this cow goes up to matey and turns her ass around to him ... funniest thing Ive ever seen😂

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

Wow 😲

[@matthollis7443]

The outside gardens officer was Mr Vickery if my memory serves me correct 😂

[@stevebell395]

Just before I left. They were giving them quilts and stuff like tv think was coming . I'll never forget the slop out.

[@ianwimbles1440]

What is the longest time you have been stuck in a sweat box?curious cos I’ve done a good few hours in them myself!

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

I went from Exeter to Portland with 2 stops on the way, I think it was 3-4 hours

[@ianwimbles1440]

I once did a 3pm set off from Burnley police station via Wigan then too Doncaster marshgate when we got there 65 sweat boxes we could of taken that reception that night got to the prison about 10pm then eventually in a cell by 3am so twelve hours of stress will you know the script.seagulls teradactyls up haverigg!

[@FaceFcuk]

5 Hours altcourse Liverpool to hmp Bristol stopping off at prisons on the way to pick more ppl up nightmare on a hot summer day.

[@dioh9754]

Only house's i didnt go on was Rodney and Benbow, i did Hardy, Grennville, Nelson, Raleigh, Drake

[@jaybaker4350]

What was the newish side down we’re there railway work shop was we’re the football field was they filmed a football program there when I was there please let me know it was a long time ago I was there I think lol.

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

was that the one with ian wright?

[@barbarasawyer1418]

Great story would love to hear What your up to now....😁

[@user-zu3ku1lk6k]

Wow brings back memories was there in 96 absolutely crazy..screws liked to lay boot in

[@dioh9754]

I was here from 1995 16 years old to 2000 different sentences, hard place for a young kid, mixed feelings on Portland

[@anthonybolgie6406]

Went there in 97 98 rodney house for 18 months but it was a time killer maybe because I worked in the kitchen as a butcher ..I am from cardiff an it was full of Welsh mostly

[@ianfroud70]

Used to love doing bird with the Welsh , lovely bunch of lads , until Bristol is full n your shipped out to Cardiff 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😜

[@anthonybolgie6406]

@@ianfroud70 ye cardiff jail is a shit hole ..Swansea the gd one in wales

[@ianfroud70]

@@anthonybolgie6406 ❤️

[@thpxs0554]

I was Rodney house orderly in 1983 to may 1984. Mr Blewitt, the Brown brothers, one was a SO the other a blue shirt. Mr Wensley. It was the best house to be in.

[@andyspencer1010]

The prison ship was called the Weir shit hole

[@andrewspursey6800]

I was on grenvill house,3 years 1992

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

how did you find it?

[@andrewspursey6800]

@@WilliamBonneyPodcast big,,,packet Williams was a screw up there then on drake house,I ended up doing 22 years,,no more now,lol

[@andrewspursey6800]

@@WilliamBonneyPodcast packet Williams the screw,and Mr green down the block chasing you to the cell,lol

[@Missy-mn6cc]

Hope you're doing well and sorted urself out 👍

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

Thanks, yes I did 😊

[@joshrushton5950]

Least you admit the bullying I no multiple man that got bullied and come out tell stories they were bad.

[@angina50]

Its like school in a way at least from what I can see...except there is far more capability to do harm, its one of those knock the right bully out and it stops, knock the wrong one out and it gets worse type of things...I can't imagine the average ups and downs of a HMP inmate.

[@adamsummers713]

I don't know how them reliance vans got up that hill

[@ianfroud70]

Was there in late 80s , good bird killer , they used to have full size snooker tables . Could of asked for the moor .😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@mobilegaming7918]

i was in portland 3 times first time in 1990 and i loved it

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

its different for everyone

[@nhvanonerz8244]

It was my first real time im german and spent 6 month in portland. I liked the view to the sea and boats and the fresh air ;)

[@anthonybolgie6406]

Yo them seagulls were massive aswell they had us a few times lol I forgot about that an ye them big yellow pipes used to freeze sometime but they were handy for passing stuff threw to next cell . Mr Conway an mr Lyndon from hardy house stuck out the most for tha place cos they were ruthless to the new boys just landing there horrible men

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

Mr Conway... yes. those seagulls were something else

[@michaelsmith4584]

Spent my time on Rayleigh If it’s still called that

[@comeonengland5312]

I done a year in Portland from June 97 to June 98 and to be fair it sorted me out

[@motiur9786]

I was there the same year. I was 2ed up with chiadmi from labagrove west london. Only if ya knew😂

[@stevenclaiborne4855]

I worked as a Mental Health Worker in a prison so many offered anything to be placed in care/segregation. I treated the MEN with respect the dickheads got only what the law required.

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

it must be difficult trying to work out who actually needs and wants help

[@andrewspursey6800]

Loved the swimming pool

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

that cold ass shower before the pool

[@andrewspursey6800]

@@WilliamBonneyPodcast bloody freezing,they gave you black trunks to go in the pool,or wear nothing,,I done years up Portland, remember lineing up on parade yard,in threes,

[@kozmosjewels3070]

how did i forget that shitty little pool 😂🤣😂

[@Countryboy071]

Did my canoe survival course in that very pool!

[@tmci5218]

I was on drake in 98 99, very violent, i remember alot of suicides, the alarm would go off, the screws would shout, lock down, get in ya fucking cell now, and then some poor devil has died, brutal.

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

it was a rough place

[@nhvanonerz8244]

I was there in 2021 and it was really relaxed barely any fights people have phones and stuff a lot of paper to smoke. Times change i guess.

[@Alanhock75]

That was always my dread at training school, you could make a choice of where you wanted to work but like prisoners you went where you were sent and young offenders was not what I wanted, got Albany dispersal so was happy- till I got there lol

[@planesstevee]

Did you ever come across a ginger guy from exeter called joe kelly ?

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

I don't remember him sorry

[@smokee7145]

if anyone was on drake around 2001-2003 times i was the one ticking you burn ;)

[@Liamhedevil]

Are you actually a real life prisoner if so is there tvs at the Verne

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

it's been such a long time since I was in prison. but yeah most of the prisons have TVs now

[@tomattewell5647]

Mate I was in a s*** hole full of nonces as a kid called mountain house in Chepstow

[@jasoncleveland9856]

I was in portland in 1993 I had a punch up with Mr prestige in the dungeons But u r right what a dump but after some time there u get use to it Bed pack , slop out , Marching, And ties on the week end It was a borstall And I love it ......

[@TheMcmunro]

Bad memories of Portland.

[@dioh9754]

Night time sanitation on Hardy😂, good way of getting out for 6 mins and getting a rolly off your mate, Dartmoor was simlar on the induction wing, ring your bell, your tally flag thing would fall down to let the screws know, eventually 3 man unlock then go to the toilet where your mate would go out before you and leave a paper, tobacco or dirty mag stashed down the side of the toilet in the recess, sneak it back down your pants, just a good way of sharing stuff in the night, yer portland was medieval harsh

[@flissbradley699]

My dad is here it’s so scary to whatch tf

[@Darkside-origin]

Y/O 2001 spent a couple months here, happy holidays😂 no one ever shuts up at night right ball ache

[@paulwilcox867]

You are the only one let it go

[@NatNay-cu3uv]

82 rattcliffe. O'Grady. I remember

[@geoffjones9899]

a guy i knew was doing time here he was about 3 months into a 2 year sentence and ended up topping himself

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

that's sad man

[@geoffjones9899]

@@WilliamBonneyPodcast yea he was only 23 what a waste of a life he was a really nice guy aswell

[@libertybellgaming6551]

I did a couple of sentences there back in the 70s. It was a bit of a laugh. Maybe it’s changed

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

it turned into a pretty violent place

[@nhvanonerz8244]

​@@WilliamBonneyPodcasti was there 2 years ago at the time of this comment and i was having a laugh back then as well ;) im a small short german hehe but there was cool people there

[@stevebell395]

I don't know if you still had to wear. Shirt and tie when you was there and u had 2 do ur bed packes on sunday if it wasnt done right u didnt get Association

[@AffectionatePrinter-sj5ie]

Was in yoi Reading portland feltham winchester from 16,,21. Then off 2 bully bristol woodhill norwitch leeds long lartin i done over 25 yrs with only out as long as 14 months ive done alot ov bird

[@mongrelmobuk6930]

I was there in 1997 for a prison good did 5y in ther

[@markzawadzki4198]

I don’t know what gym he was going to the gym in Portland is dead compared to other jails, it is a Bird killer though my 2 and a half went well quick

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

it is small, but it was better than nothing

[@thpxs0554]

@@WilliamBonneyPodcast yep, it had a 4 station multi gym machine in 1983, and a few free weights. Did trampolining once a week.

[@AffectionatePrinter-sj5ie]

In portland 99 from reading there was loads ov welsh london boys i stuck 2 myself i was on benbo on the 3s

[@adamsummers713]

There was a night club outside Hardy House and if you was on the 4s u could talk to the ladies over the wall 😮😮😮

[@leefletcher7936]

I was in portland back in the day got in to a big fight with the london boys got shipped out 2 Reading my home town lovley......

[@mable12345]

i was in there in 1981 when it was a borstal

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

it was one of the toughest experiences of my life

[@mable12345]

@@WilliamBonneyPodcast went to dc east wood park 1979 then portland i live 4 miles for portland

[@mable12345]

i went to east wood park 1979 to and live in weymouth

[@thpxs0554]

I was there 83-84. Rodney house orderly. In the laundry first then house orderly

[@davidbaker8957]

Went there Portland for the inter prison bricklaying competition 2000 from onley YOi I remember my mate I went with as you did the competition in pairs paddy say “Gov” to one screws when we first got there as not knowing where fuck all was he shouted back “luv” I’m not your fucking luv you call me “sir” here lol remember the lines on the stairs for going up and down and the cell we had was a right shithole slop out and all that and what you said about pressing the buzzer at night and having so much time to get back to your cell and remember a sign saying about not sending lines with razor blades on them for the seagulls and sending food to them also lol and when first getting there seeing this one lad wearing these horrible jeans and a horrible gold colour tie on onley was completely different much better and there was definitely skull duggery going on in the brick laying competition with the muck I remember we had to wait ages as we run out that happened time and time again but the Portland boys they didn’t go without I noticed and they were nice and close to the Mixer whilst we was the farthest away and MR. Samson the bricklayer teacher from onley and the two screws we went down with in a mini bus all cuffed up together me and paddy by our legs and wrists I’ll never forget that still got pictures taken from the bricklaying competition and the t-shirts we all had to wear and the bricks they were given by a local building firm were terrible does anyone one else here remember the competition there?

[@justincampelli5003]

Got a city n guilds in carpentry an joinery in Portland an the dirty dozen came from earlstoke borstol,hard work but awesome in the gyms in them places.

[@NatNay-cu3uv]

I got c g bricklayer.

[@PatrickSwayzeOnDbol]

Hardy 06’ - 07’

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

it a wild wing to be on

[@stevebell395]

I was there 15months back in 99

[@Del-Blanco-Diablo]

was there 96 to 99 i actually asked for portland i heard it was a bird killer so i thought fuck it why not , it wasnt that bad i had a couple of fights nothing serious the only thing i hated was the nite san toilet system they had on hardy and rodney wings spent most of my time on benbow working in the prison laundry and made it to enhanced got my own pad on the fours, my po came to me when i had about a year left and said you've asked me for nothing while you've been herre and you havent been too much of a problem do u want enhanced and then i lost it for failing a sunday cell inspection total bullshit, the seagulls were mental but it was great wathing them shit on screws out on parade in the morning

[@justincampelli5003]

Mr green “80s”!!

[@NatNay-cu3uv]

I loved it there 1982

[@santorini8423]

do the crime, do the time...

[@stevebell395]

I was on rally.

[@sherilyem]

Bro i am from amsterdam i was locked up in portland 2001 and got shipped out to guys marsh that was a major differens

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

we were probably there the same time

[@sherilyem]

Yeah thats for sure i was there with 2 co defanded from amsterdam , but bro the way you described portland was on point that shit really was hell and dark but we made it bro 💪🏽

[@Suppressed20]

I was there in 2002 on Drake and Hardy

[@michaelsmith4584]

I was there when thay closed Rayleigh got done up all refurbished was brutal that jail there was a quiet a few of us from Portsmouth in there

[@toughy1210]

Portland was a good jail unless you were a victim

[@shaunbritton939]

I was there in 2015 it's a dump ain't it Mr audbrey still there and miss short 😂

[@WilliamBonneyPodcast]

Its an adult jail now isnt it?

[@adamsummers713]

I hated it there aswel but I must admit I did have some laughs there I wanted guys marsh but no portland it was and it was an experience I was scared as I heard all the horror storys about the place I remember being on the education exercise yard and it was going off screws getting smashed with broom handles but all in all if u can't do the time then definitely do not do the crime that quote is so true 😮

[@adamsummers713]

Hardy house no toilets ewww slop it out haha

[@adamsummers713]

You had electric queing system was mental qlot of funny game with leaving peoples night lifes on haha