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Banged Up

4. 'We got pretty good at short tennis': Prison perks

Banged Up

Goalhanger Films

True Crime

4.6936 Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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How do prisoners get rewarded for good behaviour? The boys run us through what passes as a treat inside - from access to the weights room to a chocolate Yule log at Christmas! A Left Peg production for Goalhanger Films Twitter: @BangedUpPodcast Instagram: @BangedUpPodcast #BangedUp This podcast contains content which some listeners may find upsetting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

When you go to Joe it kind of desensitizes all of that because you start to become understanding to

0:14.5

like he's a murderer but I still have to live with him so it's normal it's normal to

0:18.2

be with a murderer but a snitch is like you're a danger to me yeah so I need to I need to I need to trouble you

0:28.5

Hello welcome episode four yeah for flying by.

0:34.0

Time does fly doesn't it.

0:36.0

Unless you're locked up inside.

0:38.0

So last time we were talking about the sort of tabloid aspects of prison, the kind of violence, drugs, this idea of losing your privileges being put on basic.

0:51.0

So other end of... Yeah, I mean last week was basically the

0:55.4

audio book version of a copy of the sun yeah talking about all the naughty bits

1:01.0

now so there is another side of it. Not everyone is as lucky as you

1:05.1

to have experience other side of it of which you both make it look quite easy. But you were too well-behaved lads in prison in general.

1:17.0

Technically everyone in there was a naughty boy but we were not so naughty boys.

1:21.0

We were, we behaved ourselves inside. Once inside. And you gained what they call enhanced status.

1:30.0

Mike tell us, just recap, like what's this idea of like an IEP status, what is enhanced?

1:38.0

So enhanced, it's basically the opposite of basic where you it's a privilege you get you get you're allowed more money on your

1:46.8

canteen spends which you can buy more food more credit

1:50.8

long credit calls for it was a long phone calls obviously more credit

1:53.0

long phone calls.

1:54.0

Obviously family ties, building family ties and that.

1:58.0

More gym, which is a big thing for most people.

2:00.0

Everyone wanted to be in the gym.

2:02.0

So when you're getting enhanced only sessions, you want to be in the gym. So when you're getting enhanced only sessions you want to be you

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