Prisoners 'to be housed in RAF camp'
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Given HMPS's concept of logic plus their inability to actually (a) keep their guests under lock and key and (b) be certain as to how many they should actually have in residence at any one time ( see Sudbury etc ) the only place that springs to mind is----Sealand !. Think about, perfectly located on a major arterial route, an industrial estate and retail estate on the doorstep for those wishing to "keep their hand in" as it were, convenient for a commute into Liverpool and Manchester, some very "des res" properties in Chester, excellent rail links for those wishing to travel further than the North West and last, but not least, the place will probably get a nice new sports pavilion to replace the wooden shack which has been there since the year dot. The perfect location ! 
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Wasn't Newton being banded around as some sort of asylum camp a while ago? Sounds like that has potential! I remember that the locals wanted the RAF out for years and years and then were desperate to get them back when it was mentioned that it was going to be an asylum camp. Not sure how far the idea got in the end??? Anyone know?
I do remember when I was at RAF Odiham, the old Airmans blocks still with their WW2 camo on the outside but faded in the mid 70's.
They were 18 man rooms divided up by partitions and wardrobes into 2 man spaces.. a fire trap if there ever was one...........
Anyway, someone wrote anon to Farmers Weekly stating they had a building, gave the dimensions and pointed out it was well lit, ventilated and heated and asked how many pigs would be recommended to house in the said room.........
It was published and the answer which astounded the 18 people occupying the room was I believe 9.
Needless to say it was copied and posted around all of the blocks until someone got wind of it and they were all removed.........
Summed the RAF accomodation up well.
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I remember sitting in my room at Honington (1976), reading Gary Powers' book (U-2 shot down over Russia) and he mentioned the size of his cell in the Lublyanka. I can't remember the actual dimensions but he had more space than I did. Hierarchy was probably more pleasent too.
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Keep fingers crossed that there isn't a repeat of 1988.
It's all very well converting military bases into prisons, temporary or otherwise, but someone has got to man them and when they converted Rollestone and other camps into makeshift prisons for the overcrowding problem back in '88 I, amongst others, was drafted in as a prison officer. If I remember correctly, it went under the somewhat cynical name of Operation Cutter - were the authorities expecting something?
Following a very rigorous and thorough 2.5 HOURS training we were thrown straight in at the deep end.
The camp was quite 'comical' with its double layers of barbed wire fences and 'machine-gun' towers - that bit really p***ed me off, NO Gimmpies - I wasn't sure if I was a prison officer or an extra in The Great Escape.
But I wouldn't want to see that imposed on service personnel again.
What about making a few old and battered tankers temporarily seaworthy, 'temporarily' 'cos we can fill them up with scrotes, give them 12 hours fuel and a fixed rudder and point them towards the middle of the Atlantic (or any other similarly inhospitable body of deep water) and use them for live firing practice. There'd be plenty of scope for Air to Surface firing and the bubbleheads even get to practice firing their torpedoes.
Why stop there? We could solve two problems by incorporating Celebrity Big Brother and moving 'the house' onto the foredeck. Now I'm getting into the realms of wishful thinking so I'd best stop before I get on a real roll..........
It's all very well converting military bases into prisons, temporary or otherwise, but someone has got to man them and when they converted Rollestone and other camps into makeshift prisons for the overcrowding problem back in '88 I, amongst others, was drafted in as a prison officer. If I remember correctly, it went under the somewhat cynical name of Operation Cutter - were the authorities expecting something?
Following a very rigorous and thorough 2.5 HOURS training we were thrown straight in at the deep end.
The camp was quite 'comical' with its double layers of barbed wire fences and 'machine-gun' towers - that bit really p***ed me off, NO Gimmpies - I wasn't sure if I was a prison officer or an extra in The Great Escape.
But I wouldn't want to see that imposed on service personnel again.
What about making a few old and battered tankers temporarily seaworthy, 'temporarily' 'cos we can fill them up with scrotes, give them 12 hours fuel and a fixed rudder and point them towards the middle of the Atlantic (or any other similarly inhospitable body of deep water) and use them for live firing practice. There'd be plenty of scope for Air to Surface firing and the bubbleheads even get to practice firing their torpedoes.
Why stop there? We could solve two problems by incorporating Celebrity Big Brother and moving 'the house' onto the foredeck. Now I'm getting into the realms of wishful thinking so I'd best stop before I get on a real roll..........
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