Phuket

georgelondon · #1 25-10-2006, 22:28

"Forget You Had a Daughter: Doing Time in the Bangkok Hilton" - Sandra Gregory's Story

i just read it the other day...very good book.

dawsey · #2 25-10-2006, 22:54

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Originally Posted by georgelondon

"Forget You Had a Daughter: Doing Time in the Bangkok Hilton" - Sandra Gregory's Story

i just read it the other day...very good book.

Yeah, good story and recently docu/drama on TV in UK. There is a thread here somewhere about it.

Edit: Well there was another thread,that degenerated into heroin dosage and all that type of crap. Got deleted.

georgelondon · #3 25-10-2006, 22:56

my boss said there was a tv show...i missed it. maybe can download off the net.

georgelondon · #4 25-10-2006, 22:58

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Originally Posted by dawsey

Yeah, good story and recently docu/drama on TV in UK. There is a thread here somewhere about it.

Edit: [b]Well there was another thread,that degenerated into heroin dosage and all that type of crap. Got deleted.

oh god...dont wanna get into all that crap.

dawsey · #5 25-10-2006, 23:09

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Originally Posted by georgelondon

my boss said there was a tv show...i missed it. maybe can download off the net.

LimeWire is your best bet. But run a spyware and adware programme afterwards. Lots of crap gets on your PC with limewire

georgelondon · #6 25-10-2006, 23:11

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Originally Posted by dawsey

LimeWire is your best bet. But run a spyware and adware programme afterwards. Lots of crap gets on your PC with limewire

cheers. i'll try the bit torrents first tho.

dawsey · #7 25-10-2006, 23:12

You may get it here as well. Its called "Banged up Abroad" and was on C5 .

Untitled Document

andy50 · #8 25-10-2006, 23:40

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Originally Posted by dawsey

You may get it here as well. Its called "Banged up Abroad" and was on C5 .

Untitled Document

as you say dawsey, limewire can be a problem , ive used it to download some old pop/rock music , but all i sometimes get is po*n when i open the file, and am bombarded with spam too(its quite painful!)

LivinLOS · #9 26-10-2006, 10:57

Not read it.. In fact it was only recently that I read the damage done..

My brother was reading one of an Ozzie in Bali / Indo who maintains 100% he was fitted up.. Looked a good read but didnt finish it before I left so didnt get to start it.. The innocent angle (if believed) adds a much more painful element to it by far.

mistermann · #10 26-10-2006, 12:29

I think the torrent is available here, I didn't test it so no idea if it works or not:

http://btjunkie.org/torrent?do=downl...c368a1.torrent

If you've never used bit torrent, a good client for windows is:
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Might need this to play it, its .nrg format so not sure:
VLC media player - Overview

Dunc1 · #11 27-10-2006, 01:05

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Originally Posted by LivinLOS

Not read it.. In fact it was only recently that I read the damage done..

My brother was reading one of an Ozzie in Bali / Indo who maintains 100% he was fitted up.. Looked a good read but didnt finish it before I left so didnt get to start it.. The innocent angle (if believed) adds a much more painful element to it by far.

Similar to Welcome to hell but i didnt think much of that, just couldnt really believe some of his story before he went into jail. Damage done was better but towards the end thought he was just trying to make you feel sorry for him.

t0rn · #12 27-10-2006, 01:40

read many of these prison stories, all i take out of it is pay up front .

falanger · #13 27-10-2006, 05:37

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Originally Posted by georgelondon

"Forget You Had a Daughter: Doing Time in the Bangkok Hilton" - Sandra Gregory's Story

i just read it the other day...very good book.

ive read this book,good read.....My sister gave it to me just before my first trip to LOS. It scared the sh1t out of me about Thai jails.(nice one sis)....

LivinLOS · #14 27-10-2006, 08:13

In a similar prison story try Marching Powder by Rusty Young.

Its a story of a young black British guy sent to La Paz's huge sprawling prison in Bolivia.. Whats interesting about it is that Bolivia is so poor that the whole prison sort of needs to be self financing.. when you arrive you have to buy your cell (with a morgate system from other people) and you buy your food.. Rich prisoners can have apartments..

Rusty has a little shop in there and at another point ends up being a tour guide for backpackers.. Its its own little micro world.. In a strage way pretty free inside itself. People have jobs, thier place to live, etc etc etc..

The most unusual prison book I have ever read.

sishow · #15 27-10-2006, 15:26

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Originally Posted by LivinLOS

In a similar prison story try Marching Powder by Rusty Young.

Its a story of a young black British guy sent to La Paz's huge sprawling prison in Bolivia.. Whats interesting about it is that Bolivia is so poor that the whole prison sort of needs to be self financing.. when you arrive you have to buy your cell (with a morgate system from other people) and you buy your food.. Rich prisoners can have apartments..

Rusty has a little shop in there and at another point ends up being a tour guide for backpackers.. Its its own little micro world.. In a strage way pretty free inside itself. People have jobs, thier place to live, etc etc etc..

The most unusual prison book I have ever read.

There was a tv doc on him which aired earlier on this year in the uk. Never saw it, but the advert made it look quite interesting!

I did read a magazine interview with him which had pictures of him guiding tourists around.

georgelondon · #16 27-10-2006, 18:01

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Originally Posted by LivinLOS

In a similar prison story try Marching Powder by Rusty Young.

Its a story of a young black British guy sent to La Paz's huge sprawling prison in Bolivia.. Whats interesting about it is that Bolivia is so poor that the whole prison sort of needs to be self financing.. when you arrive you have to buy your cell (with a morgate system from other people) and you buy your food.. Rich prisoners can have apartments..

Rusty has a little shop in there and at another point ends up being a tour guide for backpackers.. Its its own little micro world.. In a strage way pretty free inside itself. People have jobs, thier place to live, etc etc etc..

The most unusual prison book I have ever read.

have read this book...awesome!

MeMon74 · #17 27-10-2006, 19:32

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Originally Posted by Dunc1

Similar to Welcome to hell but i didnt think much of that, just couldnt really believe some of his story before he went into jail. Damage done was better but towards the end thought he was just trying to make you feel sorry for him.

Agree with that. Seem's to much of a classic con the way Colin Martin describes it, alot of the facts don't add up.

As for Forget you had a daughter, what did she expect? The bloke tells her the package contains heroin, she says OK. End of.

hugos · #18 27-10-2006, 21:22

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Originally Posted by MeMon74

... As for Forget you had a daughter, what did she expect? The bloke tells her the package contains heroin, she says OK. End of.

Agree. And at least Bangkok Hilton is better than the Prison in Phuket.
(thats what prisoners say).

LivinLOS · #19 27-10-2006, 21:48

I cant imagine Phuket prison is worse than Bang Kwang (max security violent offender long sentances prison) but I have heard its a bad one.

Even worse is the immigration lockup.. Its where they load of the Burmese etc so you can imagine how much they spend and how much they take care.. Knew a guy who ended up doing about 12 - 14 days in there.. Reckons the only thing he eat was an egg and a banana as they were both naturally sealed..