eastwood park detention center 1976
By back pressed hard against the wall,
I’m sitting as a chair,
In a perfect chair position,
By back pressed hard against the wall,
I’m sitting as a chair,
In a perfect chair position,
But it isn’t bloody there.
Because this is just my punishment,
For each liberty I sought,
Smoking in detention centre,
The crime to which I’m caught.
My legs are shaking badly,
My spine so full of pain,
I fall to the floor in agony,
And slapped back up again.
An officer passes by me,
I avoid contact with his eye,
I don’t want him to see my agony,
Or get pleasure as I cry.
My first few hours in Eastwood Park,
The next months the same,
Pain and hurt from dawn to dusk,
And an awful bloody shame.
Because this is just my punishment,
For each liberty I sought,
Smoking in detention centre,
The crime to which I’m caught.
My legs are shaking badly,
My spine so full of pain,
I fall to the floor in agony,
And slapped back up again.
An officer passes by me,
I avoid contact with his eye,
I don’t want him to see my agony,
Or get pleasure as I cry.
My first few hours in Eastwood Park,
The next months the same,
Pain and hurt from dawn to dusk,
And an awful bloody shame.
I was there myself at 14 what a place. im now 59 and will never forget that 3 months of hell.
ReplyDeleteI was there in summer of 81,loads of blacks came in from the Toxteth riots,hated the place , hell x 2 .
DeleteMust have been in with ya mate .only I got out for the day helped on on royal wedding lol
DeleteI was there in 1974 aged 15 23/1/74 to 22/3/74. State sponsored child abuse. I'll never forget Deleney PTI, the ginger haired welsh cunt. There was a boy who went back to court for more offences, he complained to the judge about Deleney, next time in the gym he had to stand in the centre circle and we were all ordered to slap him hard in the face. We were 15 year olds this man was a government employee.He is probably enjoying a nice retirement now on a generous pension the fucking bully.
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DeleteI was there at same time. PTI name was de veney - scumbag. I also recall the incident you discribe. Had a game of murderball and let everybody know who they had to attack. Also the black kids used to get the worst treatment.
i was their in 79, watched every day whilst Delaney humiliated Sikh guy, after St Pauls riot. Murderball too. Pedo guy in manufacturing, whipped boys with plastic.
DeleteThere in 79, first night scarred me for life. Now 53 and can still recall the shit that happened in there with the bully screws. Short, Sharp, Shock or an excuse to mentally and physically abuse teenage boys. No CRB checks in those days i guess !!!! FUCK EM ALL and hope they ROT IN HELL
DeleteOk what a cruel place
DeleteHi all i was in there aswell 1979 6mths i had i had to do 91 days and a brek//. it was the worst 91 days of my life the screws wasent human they where animals.Today thay would all be called NONCES for what thay done to us boys.
DeleteDelaney what a scum bag i went through hell nothing but a fuckin bully
DeleteI hope is family are all fuckin feeling the pain delany i was working in the kitchens i was beaten with a wooden paddle every day what comes round goes round piss on all your family's graves
DeleteI was there 76,first night had to stand naked in the block, all fucking night, sadistic bastards and then kitchen boy, 4 of us got caught smoking tea leaves rolled using pages from the bible, we got our arses beaten with the veg paddles on the serving counter in front of all ! The baker used to put a couple of fags in the top loaf of bread ,,,, every day,, what a geezer ,,, remember stingray being a real bastard,, there was some nice screws as well, one of them knew I was an elvis fan, he bought me a newspaper in, highly illegal,,,
DeleteI was there in summer of 82 ,did the standard 6 week 4 days out of 3 month sentence,although a very few had 6 month sentences,the gym orderly was one .,...Short sharp shock circuit training,medicine balls,dawn parade,picking onions in the field,the screws were not politically correct in those days,.....Rob Swansea
ReplyDeleteI was there in summer of 81 ,did the standard 6 week 4 days out of 3 month sentence,although a very few had 6 month sentences,the gym orderly was one .,...Short sharp shock circuit training,medicine balls,dawn parade,picking onions in the field,the screws were not politically correct in those days,.....
ReplyDeleteI was there in 81,I was 15 i agree,....Hell x 2.
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ReplyDeleteVery apt poem.....any other lads out there feel free to comment,although most will be middle aged men by now..... Rob Swansea.....mcglynn123@virginmedia.com
ReplyDeletei was there in 78... remember fishface.. animals
ReplyDeletei was there in 78.. fishface i hope all those screws are in hell
ReplyDeletei was there in 72.all those screws were dogs, dont remember one good one.i remember the invisible chair. standard..hope they all died a painful death...must admit... i came out like arnold schwrtz lol
Deletei was there in 72.all those screws were dogs, dont remember one good one.i remember the invisible chair. standard..hope they all died a painful death...must admit... i came out like arnold schwrtz lol
Deletewas there in 72 .all screws were dogs. hope they all died a painful death.a brutal punnishing regime for young lads in a supposidly civilized country
ReplyDeleteThe most traumatic time of my life. Still remember my number -398 I wAs there in 69, the place was a nightmare I worked in the workshop stripping insulation from Lucas coils, we were issued with Stanley knives! I still have the scars from the other kids cutting me
ReplyDeleteI was there in 1969 my number 008 out and out Japanese Prison of war camp fuc——- shit hole of a place
DeleteI was 14 in 81 spent six weeks in that hell hole . from day one abuse .also beaten regularly.
ReplyDeleteI was 14 in 81 spent six weeks in that hell hole . from day one abuse .also beaten regularly.
ReplyDelete15 in 81....devaney gym screw....HE KNOWS BOYS.....knowle wester.
Deletewho remembers getting an item of clothing nicked from your kit locker....and it being used for a shit parcel and slung out the cell window.
Deletei remember a screw who used to crawl on all fours along the landings when we were locked up usually at dinnertime......he would sneak up and peep in your cell window, probably trying to perv on anybody wanking.
Deletei remember a screw who used to crawl on all fours along the landings when we were locked up usually at dinnertime......he would sneak up and peep in your cell window, probably trying to perv on anybody wanking.
Deletewho remembers getting an item of clothing nicked from your kit locker....and it being used for a shit parcel and slung out the cell window.
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DeleteI to can remember that BASTARD creeping something they used to call him, always popping up fucking Bacon
DeleteI was 14 in 81 spent six weeks in that hell hole . from day one abuse .also beaten regularly.
ReplyDelete14 yrs old in 81 .abused every day .Then again at night .ROT IN HELL
ReplyDeleteAs an adult myself now , I fail to comprehend what pleasure the likes of mr brown , mr dean and mr Flanagan would of
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Torturing young boys. I was 15 in 1981 where I served 6 weeks out of a 3 month sentence. What I would give
To see them 3 so called men to be dragged round the gym having medicine balls thrown at them on an induction weekend circuit. And if ever I am in a financial position to do so these will be the first 3 people I expose for exactly what they are. And hopefully they will rot in hell with the likes off Rolfe harris and jimmy Saville. how could you could live with yourself , I will never know. Worst 6
Weeks of my entire life , it's not that I'm even botherd about what happend to me in there but I'm just shocked that those individuals were able to bestow that kind of violence onto young boys. I remember one boy who wasn't all there , who clearly had problems and wasn't very smart and did things wrong because that was his nature get beaten constantly every day. It was corrupt and
I can't believable that , it was aloud and I hope that god has given those screws a taste of their own medicine
I hear you mate, I was in there in 83, I remember MrBrown, Flanagan, Devaney and two others nicknamed doc savage and the green cross man, they were all animals given the legal right to commit child abuse, it was like hell, I've waited a long time to find some sort of platform to expose these beasts who called themselves men beating up and torturing young boys, promoting racial hatred by forcing black and white boys to fight each other in the gym while playing their sick games of murder ball, I was in their may 24 1983 when the new laws came in and the screws went from wearing suits to wearing uniforms, this was about halfway through my 6wks 4days, and believe you me when they got those uniforms on they changed overnight, they were 10 times worst!! Why has nothing ever been done about this
DeleteI agree with you, we were abused on a daily basis by Adult men.
DeleteMe neither my m8 there Mr Brown that wander ov a jym bloke who used keys on ya fingers for biting ya nails fukin twat remember the Sik bucket lads 1983 84 Nicholls n onions east wing
DeleteMe neither my m8 there Mr Brown that wander ov a jym bloke who used keys on ya fingers for biting ya nails fukin twat remember the Sik bucket lads 1983 84 Nicholls n onions east wing
DeleteI was at Eastwood Park in the summer of 1982 and can relate to everything being said on here and to let everyone know that Avon+Somerset Police have been carrying out an investigation into the Abuse carried out at Eastwood Park for over 2 years now and are close to bringung charges to at least 2 former officers.
DeleteMost of the former officers are now dead but i get the impression from my contact that Greencross is still alive but Doc Savage is dead.
Richard.
Dicky66@outlook.com
Richard
dicky66@outlook.com
I was there in 92 aswell, the doctor was a fucking peado then, BASTARDS the lot of em, is there really an investigation coz I got a few things to tell them about out and out BASTARDS
DeleteYes the enquiry is almost complete and Cathy at Avon+Somerset police is the officer dealing with it.
DeleteBest wishes
Richard
Dicky66@outlook.com
As an adult myself now , I fail to comprehend what pleasure the likes of mr brown , mr dean and mr Flanagan would of
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Torturing young boys. I was 15 in 1981 where I served 6 weeks out of a 3 month sentence. What I would give
To see them 3 so called men to be dragged round the gym having medicine balls thrown at them on an induction weekend circuit. And if ever I am in a financial position to do so these will be the first 3 people I expose for exactly what they are. And hopefully they will rot in hell with the likes off Rolfe harris and jimmy Saville. how could you could live with yourself , I will never know. Worst 6
Weeks of my entire life , it's not that I'm even botherd about what happend to me in there but I'm just shocked that those individuals were able to bestow that kind of violence onto young boys. I remember one boy who wasn't all there , who clearly had problems and wasn't very smart and did things wrong because that was his nature get beaten constantly every day. It was corrupt and
I can't believable that , it was aloud and I hope that god has given those screws a taste of their own medicine
Anyone remember the gym screw? Devaney was his name? Nasty bastard,always picked on the weaker boy,rot in hell,evil cunt!!
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Deletei'll never forget Delaney i was there 1974. He was a bully, but the other screws looked up to him,These people were all employed by the,Government,Justice System.
Deleteit was shocking what went on,,being forced to shave at 14,hair pulled out ,punched full in the face BY OFFICER Hunt (east wing) dragged into a store cupboard and hit on the head with the metal gate key by officer scallion(SCAR AROUND HIS NECK) until i blacked out,,and god help you if you were black,,it was EVIL ......DEAN WEST MIDS
ReplyDeleteSimilar memories, black kids got it even worse, I'll never forget that west country accent shouting "f**king move it, you f**king c**n" or "were gonna play murder ball and it's gonna be whites versus c**ns or ni**gers" Stefan Davies.
DeleteI was there in July to august 77 and Jan to feb 78, did two wacks, was the gym orderly on my second wack in 78, i remember the gym screws Leggit, Pearson, Delaney. I was 14 first time and 15 second time. Also screws called baby face and chicken george if i remember rightly, \loads of circuit training, getting the 'womp' with the cricket bat in the gym, 'Mable' in the workshop and the 'paddle' in the kitchen.
ReplyDeleteI was there in 82 left in May, I remember the sitting on the invisible chair well and bunny hops up the stairs at 2 am for being caught talking, they shaved my head on the night before leaving just for the hell of it. The place was hardcore, I got the paddle in the kitchen. I saw one kid run out of showers with his wrists slashed and another who to quote the staff member " cut himself to pieces on the razor wire like an effing whatever trying to escape" Came out and called everyone Sir for 2 weeks even the women. Stefan Davies
ReplyDeleteI was there from June to September 76 from day 1 to the last day pure hell, insects in your food especially your treacle sandwich at supper.screws could do what they wanted and they did knowing they could get away with beating up kids.im 55 now I still have terrible thoughts about that shit hole of abuse . Short sharp shock ! Ballocks just and excuse to damage kids. The fking bullies. Biscuit from gilfach goch s wales.
ReplyDeletecomplete bastards all of them screws were. picked on anyones disabilitys.and yes if you were black you were fucked.I remember an irish kid from Bristol came in with IRA tattoos on him.He got some real bad beatings off screws. As they were all ex army.
ReplyDeleteI was there at easter 1976 age 16. I served 6 weeks out of a 3 month sentence. A complete nightmare all the screw were bastards especially the one that was always drunk. The only good thing that happened was when i was moved to one of the dormitory's. I am 56 now and when someone mentions the hot summer of 1976 it all comes back.
DeleteI was also there in the summer of 76, makes me cringe when I hear of that :lovely hot summer of 76; arrived end of May at that fucking barbaric shit hole, will never forget those sick sadistic bastards they called wardens, first night on west 1 I was treated to a good beating by that alcohol fueled sadistic pig Stingray for no other reason than just being there, I had just reached 16 years of age !!!, the shit and abuse continued until I left that hellhole in July. Delaney, leggit and all them fucking animals can rot in hell.
DeleteAlright lads, glad to hear your still alive and 'sane',yeah I was there 1977 aged 15 I remember every screws face, Devaney and pearson and another screw in the gym battered me senseless, and restrained me for hours for refusing to hold out my hands for the ruler,taken to frenchay hospital,suspected broken arm said no break found out later in life it was,still carry the marks, made me do press ups on It every day and kept me on inductions for 5 weeks out of 6.4 scubbing the floors etc no red badge or tie for me,sent me mental for a while, anyway fuck em, good luck lads.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad I found this site, I was only telling my sister last week about all the abuse myself and other boys suffered in that place, I guess we just excepted it because we knew we had done wrong and we though we were men, but in truth we were just frightened little boys, as a middle aged man now I would feel so ashamed of myself if I knew I had done such things to young boys, they and the government of that time should be held to account for this, I went in a non violent criminal and came out a very angry young man, who I am ashamed to say lend a life of violent crime for many years, whilst I take personal responsibility for this, I'm sure the "short sharp shock" bollocks did nothing to help me steer away from such appalling behaviour, in fact I would go as far as saying it taught me that violence and intimidation got people give you what ever they want. I would so love to see those bastards sat next to Jimmy saville and Rolfe Harris where they belong!!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you these bastards should be sat next to Saville, Harris Hall, etc. I was there in 1974, Delaney,Parker,Babyface,"99"Leggit and many more i can't remember all the names, bullies, child abusers, how did these "men" lead normal life outside of this state run hellhole.I would love to meet that ginger haired cunt Delany now, I,m not a 15 year old school boy anymore.
DeleteSmashed in the face ... Hit with mable (the wardens daughter ) buckets of water thrown on my bed and made to sleep in it . Ect ext . We should have reunion boys and do something legal to have them exposed its not too late
ReplyDeleteI'm up for it Nick, living in Exeter and willing to travel, this needs to be exposed and you're right it's not too late.
DeleteMurderBall, Whites against the Blacks,Delaney the MC.This man earned a living doing this.Why did none of the other screws stop him?
ReplyDeleteAnybody who went there must remember this...unless it was just one of many sadistic games they played with new arrivals...you were given a massive pile of kit...so big it was difficult to balance across your arms even when stood still...but then came the real challenge..you were told to sprint down a corridor...and warned that if you dropped anything on the way..you,d get a good fucking slap...the screws words..not mine.Needless to say.. nobody managed it..who could.It does however show the twisted mindset of these so called men..who deliberately engineered situations ...just so they could brutally assault children..i could say a lot more..anyone who has been in there could...even today...how many years later? I can still remember that first night like it was yesterday...we served our time..they,ve yet to do there,s.
ReplyDeleteRemember it well mate, legalised brutality, Evil bastards, picking on young boys, remember scrubbing the main corridor? M1 they used to call it,removing all the black marks,Devaney the gym screw,fuckin ginger CUNT, nothing but a bully,as all the screws their were, sadly most of us are middle aged now and most of these ARSEHOLES are long dead,wish there was something that could be done to bring these people to account,the government.courts and so called authority figures should ALL pay,
DeleteNever forget it remember fish pool out side got indoors gid ya a number me missed the room when they called my name n number brown n Dean beat me made me un my mate run down them corridors all the way to east house lol wat a long 6 weeks lol
DeleteThat was it the m1 run down there the BASTARD put is foot out coz the gym was on the left hand side, got leatherd told me to tuck my shirt in, I was on the deck ffs, hope chicken George died a painful death the CUNT
DeleteI can remember the p.e.is making us run around in a circle and every time you overtook someone u had to smash em round the head. If u didn't they attacked you. This would last for 15 minutes sometimes.
ReplyDeleteI remember that place only too well, I went in 1983 for 3 months an served bout 6 wks, that year I went bk again for anuva 3 months they told me I must of loved it the first time. Remember devaney very well in charge of circuit training yes the ginger twat id love to see him again now grown up. I had to go round the gym 3 laps intensive workouts if they thought you cheated they'd write on your chest the letter C an ud have to do it all again. cant say it did me any good as I then went to glen parva prison in Gloucestershire for 6 months a youth custody prison. Still I kept being bad an then done 6 months in onley prison a right shithole, in rugby. Spent time in brockhill remand centre in Redditch twice lol. done a spell at yewell grange open prison in Redditch one Xmas an escaped wiv some lad jumped out window together Xmas night got home boxing day .why I'm saying all this, well crime dont pay really locked up and no freedom all I have now is alot of memories. allways remember one lad in brockhill prison Paul redhead an his address erdesley close, matchbough east, reddith. I think personally you go in prison and come out knowing alot more bout chrime. anyone wanna chat bout that place an devaney etc email me. apardoe1112@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteWas ya there with Nicholls n onions n them 2 crazy Irish chaps on west wing lol
DeleteI was there 1975 remember some of us having to hold an Asian lad up off the floor face down shorts down while the gym screw whipped his bare arse remember the paddle well and being beaten up by the kitchen screw
ReplyDeleteI was there in 79 and never forget Deveney the child abuser. I'm sure if we were to all get together with a solicitor we could see this bully in court. I remember being made to stand in the stress position many times which i'm sure was illegal. It seems we never had human rights in England then.
ReplyDeleteLets do it. I wonder if that ginger haired cunt is still breathing.
DeleteWould love to see that ginger CUNT again, fuckin arsehole, used to pick on the weaker kids, 'silly CANT!' was devaney favourite term, couldn't even say CUNT,
ReplyDeleteHas anyone sought legal advice about what went on in this place?
ReplyDeleteHas anyone sought legal advice about what went on in this place?
ReplyDeleteWas there in the summer of 1970 I was 14. I was sentenced to 3 months.
ReplyDeleteMinute I arrived I was slapped about by the reception officer. I'll always remember the twat because his name was Eastwood, I was such a naive kid I actually thought he owned the place :=]
I remember the circuit training, murder ball and boxing once or twice too and the ginger prick of a PE officer.
I could go on to write pages of stuff here about the naughty things that happened to me and what I saw there but let's just say I was fucking glad to get out
Murph Swansea
https://www.hja.net/legal-services/civil-liberties/human-rights/inhuman-treatment/
ReplyDeleteI was there roughly about 1978 - 1979 I want to give that gym instructor Delaney a good thrashing just like the Kray Twins would do and also that bastard who was in the office doing fingerprinting which snapped my thumb in half
ReplyDeletethey know they have got it coming to them big style
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ReplyDeleteLoads of examples of brutality plus a stonewall case whilst in Borstal. ieuanllewellyn7@gmail.com
DeleteI was there in 1968, absolute evil place, kitchen screw was called Gilliam, another screw was called Coleman an ex boxer from south mead, he used to hold a matchbox to your nose and then would knock lads out before the matchbox hit the ground, Gillam used to hold your head over boiling pans of water, worms in the food, deliberate, lads used to sit on the bed and put there other leg on the next bed, then the leg would be jumped on, nightmare place, used to be 8 weeks 5 days instead of the 3 months
ReplyDeleteQueer bastards amidst the screws as whilst waiting with your lower region covered some fool would scream for about 50 of us to start running on the spot whilst waiting and leaving us naked. My name is Llewellyn and I was introduced to the game of 'Murderball' I ended up smashing so many kitchen boys up that when it came to dishing out the food I saw black eyes and broken noses and I was met with threats and got about 3 baked beans in total on my tray. I'm not making out I'm the tough guy here but as I was surrounded with a load of knob heads as induction when the bigger kitchen boys came in after the first round nobody cared about the ball and the screws enjoyed the bundle. I didn't think fighting was allowed but once I knew I was punching and head-butting all, if you remember this game and that exact moment as I'm not saying this with bravado but I had no option other than to fight back. The period was 1976 May/June. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteYian from Bournemouth?
DeleteWas in the same line soap dish in 1 hand slippers and a towel running on the spot.1976 ended up in same dorm as you.you may or may not remember I have a very large red birthmark port wine anyway they terrorised me because of that.
DeleteI remembered same as you have port wine stain on my face there 1976 shit hole bastards
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ReplyDeleteMay of 79 was the time I as we all did got introduced to Mable, a fierce length of rubber we all got whipped with. The offercers were all sadist enjoying the pain they gave us. They should be brought to justice like many others, after all it was mindless agony and pain we all went through at the hands of sadistic cruel and heartless bastards.
ReplyDeleteI was there in early 1980, hellhole. Some bad bad screws but I do remember (just) some decent ones. Circuit was a killer but I got used to it. Kept my head down and got through it but saw kids bullied mercilessly. Saw a lad slashed across the stomach in the bogs. Remember the shit parcels and the 'shreadies in the box' I'm sure I have carried the experience in a detrimental way since, an experiment on a Nazi scale.
ReplyDeleteHi, I was there in 1975 and it was brutal, assaulted on a regular basis by the officers with no justification for it, legalised gbh really with no one being brought to task for it, they were a law unto there selves , there should be an enquiry into it. JW
ReplyDeleteHI ,WAS THERE FROM 15TH MAY TO 30TH JUNE 79,NASTY PLACE ,NASTY PEOPLE WHO DIDNT CARE ABOUT US , BULLYS 😀 SAID TO ME ON DISCHARGE "SEE YOU IN BORSTAL " (FISHFACE ) JUST RETIRED FROM THE FIRE SERVICE 😀 ANYONE CAN DO IT 👍
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ReplyDeleteL19839....and the reason I can remember this some 35 years later, is because they might let you out of Eastwood Park....but you never really leave.
ReplyDeleteI remember, I am from Bournemouth, my number was name and number was 315 Wickham, did July to August 1977 what a place to be sent at 14 for a first offence. Then 791 Wickham, went back again Jan to Feb 1979.. Got the job as gym orderly, remember mopping up blood from the gym floor and being delaney, legget and pearsons run around boy. One of them did leave good fag butts in the ashtray in the upstairs gym office...Happy days..ha.. Maybe time for someone to make an Eastwood park facebook page.
ReplyDeleteHAHAHA I USED TO CLEAN THE BASTARDS OFFICE ASWELL, SOME BIG FAG ENDS SNEAKING OF TO THE END OF THE STAIRS WITH MY MOP
DeleteUsed to doss in the weightlifting room and pretend to be cleaning it up.ha..ha.. When were you there then?
DeleteJust done a google search for George Leggett, he was the weight training/lifting screw, seems he was well respected In the power lifting world, He died In 2017 aged 88, i would imagine the rest are probably gone by now as well. See british powerlifting historys page on facebook for june 23rd 24th 2017.
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ReplyDeletehttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/detention-centre-torture-boys-youth-sexual-physical-abuse-inquiry-kirklevington-medomsley-a8142456.html
ReplyDeleteContact Cathy Somerset and Avon police
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ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTjTHKZgf6I copy and paste this video in your browser
ReplyDeleteThey made me the gym orderly because i beat everyone else on the induction fitness tests, believe me i had no choice... Quote from delaney 'you are now the gym orderly dont fuck up' i did circuit training and everything else with the other lads, had to work hard on circuits or i was in the shit. Got the whomp 'cricket bat across the ass' from pearson, daily verbal abuse bla bla.. Wickham 791 jan to feb 1978.
ReplyDeleteEverything tjose lads have said is true .i was there feb 1982 .murder ball all that .then in the work shops making a chisel .the scew in that shop was a dog all the scew s at Eastwood park were nothing but billys. If Michael penny from st Paul's Bristol reads this get in contact.
DeleteI was Feb 1983 .if Michel penny form st Paul's Bristol see this contact me.all them screws at h m p Eastwood park were all bullys.everything s the lads are saying is true God bless you all lads
ReplyDelete003 Bilham alright lads your right never got beasted so much in my life cant remember the year ill have to work it out
ReplyDeleteMr Pearson quote (ill pull my foreskin over your head and suffocate you" sick bastard.
ReplyDeletePlease please report it....Ive filed a complaint as my brother was sexually abused by prison officers at Eastwood pk but because hes since passed away nothing can be done! I need you to speak out for justice to be done!
ReplyDeleteWho remembers a screw called "rhubarb"
ReplyDeleteWas there in 1981with my best mate. Remember Devaney making me shower in separate cubicle telling me I was going to the gas chamber .my surname is jewish.
ReplyDeleteNot sure what year I was there around 79/80 ,First thing that hit me was the fucking screw on induction 3 of the wankers waited till the coppers that bought me to the hell hole went then beat shit out of me because didn't call them sir (twice) was terrified after that the smell of Bleach ,being given your kit all piled up on you and made to run down corridor all falling off the pile and the screws kicking and pushing you over . does anyone remember BENCH CIRCUIT what evil bastard came up with that! remember playing cricket (well watching the screw bat the ball and us having to fetch it )was just standing there not even bothered and the screw hit the fucking ball straight at me hit me in stomach and some how i caught it big mistake was made to run round yard for what seemed like for ever "you boooy " welsh cunt hope he is dead
ReplyDeleteI remember bench circuit.
DeleteI was there May/June 1976.. There was only two boys arriving this day I was the first. Two BRUTAL BASTARDS had plenty of time to ASSAULT & ABUSE me. Removing my clothes I said no to underpants (I was wearing boxers) the little Scottish fuck headbutted kneed me and choked me I feel to the floor gasping for breath. Made me stand naked for ages whilst they chatted and stared just to humiliate me. The evil sadistic bastard STINGRAY would inappropriately touch me when ever he wanted. The perv who would throw buckets of cold water over all us young boys and think it was so fucking hilarious.The vicious Gym fucks humiliating & beating anyone who was late. I scrubbed the M1..2/3 times. Witnessed many a boy receiving a good kicking. 24/7 us boys as we were then, lived in utter fear. I had PTSD for years. I believed I was seeing these SADISTIC ABUSERS everywhere.
ReplyDeleteStill waiting for the police to get back to me about abuse enquiry re Eastwood Park. Have given up hope of any justice. It took 16 yrs for the medomsley hall abuse to get into the public domain. Another fuckin cover up by a Totally corrupt system!!!
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DeleteFrom at least 5 ways.... im after the same.. i want answers.. iv posted at the bottom Part looking for info.. dont give up mate. Keep chasing them and get a crime number
I was there summer 1980.... im trying to build a case on my treatment there... need info please... who was the green cross code man ?? Need his name please...... that place scarred me properly... sadly im not good with faces an names these days due to an accident but any help on him would be very helpful ... cheers lads
ReplyDeleteI think the green cross code man was Harris or Harrison .
DeleteA total waste of time. I made a statement to police.here we are 18 months later and not one person charged. Lost hope of ever getting any justice. Have never trusted the police. Twisted cunts the lot of them.reckon we should find out where devaney and other screws live and dish out our own justice!!!
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DeleteI was there July/ august 76. Rabbit punches on parade daily taking you to your knees. And the gym? Took 2 fours and a six with the cricket bat. 'Plastic surgery' with the length of Perspex!
ReplyDeleteLast four days before release in the block.......will stay with me a long time.
No way to treat a human being, let alone a 15 year old!
Please see my other post. Please leave some form of contact if you would like to do something about this.
DeleteI'm virtually house bound now. So send some pictures. And if they are dead... find their graves and piss on them from me.
ReplyDeleteAnyone still reading these posts?I made a statement to police some eighteen months ago.STILL NO FURTHER FORWARD! No response from police despite numerous email and phone calls. This needs to be brought into the public domain. No t hushed up .which is what cps and police want. In the hope that these abusers will be dead or too old to be prosecuted. Please if anyone feels the same and wants to do something about it leave an email address or some means of contacting you. If we don't act soon we will get nothing. There will be NO JUSTICE!! Please please get in touch. Act now well we still have time.
ReplyDeleteI was there only 15 hit soon as prison staff gone hit for not standing on white line than hit again than told to run down m1 carrying stuff hit again shaved all my hair off hear boys crying bastards told them to shut the fuck up and remember gym and murder ball if l could see them now
ReplyDeleteI was there in 1974. Never forget it , had nightmares for years after. Systematic thuggery .
ReplyDeleteI was there in 1974. The only respite was a visit by weight lifter Precious Mackenzie which took my my of the hell hole for an hour or so. We should all be compensated for what we went through.
ReplyDeleteI hear u all..... but who was the green cross man
ReplyDeleteWas he a p.e.i ? He usta throw cricket balls at you during circuit. His name was Harris.
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DeleteSo now we who have told of the inhumane nature of the sadistic basterds working there are told to wait again.. they will die of old age before they will see justice
ReplyDeleteGiven the chance I will stand and watch them go down .. I just pray they go in general population not on the rule. ...then they will get there deserves !!!
ReplyDeleteD44713. I will never forget that it was my NAME to them I was only a number
ReplyDelete.I was physically abused and mentally damaged by those bull's I was there in Nov/Dec 76 being naive I ended taking a whack on both sides of my head I was frightened to pieces only just 15 years old it has scarred me and I will never forget that "short shock" never
Bad memories...I was there 80/ 81. Reading the names of the screws raised a whole new hatred for the place. Deveyney was far worst of the screws...for me. Being black was an easy trigger for them to mentally and verbally abuse me. I remember my reception nightmare, m1 run dropping some of my kit..PICK IT UP U FUCKING COON. crying on my 1st night. Dawn parade in shorts and vest ATTTENN SHUN bullshit roll call. That soup we had every day that tastes like witches piss the first week and Heinz minestrone after that. Pearson greencrosss red, black and green rated circuits. I remember that cunt green cross threw a soft ball full pelt from point blank at my ear because he claimed I wasn't doing them properly. It's called a softball but at point blank it fucking... really hurt. Murder ball. "All man u fans that end. Blacks that end"...wow all whites are man u fans!! They were seriously evil. Nigger, coon I took abuse but there were maybe 1 or 2 screws, tho still called me coon and that. Used to leave cigarette nubs on the m1 while we were scrubbing knowing we would scut them and smoke in toilet paper or some lads used bible pages. Dr salvage selotaping an aspirin to your forehead if you complained of an headache. Who was the sick screw who used to say he would stick his dick in your ear and fuck some sense into you..he probably meant it too As I read in one of the comments, you will come out like baby hulk but I will never ever forget that joint.
ReplyDeleteDoc savage done the same with me with the sellatape & headaches pill. Fucking cunts!
DeleteAvon and Somerset police have been investigating the abuse carried out at eastwoodpark for over 2 years now and are close to bringing charges.
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Was there in 79 fucking ruthless gym scews fucking nonces. Delainey & greencross & the rest of the bullying cunts. Herd Bristol boys done Delaney bad outside the nick.... should have killed the fucker!! Why none of em got charged over the years is shocking!
ReplyDeleteI only came across this by accident 2 months ago in an article in the independent and it brought back terrible memmories from my time there in the summer of 1982.
ReplyDeleteFor me it was nothing short of government funded child abuse on a grand scale.
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are now dead but from what cathy at Avon+Somerset police has told me they are close to charging 2 former officers .if anyone wants to get in touch ive left my email address below.. god bless and stay strong Lads.
Richard
Dicky66@outlook.com
I served 6 weeks out of 3 months in 1979 they were bastards delaney was the the worst I am mixed race I was physically hit discrimination of my colour told to strip naked put through terrible physical exercise and punishment if not completed it goes on with more torture
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ReplyDeleteI very luckily got away with.avoiding Mable. That piece of rubber shot that caused many of us so much pain. Had Delainey knew I spat in his tea more than once? The picture may of well been different. I worked in the stores so avoided most of the.abuse. If.he's know dead. Use love to piss on his and all of their graves. Peace out bruv
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ReplyDeleteI was there 1969 hell on earth hope all the screws had a cruel end.
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ReplyDeleteThe world was a different place when Jimmy Seville was doing bad shot to kids. I suppose you support him? IDIOT
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ReplyDeleteI notice you have removed a few of your previous comments Dennis,the ones where you claim to have been there with your brother and you were picked and bullied by some Kitchen Lads and your brother also.you even named one of them.... but you cant name the screws who abused inmates both phisically and mentaly on a daily basis and if you say you never witnessed it then you iether have something to hide or you wernt there at all ?
DeleteHi there dicky I only said these things because I suffer from severe depression which I’ve had since a child I only took it out on this blog because I sent two letters and numerous phone calls to to David greenwood the solicitor who are dealing with this case and had no reply or calls from them at the end I left a sarcastic voice mail I was there from 4th September 1980 with my brother who is bi-polar due to this detention centre I do apologise for upsetting people I do know all there names circuits invisible chair and murder ball etc . I have finally had a response from the solicitors and now making a complaint to the police I served my six weeks and four days and it didn’t work for me it just made me hate the world I went on to glen Parva borstal but after that I never got into trouble again I’m now 55 married and my own house with a business the thought of detention centre is still with me to this day and if I could turn back time I’d Change it all but had a lot of trouble with my parents which has had a effect on me and my brother controlling and punishment for trivial things and religion pushed on us so please understand my reasons for my bad behaviour I know there were lots of kids there who were decent lads not everyone is bad who gos to prison all I was ,was a thief and I certainly regret it all I’ve kept it all a secret for forty years until now on this blog I do hope they prosecute the prison officers concerned kind regards Dennis
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DeleteThank you for sharing that honest and moving response with us.
Opening up to strangers about mental health problems isnt easy and needs to be recognised as a strength not a weakness so well done for having the courage to share that with us.
Eastwood park has affected the lives of so many young men that it was only a matter of time before the truth came out and it should have been years earlier in order to bring more of the cruel,sadistic Bastards to justice but i hear from other lads who i am in touch with on here that 2 former officers have been picked out from an ID parade and one even openly admitted it saying it was standard practice !!.
So folks,hopefully we should have some good news soon and maybe we could all meet up one day and have a beer or two.Dennis,please give my best wishes to your brother and let him know there are people out there who do care.
Best wishes
Richard
You were there in 1880? Didn't know the place was open back then Dennis?
ReplyDeleteI think if memory serves me right it opened in 1964 it was built on a military site like lots of prisons around Britain and it closed down in the late 90s or there about and re opened three years later as a women’s prison and is still there to this day
DeleteCorrect Dennis. But the women had a far better time than us the abused. How times have changed. I live with the thought of our abusers are now dead or rotting in a care home whom no one cares about.
DeleteHi frank please don’t let the past get you down there are some of these perverted peados are still living so there is still time to have them locked up on rule 43 with all the other nonces it will happen and we will have our day
ReplyDeleteHi sickie thank you for such a kind message I didn’t expect such a moving response it brought tears to my eyes I hope we all keep strong and may justice be brought against these sick sadistic bastards very soon kind regards Dennis
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ReplyDeleteI will let everyone know the response from the Avon and Somerset police when I get word from them I’m not going to give up we need the BBC to know about the torture they inflicted on children at Eastwood park detention centre that would definitely put huge pressure on the government to act
ReplyDeleteI was there 40years ago today with my brother and two other wankers who turned out to be prefects and would grass on us all the time I wish I could bump into them today I’d fucking kill the pair of shits and if they read this they will definitely know who I am I hate them as Much as the sicko screws all because we grassed them when we got caught thieving by the police we were only turned fifteen and had never been in trouble before that so if you can imagine being put in a police cell and interrogated by the CID we were petrified and fessed up they would have done the ducking same
ReplyDeleteI was there in eastwood park with my 2 mates we got sent down together in September 1980 and they have passed away and I'm the only one left out the 3 of us, I saw beatings with cricket bats in the gym, blacks verses whites murderball, softball thrown at you and saw fellow inmates knocked out by it and made to bunny hop when came round, I remember the first day in reception stripping off and having a so called medical and changing into the lovely attire of clothing that didn't fit, the m1 race and missing the corridor and being hit because I did, these screws was evil, everything I read on here is true I was there like you guys, they should be procecuted for child abuse because plain and simple it was just that,if you was black God help you they absolutely hated black people and they had the worst treatment as if we didn't have enough, we was only kids, I hope something comes out of this you can put me forward for enquiries,
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ReplyDeleteHere you mate.63 yes old and still the memories of that hell hole will not go away. This whole fuckin enquiry has already been a total shambles.an attempt by the CPS to cover it up and prevent another scandal. I hear you Dennis. I know what it does to your mental health. I went through the complete system.remand home at 12. Detention center at 15. Graduated to Borstal at 18 and up at 19. Right through to a seven year sentence as adult. I realize now that the damage is done in childhood. Our legacy in adulthood is to carry the scars of those places. Almost like some sort of macabre war wound.�� Don't lose heart Dennis. Drop me a message with an email contact mate.i feel it would be great to catch mate. Maybe we can gain some help from each other? Take care Dennis. Stay strong Soldier. That's what we all are Soldiers Of Freedom Searching For The TRUTH.
ReplyDeleteCalling out to all of you victims. It's clear that we will get no justice unless this goes public!!we are wasting time thinking we will get justice from a system that was defunct before we were born. How can we expect justice for the crimes committed against us? when the very people who we ask justice from are the cunts who paid these bastard's to abuse us?it's not rocket science lads. It's the simple truth. We have to form a group. Perhaps some sort of support for victims and also the families of those who are no longer with us. We have to act NOW!! Am pleading with people to please make contact. Hope someone out there will get in touch. There are only two former screws that enquiry is focused on. Devaney being one of them. Avon and Somerset police had to wait 3 months to interview him as he was in hospital recovering from a heart attack.An old frail man who is unlikely to ever face justice. We will get nothing if we don't act NOW!!
ReplyDeleteHi drone ranger if someone goes to the police and makes a complaint of a crime surely it is there duty to follow this complaint through ASAP but funny enough if you make a complaint about that shit hole Eastwood park they suddenly get deaf ears it’s obvious they are waiting for these peados to croak it what can we do to get this out into the open if you want to speak about it I’m going to phone Avon and summer set police tomorrow 21st and will let you know what they say I’m going to make it clear to them to take a moment to read though these sad accounts and let then know the torment and mental torture we are going through something must be done because if not and this comes out in the future there will be a lot of shit hit the fan and people will want to know why there wasn’t anything done about it because it is a very serious crime
ReplyDeleteI’m going to print off all this information and send to my local MP and the police plus the BBC at least it’s a start this will be done ASAP please don’t give up lads we will get our day
ReplyDeleteHi I’ve spoken to the police Catherine fletcher who is heading the inquiry into Eastwood park, she has assured me that the case is ongoing and it is a very lengthy investigation she has spoken to judges and the CPS service they are aware of what is going on hopefully she says there will be charges brought there have been hundreds upon hundreds of people that have told there stories Catherine and her team have been working very hard on everyone behalf I’ve mentioned about how we are all getting frustrated she has assured me that they will continue to work towards a satisfactory conclusion we all must have faith in Catherine and her teem this is her little baby so let’s be strong and don’t give up lads
ReplyDeleteIt isnt Catherine now, it is Stuart Broad, maybe it has been passed on to him to slow it down
DeleteEmpty words Dennis. Police (Cathy ) was telling me the same mate.That was 2 fuckin years ago? Avon and Somerset constabulary? Couldn't manage an orgy in a whorehouse!! It's just an excersise in buying time. CPS are full of Shit. Yet another cover up. Our justice system is a fuckin joke. Regularly staffed by corrupt twisted individuals who have their heads so far up their own arse one wonders how they ever see daylight. Covid 19 has given them another excuse to roll out whenever needed. To cover their BULLSHIT.
ReplyDeleteYes you are probably right I hope these nonces catch covid 19 and fucking slowly suffocate to death along with there families
ReplyDeleteNovember is here and still no progress. Don't even know why I bother posting on here anymore.its the same old story time after time. More lies and excuses.our country is a joke.we are pissing in the wind to expect justice from these cunts. Have hated police and courts all my life. CORRUPT LYING CUNTS! As if prince Andrew ain't a fuckin nonse? anything goes if you are a rich Cunt with cronnies in the Tory party.
DeleteHear hear you are absolutely right them fuck up royals are a fucking insult I hope the fucking lot of them die people like us who have committed crimes and paid for it then you get that noce Prince Andrew who gets away with it and all those Tory fuckers who think he is great and the likes of us have to suffer we post on here to vent our anger that there’s a law for the rich and a law for the poor I’ve had my fair share of bent CID in the past I fucking hate them bent corrupt cops back in the 80s they were so corrupt that so many people when they to prison for crimes they never committed including me and my brother yes had committed some crimes of theft but nothing like what they set us up for but please don’t give up keep posting how you all feel it does help
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ReplyDeleteOver three years of investigation and still no charges have been brought, the A+S police and CPS are either guilty of gross ineptitude, or as I suspect, have been deliberately prolonging this matter, in the hope that the suspects will either die or be deemed unfit to testify. Thereby exonerating all those responsible and removing the need to pay out what would be an astronomical sum of compensation, given the number of potential claimants.
DeleteCould be a long one so hang in there. I was there Feb 81-april81.I came across this article after watching a documentary about child abuse. I then out of interest googled-abuse eastwood park 80s and to my surprise found records of it and this website. I got put in there for assaulting a police officer, anyway i got transported from Southampton to Eastwood Park in a police van. I asked for a cigarette from one of the 2 officers, they started laughing and said you will get fuck all as you wont be smoking when you get there. They laughed and told me i was in for shit. I didnt know what the fuck to think as i had never known anyone that had been sent there. On arrival was told to get out of van, there was a screw there he screamed at me to run and get inside the door. Once in there i was slapped a few times and asked if i was hard as i had assaulted a copper. Then i had to strip. got fingerprinted then told to get in a freezing bath with a scrubbing brush to get the ink off my hands. Now i think back i see how cruel and twisted people could be to KIDS.Running down the landing with bed pack and clothes in arms,bunny hopping up and down in the early hours because someone had banged the heating pipe in cell.The shit music they would torture us with when we were in cells.I asked to use the toilet one night which was a nono. I had the door opened to me and was told to piss in my soap holder and throw it out of window, all this time with my pyjamas around my feet and that cunt slapping me and telling me never to ask again.I got the cricket bat on first gym session and also on our discharge gym test.I also had that same fucking bat attempting entry into my arse, it didnt go in but it caused bleeding around my ring,all for assaulting a police officer.Two pedo gym fuckers running around in their tight tracksuit bottoms with their bollox hanging. I got a beating because we went out of EP for a football match on a coach.We lost and i got beat for that. Sadistic cruel fucks who didnt know better because it was rife in establishments back then.I done a 6 month sentence in blantyre house in kent after that, there was bullying and threats but never actually anything physical, plus they knew i had done EP so was expecting shit. I done Portland when it was a YC in 86 again there was abuse but nothing too serious as in relation to EP.. That fucking place fucked my head,EP is societies fuck up and thankfully things have improved. I was sad to see so many here with these memories but also in a fucked up way pleased to see it as now i know i havent been suffering alone. God bless you all.
ReplyDeleteSo here we are. March already and a big fat zero from police and CPS. We are not going to get fuck all from this. There is NO JUSTICE for us!!!
ReplyDelete1985 4 months in this shit hole 50 now and still have nightmares.
ReplyDeleteWhat more do we have to endure? We are not going to get anything from this so called investigation. The abuse of Children has been a coconsistent part of our whole system for hundreds of years. Rape and torture sanctioned by the state! We are fooled into looking at other nations and pointing the finger at daily atrocities children children face living in these countries. Drawing attention away from the disgrace of our own country and the evil that exists within it. Sadly our issues are nothing more than numbers on a list.every time these issues are getting near the top of the list they are shoved to the bottom again. Ensuring that nobody gets to hear about it and therefore nothing gets done. And so it continues. There has been a world pandemic for years. That pandemic is the systematic abuse of Children!!
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ReplyDeleteCould you put there contact details please. And I will contact them also
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