Prison life
Here's a small gallery of interesting documents and images from Stuart’s time in prison, often highlighting the bureaucracy and pettiness that defined daily life behind bars. From endless forms and regulations to trivial infractions and the rigid enforcement of minor rules, these pieces reveal the frustrating and often absurd nature of the prison system. Each document and image serves as a reminder of the dehumanising effects of excessive control and the struggle to maintain dignity in such an environment.
Report about waking Stuart at 4 am in the morning.
Stuff you don’t hear about in prisons.
Alex the Greek (L) and super fit Luke – Dale Cregans co’d.
Trott (RIP) and Simon – Outlaws Motorcycle Club.
Sample Record of the 28 day moves – tiresome!
For everything and anything – ‘put in an app’.
HMP Woodhill’s strange layout on the wings – ‘Kung Flew’ jumped from the third floor onto the table tennis table. Ouch!
The Unit at Belmarsh – like a huge hamster cage without the water bottle, a prison within a prison.
Letter from Stuart's solicitor asking why, despite after arriving three weeks ago, he still doesn't have the paperwork essential for his case.
Shows after being stripped searched on the way out, and back, Reid was still searched another five times that day – he never even left the prison!
Explaining to staff that they could be held in contempt of court if they allowed him any money!
He applied in February to get a friend cleared to visit, after 6 months they say NO!
The Christmas day menu reads like a Michelin Star restaurant. After sitting in a hotplate for 3–4 hours – it isn’t!
Explaining after five months it’s down to the police if, and when, a visitor is cleared.
Negative report in Reid's security file from the dinosaur officer about not hanging his clothes up, "absolute haters some officers, rather see you look like a bag of shit in front of your family".
This has to accompany your visit clothes two days prior to your visit to be searched.
The walkways in Full Sutton – nowhere to hide.
The diaries Stuart kept.