Strangeways Prison Officer Tells All.
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- Опубліковано 23 лис 2019
- James English, The Anything Goes Show Ep78.
Neil ‘Sam’ Samworth spent eleven years working as a prison officer in HMP Manchester, aka Strangeways. A tough Yorkshireman with a soft heart, Sam had to deal with it all - gangsters and gangbangers, terrorists and psychopaths, addicts and the mentally ill. Men who should not be locked up and men who should never be let out.
Sam talks about tackling cell fires and suicides, and goes head to head with some of the most dangerous men in the country. He describes being attacked by prisoners, and reveals the problems caused by radicalization and the drugs flooding our prisons.
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I went to hell when I first entered jail at 19 I was a puppy in a dog's world met this bloke he really understood me and my fear took me under his wing 20 years on ive not been arrested for 18 years kept myself to myself and omg the man I am now is amazing thankyou to all the good prison officers
I was sent to Strangways at the age of 15 on remand for 2 weeks in the late 80s, first thing that was said to me was "look what we've got here some fresh meat" I fucking shat myself, hardly came out of my cell. This was when we had to slop out and post shit parcels out of the window couldn't wait to get out of the place. About year after the riots kicked off which changed everything at Strangeways then, but yeah prison is no joke especially when you're young glad you're life is on track now man.
M C If you don't mind me asking? If you ever found yourself in trouble again or was that enough of a shock for you? Totally understand if you don't want to answer. I'm just genuinely interested what affect it had.
@@soulsis6562 Don't mind at all, funny you said Shock because when I left Strangeways I went to a DC called Kirklevington this is when the Government introduced the Short Sharp Shock regime for young offenders which was as bad as it sounds. So yeah my time in and out of prison did shock me in to taking the right path and away from crime and the fact I experienced time in an adult prison also made me think what the future may have had installed for me if I carried on being a dick. So I joined a YTS got a job met a girl been with her 30 years we have 2 Daughters and if they ever got involved in any tom foolery I'd scare the shit out of them with my story which at the moment I've kept secret from them.
all the very best
@@PSVR2.I done a DC in 1984 called Buckley hall and I got 3mths DC in a magistrates court for being a passenger in a stolen car with knock off in it, I’d never been in trouble before apart from a £10 fine for going equipped with a fruit machine wire ( lawn mower wire) so I resented authorities big time after that and went off the rails for a few years, that DC was a nightmare lol, gym circuits at 6am, marching in hail storms and snow with Tshirt and shorts on, there was some sinister screws in there as well.
My Father was a Prison Officer for many years. He treated all the prisoners the same, firm and fair. He saw it just as a job, not an ego thing. He disliked many colleagues who were bullies or bent and they disliked him. When he had a cardiac arrest at work I remember visiting him in hospital and there were so many home made cards from Prisoners wishing him well. They really liked and respected him. He was sickened to see the prisons get privatized and run by absolute clowns for profit. He knew that would be the beginning of the end.
These are the kind of people the government should be speaking to to find out how to run a prison, great interview.
thanks nat, hope your well
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These people should be running the prison system
Aye but their solutions would probably cost, so...
I served 6 yrs and got the sack for speaking up about the corruption, i took them to court and won. Would love to share my story...😊
If only there was a platform where anyone could have a channel and upload videos on whatever subject they chose.
Where did you work?
@@KJJ8518 HMP Onley and Woodhil
Lol wonder where that is.
Did ye aye
Neil Samworth. Respect!!
The world would be a much better place if their were more people with the same morals and values as this man.
Get on Mr Samworth podcast "RealPorridgePodcast"
'''We're Doomed''
---private Frazer (dads Army)
I've 170 convictions, and started jail at 15,,,5yr detained to start.. I went to Hindley, which I has 7 fights in a week while rattling from diamorphine, and I shudda been protected by the screws, they turned a blind eye, months later I watched screws turn a blind eye, even set fights up, it became them and us... I went through the system hating em, i met Sam's yrs later, and he was the 1st officer I spoke to, he made time to come and have a laff with me, and proceeded to let me out my cell to do jobs.. Till then I'd done yrs behind the door looking at the ceiling and piss pot, yeah there was no TV an qulits, Sam's you changed my views on screws, I went t o some of the worse jails in UK, and realised that there's good n bad... It helped me with jail, and talking to them who care, helped me stay out for 8yrs, if there was more officers like him, I'd maybe not have wasted the best yrs of my life.. Wise up kids, am not proud of the jail av done, don't go a TV and a quilt ain't all that
Wow! Amazing power of positivity and companionship. Hope all is well pal.
@@Joe_Lebowski good name BTW ha, yes am fine, that's not as good as good but better than bad, your comment made my day feel better, I said there's good n bad... Your the good, and I feel good, so it's all good, thanks for the kind comment
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I've done time in hindley wasn't to bad on E and F. Wings only issue I had in hindley was they mixed juvys with yo,s D wing was like beruit lolz people singing lullabys out the window
What makes this podcast unique is the host does a brilliant job of letting his guest be the main feature
Thank you
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What a gent Mr. Samworth is. It's very refreshing to hear such honest common sense.
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Great watch liked that very good and a lot of truth
@@ianwalker2705 have a look at Mr Samworth channel its full of more great content 👍🏻
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I listened to the entire thing and I have the attention span of a squirrel. Sam is a natural orator and has that northern wit and ability to speak concisely which kept me hooked. Nice to see a podcast where the host isn't a goon as well, just two sound guys; one asking good questions and the other telling killer stories. This is where I get my information from, real first hand accounts. I fucking loved this.
so important that people know not all prisoner officers are on a power trip. so nice how James lets everyone in his interviews tell their story, top interviewer by far my favourite .. Thank you James xx
Neil would make a brilliant speaker. He comes across as genuine, kind, funny and compassionate. A lovely man. If only there were more prison officers like him. You would be a brilliant, inspirational speaker Neil. Go for it. x
anne working towards it love, hope your well
Such a complex situation/topic that can be debated until the cows come home, but thank you to the both of you, James and Neil for taking the time to discuss this #respect to you both
Thanks for talking about PTSD this is far more common than people think .
@nunchaku101 If you are dumb enough to post a comment like that , then who is really dumb ? Why join the divide and rule eh ? .
I spent seven months in Strangeways in the YP wing waiting for allocation to Borstal, I got a lift from two guys that I knew, in a car they had stolen(I didn't know it was stolen, but to be fair I didn't ask) anyway the judge gave them 6 mths imprisonment, because I was younger he sentenced me to Borstal instead of imprisonment, he said he was doing me a favour by not subjecting me to an adult prison, I was on the same wing as them, one ended up as my cellmate(3 in a cell), They were released after four months(2/3 of six months) and I continued in the same place for another three months after they were released and my sentence didn't actually start until I was allocated and arrived at the Borstal where I spent another twelve months before release so they did four months imprisonment, and I did nineteen months for what the judge admitted was a minor role in the crime. Thats British Justice for you. I dont know if it was because we were YP's(young prisoners) or because it was a rough prison, but the guards were right bastards, beatings and even sexual abuse was common, and in those days there was no way you could complain, all you could do was keep your head down and try not to be singled out. So you will excuse me If I dont have any sympathy for a bloke who was more of a criminal than I was, but ended up being a screw and for all I know beating young kids about(I dont know if there was still a YP wing in Strangeways when he was there). There is no justice in this world is there, because those nineteen months have followed me for the rest of my working life, because having a criminal record closes so many doors. I'm coming on 71 in February, and none of it matters anymore, it just annoys me that is all.
you was imprisoned for all that time at that age for something very minor that's terrible
That's shit mate , bastards
@@olikane530 The Judge didn't have a clue, I do believe he thought he was helping me. But Judges are like politicians, They don't live in the real world, they have never gone without anything in their privileged lives, including not having done a days work , because they employ someone else to do it. And Screws as well as the police are servants of the system, and not servants of the people as they should be. What I went through was nothing to what some people are expected to endure, I came through it all slightly bruised and ruffled, but I have met people that have been completely destroyed and unable to cope because of far worse injustices.
@@iamrocketray interesting story ray im glad your still about to share it an you survived it. Respect from the Highlands of Scotland
Ray Tillman Takes a certain type to want to be a screw.
50 years in and the system is just the same - rigged.
You're a legend Sam, such a kind soul and you speak so eloquently about all this stuff. You're really great to listen to and I hope that it helps you too in some way just by the act of saying it. Big up to you. Hope you're social media game is going well. Great podcast
Totally addicted to these podcasts in latest lockdown. Fascinating. Fair play James great interview technique. Listening without talking is a skill.
I must admit this was one of the best interviews I've ever listened to, great bloke who could do a lot of good in this world with all his experience.
Heartfelt respect to both of you. Humility, wisdom and life experience
James, you have the most amazing and interesting guests to chat with.
Everyone is so relaxed and speak openly.
Keep up the good work. Everyone has a story to tell.
Brilliant show. Here's to the next one. Cheers.
Weight lifted from your shoulders is something that is priceless. You feel like your drowning under the pressures and stress of the situation.
Also James, and again for what its worth ...your podcast have made isolation (working from home courtesy of covid) bearable! Brilliant host, brilliant guest! So a big thank you from St. Augustine, Florida!
Keep up the good work bro these docs are getting me through quarantine really enjoy all ya videos top bloke
You've interviewed some cracking blokes keep it up
What a guy,and one who has worked with his eyes wide open.he has the answers to many issues,bit of a lost treasure really,needs to be utilised not forgotten or ignored!
James gets the best stories out of everyone. Calls a spade a spade. No bull shit unlike some who have the same guests on
Subbed James. Great interview with a genuinely good man.
Great interview. Read Sams book & was thrilled when I saw you had interviewed him! X
Excellent interview, thank you
Totally love this man, i could listen to him for hours , great bloke, honest, courageous and down to earth. I think he would be brilliant at speaking to youngsters. I wish him and his family all the best for the future .
Brilliant interview. What a down to earth bloke
Brilliant. Thanks for the upload.
Love Sam and Stevie too. Thanks James great interview 😊
Brilliant audio book. Great guest. James, you’re doing a brilliant job mate. Keep up the great interviews. 💪
Normally don't comment or like, prefer anonymity but feel the need to on this one. Massive fan of Shaun attwood and true geordie and always preferred them to your podcasts, however this is by far one of the best and most honest I've listened to. I've watched the Shaun attwood one and as much as I love shaun I feel you got more out of him. Excellent interview. Well done!
Thanks rob
Great job Sam and James. I really enjoyed your chat. We all have struggles in our lives, and having the openness to sit down and talk about issues that really matter makes for very interesting listening.
Thanks for this.
Thanks Steve
Thanks for sharing your story! You deliver your story well... I really hope you get moving with your motivational speaches!
Another great one James!
Nice to see Sam doing well. I worked with him at Forest Bank. Top bloke, deserves his success, and his book is well worth a read.
he was sound he caught me on a
phone in forrest bank and didnt do anything just told me put it away lol
What a gentleman. Another top class interview.well done.
Just found this channel and this is one person I could sit and listen to for hours. The book is amazing.
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Fantastic!! Great interview. Will definitely read the book!!
Great interview n guest looks like your starting a movement James with your videos keep em coming
This man seems like a respectable man. I have enjoyed listening to his stories. Respect! 👊💯
I like this officer, very genuine person, helping people and all that is very positive.
cheers very kind
This is such a fantastic interview!
Thank you. X
very kind x
I really enjoyed this podcast James , very well done and very informative - I follow Sam on here and have bought his book ! his story and his compassion for others is very evident ! your podcasts are excellent ! keep up the good work ! regards Graham
Absolutely brilliant watch James , what a great guy heartwarming compassion goes a long way
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very kind thank u
I watched this guys podcasts. It is great to see a decent honest man working in the prison system. Of course many prison officers are big and strong like bouncers. They have to be able to restrain some very dangerous men.
how do mate!
Such a fascinating interview to learn from, thanks for your videos
Obsessed with these interviews! Keep up the good work James!
Thanks pal
Spent 14 years inside as a young man myself been out nearly 8 years and turned life around but whilst inside met lots of horrible screws and then a very small amount of decent ones just like Sam here that give you the time of day and are happy to help you change for a better future.
I was in strangeways in C wing for a short time in 2010 before being moved and never had the pleasure to meet this chap.
Only just discovered these podcasts today I’m off to listen to Alan Lord guest one now I know Alan..
cheers james hope your well
Great show james. Nice to hear of a prison officer trying to make a positive change.
Hopefully he succeeds going to schools and telling the youngsters how grim the prisons really are.
His vlogs are brilliant. The real porrage
Great interview man
What a great conversation, I read Sam's book when I came across it in Waterstone's because it reminded me of going past Strangeways as a kid at around 14yrs with my friends. We use to shout, 'oggy oggy oggy' to the prisoners and they would shout back, 'oi oi oi then ask us who is it'? We would shout back, 'none of ya business'! It was a laugh, good memories. We didn't have a clue of what they were in for, maybe nicking stuff, we were so nieve. I wholeheartedly agree that Sam needs to relay his experiences in life and educate children, they are our future. Go into schools Sam! You were made for it hunny
Read the book 6 months ago and really enjoyed it. A man in a man`s job who could teach the service a BIG lesson in how it should be done. I spent some time in Risley and it was not a good experience, i wish we had people like you at that time, 1970s good luck for the future. Top man.
cheers mate very kind!
Good interview, your guests seemed very relaxed when interviewed which is the sign of a good interviewer.
All the best from down under in New Zealand.
Thanks Stephen
Great show james. Keep them coming lad
Just got his book on audible, straight after watching this. can't wait to listen to it , James podcasts are getting better and better
very kind cheers dude
sounds like a genuine guy i can relate to him as i worked in residential care for 10 years
What a brilliant interview of a clearly great and intelligent man. I’ll definitely be buying his book👍
Fantastic interview. Great guest and credit the intelligence of the interviewer for asking the right questions and letting him talk.
Fab broadcast thank you so much.
Well Done guys will definitely be buying your book. God Bless x
right back at ya cheers
Great inside info from a prison officer and great work from James great interviews. Keep them coming :)
Cheers mike
This podcast deserves a million subs, keep up the amazing work! 💚
Cheers mate
@@JamesEnglish amazing boss, keep it up. One of the best channels on YT 💚✌
Incredibly inspirational sam , wanting to help others , total respect for being a decent person and making a difference
👏👏👏👏 great vlog thanks lads
It would be interesting to see a series of podcasts with this ex officer talking with ex cons, probation officers, judges, imb, parole panel members, justice ministers, MP's and moj officials about prison and what could be done to make it better at rehabilitation.
Check sams channel mate he’s really good👍🏻
Get on Mr Samworth podcast "RealPorridgePodcast"
I watched him when he was on Shaun Attwood's podcast and he was down to earth then, he comes across as a sound man. Hope his books do well and he keeps up the good work. Also keep up the great work James.
Cheers mate
Brilliant interview
A new sub here James and really loving your channel, your interviewing technique is brilliant and some great guests as well as as eye openers to mental health and stresses and strains from people you would think wouldn't have them ! BRILLIANT MATE.
Thanks John
Really liked this interview and Neil tells us vital info that could help those in Prisons with Mental Health issues and all the dynamics that need sorted . Good to hear an honest perspective from his side . Must have been a nightmare of a job . The Gov should watch this man and listen ! Thanks James . Did he meet Charlie Bronson ??? We can learn so much from Neil as he's walked the walk !
Hi James
I just found your podcast and started listening to a few of them. I really enjoy your presentation and the guests you get in.
Thanks very much mate
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Excellent interview and he is 100% spot on about the state of hmps.
Really enjoyed this one James, so refreshing to have such an honest no bullshit guest... keep up the good work buddy. X
Thanks j xx
Jacky ur sexy
thanks love hope your well
@@JamesEnglishJames your a good podcast the last time I was locked up the only time we got a fry was Xmas day the only way u got something if a one serw was alright I'd say Sam speaks the truth respect to the both of yous
Great podcast, really interesting down to earth guest, gives a real insight to the prison system, and how it’s failing
Another belter m8 well done 👍🏴
Just found your channel tonight, brilliant interview. Did some work in Buckley Hall in 1998 when it was male cat C, one of the screws there had been at Strangeways, and had his face slashed during the riots.
Neil is a really interesting guy
Great interview ! Firm but fair ! Some great questions and some great answers !
Peter Jenkins thanks peter
Person with personality disorder here, we need the boundaries and consistency we never got from our parents. Thank you for your honesty.
thanks hope your well dude!
Nutter
Another great interview.Thank you first class show
kaisergeorge1000 thank you
Such a straight talker and a genuine nice guy who watches, learns from and thinks about everything and everyone around him and how he can help. You can't learn this shit, he's been brought up tight knit family who are respectful to others no matter what walk of life. I honestly think that he should be a public speaker as he tells a story so easy. So if your reading this I want to that you for your service to the prison service it must have been very hard to be surrounded by various offenders and wanting to do right by them while receiving verbal abuse ect. Anyway thank you for your podcast I loved it and like I said already I could listen to you all day.
Proper insightful stuff everyone could do with listening to. Hat tipped mr samworth
Great interview James
Thank you
Great listen: thanks very much guys
Really enjoyed the audio version of the book 📖. Great listen to hear about the various characters he encountered along the way.
Great interview
Thanks mark
Great interview and that’s down the the interviewee and interviewer! Most of the time the interviewer spoils the content but James does it brilliantly only jumping in from time to time and asking great questions
Guys just a gent, brilliant podcast as always. Very interesting and a great story. Hope he’s doing good these days and achieving some of his goals from the end there.
Great video guys so open
He is right about family , he was luckily to have that .
I don't have a scooby how I found this, just having a few beers and a wander on youtube. What a top interview with such a sound guy, felt like I could sit and chat with these Real people all night. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed mike 👍🏼
Great sit down this, respect the big man
Fantastic podcast, great guest. You allow your guests to speak, you let them take centre stage, excellent technique.
I think this lad would do good with a UA-cam channel and Facebook. Don't bother with Twitter though, because it's for trolls and not much else. I've listened to his stories for over an hour so I'll tell you he'll have no issues holding an audience if he can control my click-happy demeanor. Great broadcast JE, really enjoyed it. I work in several prisons and it is a very enlightening environment.
Cheers mate 👍🏼
I served time in both private sector and government sector and Sam is bang on to a tea with the difference in the two,I started my 7 years in hmp armley and the screws ran that place no ifs or buts,once I was allocated I went to dovegate,Jesus Christ what an eye opener that was! The screws and to be fair I shouldn’t even call them that were straight from Tesco’s and the walks of life like that,I
Landed a job on the cleaners and behind the servery In dovegate and if the chips came and they were rock hard or wet through we’d literally demand the screws take the trolley back to the kitchens and bring us more bk,hard to believe but that’s how it was with that place in the early 2000’s,
Food is a massive thing like he said,it was known in armly that I was allergic to cheese and on Christmas Day our landing was the last dwn for scran,as it was I was last in and low and behold what was left for me!? Cheese pasty,cheese sandwiches or a quiche I think it was,obviously I was fuming and the majority of screws had a smirk on there faces because they could see it was about to go off,then a female screw stepped in and assured me if I went behind my door she would go to the kitchen and get me sorted,I agreed and to be fair my door opened twenty mins later and she was stood there with a smile on her face and I had alsorts,that made my Christmas that did..the vast majority of screws either private or government are horrible two faced slimy bastards,but you will find that there is the odd few that see past you as a number and name and do treat you with the same respect you treat them with,very honest and true portrayal from big Sam,top bloke and hope for the best for him and all he does
cheers john hope your well
Brilliant pod cast, lovely Sheffield lad!
Nice one, this was fantastic, respect to Sam , I went over to find Sam on UA-cam & was pleased to see that he does have a channel . Subbed 👍🏼 thanks again for another belter James 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💗
cheers very kind
Another great podcast..big respect to this guy very funny too. No wonder he got out sounds like a rough job at that prison, all the best Neil/sam
Brilliant listened to every minute
One of the best ones yet this
My son went away to train as a prison officer, worked a month and decided to leave.. They are putting kids in big man prison expecting them to cope after 8 wks training..
Such a lovely guy 💗
He's better out of there anyway Phillipa
That was a good watch, Need people like this in the system to be in control. Seems a really decent guy.