Part 3 (1/2)

200 py machine has broken down damn, damn, damn

I war ten e 1,909 ht training beforeon to a bicycle, the like of which I have never seen before I can't get the hang of it until Mr Maiden comes to my rescue and explains that once you've set the speed, the peddles just revolve until you stop them He sets the pace at thirty kiloet on with it

I sweat away for ten minutes, and then realize I don't kno to turn it off I shout to Everett (GBH) for help - a blackthe dorins, or sioes up a decibel, Mr Maiden finally co as he showsthe machine to a halt It's marked STOP - in red I fall off the bike, exhausted, which causesthe other prisoners, especially the do on a rubber in to ates, no searches - I'm called to Mr Maiden's office Once his door is closed and no other prisoner can overhear, he asks, Would you like to join the staff on Friday roup fro Centre?''Of course I would,' I tell him

Jiroup, so perhaps you should have a ith him'

I thank Mr Maiden and return to my cell I don't i from the bicycle experience, so I use the time to call my PA, Alison

I tell her I needtwo to three thousand words a day I also need stae A4 size for the htly s Alison tellsboth in prison and at the office, as well as having to type two scripts at once, she's putting in even longer hours than when I was a freeyour job if I were to end up in jail,' I reetweekends as well'

Alison confirms that the last five chapters of Belmarsh have arrived safely, thanks to the cooperation of Roy, the censor No such problem at Wayland, where you just drop your envelope in a postbox and off it goes I remind her that I need the Belain before I let Jonathan Lloyd (ent) read it for the first tih to Will

He's in Cah I check to see how many units are left on the phonecard, I haven't needed to worry about the problee an endless supply of the to chair aat Addenbrooke's Hospital, where she is deputy chairman After a feords, she passes me over to Will He is full of news and tells ent way for the Today interview Since he spoke to me last, Andy Bearpark, who covered Kurdish affairs at the Overseas Develop the relevant ti the audit Will feels the police will be left with little choice but to complete their initial report quickly and reinstate iving his mother I then tell him that I've finished the Belmarsh section of the diaries and ask if he'sfound time to read the odd chapter

1 just can't face it, Dad It's bad enough that you're there' I tell him that I have already decided that there will be three voluatory and Heaven, with an epilogue called 'Back to Earth' This at leasthim this, Jimmy passes me in the corridor and I turn to ask if he could spare me a moment He nods, and waits until I finish my conversation with Will

Ji the, but wonders if Nutbouhts,' I tell him I then yroup I'm surprised by his reaction

”You jammy bastard,' says Jimmy 'I had to wait a couple of years before I was invited to join that shi+ft, and you get asked after four days' Funnily enough I hadn't thought of it as a perk, but si hile

Jimmy invitesa Diet coke We're joined by Jason, who spotted me in the corridor Jason hands , which are normally only issued to enhanced prisoners

”You ja on about his weight Jimmy is six foot one, slim and athletic (see plate section) He trains every day in the gym and is known by the inmates as Brad Pitt

'More like Arruht'

'I like you as you are, darling,' Jason replies

I decide this is an ideal opportunity to ask theled into prison Both throw out one-liners to my myriad questions, and between them continue s - cannabis, speed, Ecstasy, cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin - only cannabis and heroin are in daily de or block has a dealer, who in turn has runners who handle any new prisoners when they arrive on the induction wing It's known as Drug Induction This is usually carried out in the yard during the long exercise break each es fromdouble the street value to ason supply and demand; even in prison free enterprise prevails Payment can be made in several ways The most common currency is phonecards or tobacco You can also send in cash to be credited to the dealer's account, but most dealers don't care for that route, as even the dumbest officer can work out what they're up to The preferred e for a friend to send cash to the dealer's contact on the outside, usually his girlfriend, wife or partner Just as there is a canteen list of prices taped to the wall outside the main office, so there is an accepted but, unprinted list, of available drugs in any prison For example, the price of five joints of cannabis would work out at around 10 or five phonecards; a short line of cocaine would cost about 10, while heroin, a joey or a bag, which is about half a graer probleear into prison Jason tells me that there are several ways The most obvious is via visits, but this is not coht usually fits the criht, you automatically lose your visits and the use of phonecards For most prisoners this is their only lifeline to the outside world Few, other than desperate heroin addicts, are willing to sacrifice being able to see their faularly on the phone So most dealers revert to other safer ht twice, they not only lose the right to a phonecard as well as a visit, but will be charged with the offence and can expect to have time added to their sentence

'What are the other ear thrown over the wall at a designated tiardener or a litter collector Helps to supplees,' Jason explains 'But home leave or town visits are still thein A clever courier can earn so released'

'Mind you,' adds Jiear in, not only do you lose all your privileges, but you can be transferred to an A-cat with time added to your sentence'

'What about by post?' I ask

'Sending in a ballpoint pen is a common method,' Jason says 'You half fill the tube with heroin and leave thebottom half full of ink, so that when the screws remove the little cap on the bottom they can only see the ink They could break the tube in half, but thatto replace as many as a hundred biros a week But the most common approach still involves brown envelopes and underneath stamps'

”Envelopes?' I ask

”Down the side of e brown envelopes is a flap If you lift it carefully you can place a line of heroin along the inside and carefully seal it back up again When it comes in the post it looks like junkup to a hundred quid's worth of skag'

'One prisoner went over the top recently,' says Ji One of our privileges is that we can hang curtains in our cell When his selected curtains arrived, prison staff found the seahed doith heroin The ination and lost all his privileges'

'And did he also get time added to his sentence?'

'No,' Jason replies Tie claimed that the curtains were sent in by his co-defendant froinal trial in an attempt to stitch him up' I like the use of the words 'stitch hiet aith it,' continues Ji sentenced to five years Both uilty as sin, but neither of them ended up in jail for the crime they had committed,' Jimmy adds Not the first ties taken away and tis,' Jason reminds me

True' says Jiovern to catch prisoners ere taking illegal substances But if you're on heroin, all you have to do is purchase a tube of smoker's toothpaste from the canteen and s a '

'How does that help?' I ask

'If they ask for a urine sample' explains Darren, 'smoker's toothpaste will cloud it, and they have to wait another twenty-four hours before testing you again By the tiallons of water will have cleared any trace of heroin out of your syste, but you don't lose yourprivileges or have time added'

”But that's not possible with cannabis?' I askt ”No, cannabis remains in your bloodstrea business whatever the risk, and you can be fairly certain that the dealers never touch any drugs themselves They all have theira sht'

'And soe to make more money inside prison than they did outside' adds Jason

The call for tea is bellowed down the corridor by an officer I close , not to mention the tutorial, and return to etarian pie and two potatoes If I beco or cup sent in, not to mention curtains

600 pm Write for just over an hour

715 per Black sum up the World Athletics Chaold for Jonathan Edwards in the triple jump and a bronze for Dean Macey in the decathlon The worst result for Britain since the ga such a successful Olylad I was prevented froh my letters Just over a hundred today

900 pm Jules and I watch a modern version of Great Expectations with Robert De Niro and Gwyneth Paltrow If I hadn't been in prison, I would have walked out after fifteen in to read Famous Trials selected by John Mortimer I start with Rattenbury and Stones, the proble in love with an older wo I haven't experienced I fall asleep around eleven