Someone on the landing just described me as a "professional prisoner". When I raised an eyebrow, he explained, "You know what I mean..."
Ah, if only. Anyone?
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Ben
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- Previously known as "one of Britain's best known prisoners...he constantly questions authority and exposes the futility of the system" The Times, Ben was finally released from prison after 32 years in August 2012. Pleading guilty to the murder of a friend when I was 14 years old, I renounced violence and fought for the recognition of the inherent dignity of all human beings. As a result of speaking truth to power, I served far longer than the recommended 10 years, leading Education Secretary Michael Gove to argue that I have "been punished excessively for a crime committed as a child". One of the more intellectual of prisoner-campaigners, Ben chose to educate himself from a schoolboy level to having both undergraduate and post graduate degrees. He is currently one of very few prisoners in Britain ever to attempt a Doctorate. Ben's speciality is non-violent action and the Human Needs Theory. Now on Life Licence, I am forging a career as a CJ policy consultant, writer and - as ever - campaigner.
Simple Ben, you got ordinary folk and then professional people; ordinary criminals then there are professional criminals; and then there are ordinary prisoners and the ones with class, that is the professional prisoner. It was a compliment I think, take it as such ;)
ReplyDeleteI don't think it was mean't in the sense that you're a prisoner for money, just that you are thoughtful and fight for your rights, that's all. A Jailhouselawyer type prisoner, I'm sure that's what he mean't.