Showing posts with label Prison. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Prison. Show all posts
Tonight the Pensive Quill carries an article by guest writer Emmet Doyle on his latest visit to Maghaberry.

When I thought I couldn't be shocked..
Emmet Doyle
A Simple Wee Man
MONDAY, 22 OCTOBER 2012


Last Thursday I again found myself in the bleak surroundings of Roe House, Maghaberry Prison. Pat Ramsey and I went to visit some of the men, including Gerry McGeough. I thought that the shell-chocking effect of the place had hit me hard my first few visits, and that I couldn't be shocked any further. Boy was I mistaken.

Usually, we enter Roe at landing four, and enter the Recreation Room to meet individuals and groups. It is a much larger, cleaner and more modern space. Akin, strangely, to my old school canteen. Not this time. We were led by the SO upstairs, to Roe 3 as the Officers and external staff were cleaning the floor on Roe 4, as a result of the on-going protest, and given it was early in the morning, the stench was almost overpowering.

When I thought I couldn't be shocked..