Born in 1976 i can honestly say im amazed at how much the world, qnd especially the UK has changed.

Old Spike Milligan sketch... 'I am sentencing you to ten years in Strangeways.' 'I haven't got any strange ways.' 'You will have when you've been in there for ten years.'

When I was young I was at the swimming and getting changed outside the lockers because it wasn't busy and one locker swung open with an old scary looking guy playing with himself and tried to grab my arm to haul me in. I managed to struggle away and just as I got away my skinhead neighbour decided to go swimming that day and thank god he did. He seen how scared I was and just asked me to point to the locker and I did. This skinhead with his big doctor Martins on kicked this man up and down the changing room for ages. The man ran out covered in blood half naked and don't know what happened after. But these animals are evil beyond evil. I often think to myself what would have happened to me if he got me in that locker. He could have killed me aswell you never know. Skinhead Bendy I owe you.🙏

Assault on a 9 year old child isn’t a serious offence? What world is he living in? Anyone who hurts a child should b put away 4 life in my opinion

Excellent film, made when television was worth watching. Politics would not allow this to be made today.

Fascinating watching this, my dad was a prison officer and this brought back a lot of memories. My early life (born in 54) was growing up on the Isle of Sheppey in the early part of his career. When I was around six or seven dad was transferred to Blundeston maximum security prison when it opened. A few years later he was transferred to Gartree near Market Harborough in Leicestershire. Although I was young I understood that the prisons were maximum security and held some extremely dangerous inmates. He sadly passed away at 45 when I was just 12 but I remember him being very proud of what he did for a living. As I was so young he didn’t share any of his experiences with me but my mum recounted some of them when I was older….. not a career for those of an overly sensitive nature !

Even crims were articulate and well spoken back then. Compared to now anyway.

I thought i was watching a Porridge Christmas Special. I was wondering why Fletch and Godber hadn't appeared yet 🤔

16:00 Well done to the Officer who gave that BEAST a little taste of his own medicine!! 👏

No matter how bad it gets, who the fuc punches a child!

This was riveting. Better than any play or novel could ever be.

Unfortunately as a young apprentice of 16, I was assaulted by a Clark of the works who was employed by Surry county council. The guy who was supposed to be looking after me did nothing. I had to threaten him with a claw hammer to keep him away from me. I leant that day that being a gentle lad working in construction meant that you were going to be violent to keep yourself safe. That was back in 1979, since then I have been very careful to look after any young man who I have had any form of management over. I never want anyone to feel as frightened as I was by that old bastard.

2 year 4 month sentence for gbh on a 23 month old child ???? Absolutely sickening!! Should never be released 🤬🤬

As a man who was born in 1980 can I say how thankful I am to the authorities of the day for putting these perverts away and protecting my childhood ❤

I’ve worked with the kids who are the victims of these guys who are constantly let out to abuse others. These kids are seriously messed up for life- it’s heartbreaking how much devastation one man can inflict on so many lives.

Fantastic doc.. this what British television was all about! I also loved the 90's style crime documentaries aswell! 💯✌️

I remember watching this. I was 12/13 years old. I recall my mother disapproving of me watching it, due to the adult content. My father and older brothers loved it!

Started my 30 years as a screw at strangeways in 1975- what an eye opener

I nearly fell out my chair the way that guy described battering a 23 month old baby. I did fall out of it when he said how long he got, disgusting on both counts. And the other guy saying it wasn't serious but he'd "been at it for years" wtf

The Screws were proper screws in them days - they oozed authority.

Screws look hard as nails back then

The person that named the prison obviously had a sense of humor

It’s mad how eloquent prisoners were back then. If you see modern prison footage they are barely literate.

I was raped as a 6 year old in 1966 by a 19 year old lad, he got 18 months. I was permanently damaged internally & it had an effect on my growing up years. 😢

Unfortunately these monsters existed at my boarding school in the 1980s. I hope children are safer now that people are more aware of their methods. Nothing is more devastating than abuse

I'm getting the word.....NONCE!!!

Nearly beat a toddler to death 2 to 3 years sentence, wtf

cracking array of videos you put up, i subscribed....thanks lad

Didn't realise Brian Clough used to be a prison warden.

At least the copper let him take his glasses off before punching the beasts head in for that poor child.

“Please protect me” that’s what your victims thought.

Fabulous, not seen this strangeways documentary before.❤😊

Two years and four months for battering a not yet two year old baby?! NOT LONG ENOUGH! The so called mother should have got sentenced as well for wanting to protect HIM and not her CHILD! 😡

officer: “you’ll be hard pressed to find 2 straights down ‘ere 😂

Respect to these prison guards. That guard who dealt with the Removal of the occupant due to being homosexual was truely a professional approach. Think he was ex army. Hard work especially in those days. I salute you sir.

Dr Campbell played a huge part in allowing many dozens of dangerous sex offenders to be released and to re-offend.

I was 12. This seems like a million years ago now.

Every colour under the sun walks those floors nowadays, a lot has changed in Britain since 1980, thanks for upload, very interesting.

The convo between the cell mates is almost comedy sketch level😂

The woman that wanted to hide the damage that the piece of crap did to her 2 year old, needs to be behind bars. The officer that gave him a hiding, well done sir.

The guy who hurt the wee bairn? He was in bad conditions? Stressed?My Da went down a pit every week, the depths of the earth and took nothing out on us!! Under pressure? Are you kidding me? Poor bairn😔

What is so disheartening, is to hear them talk about their grotesque crimes with no real remorse and plenty of ad hoc justifications. Nothing has been learnt, whatsoever. Back on the streets they go, just to reoffend.

Nonces have not changed in appearance. They still look the same today, it’s just that look they have. Surprised these were not rocking Slazenger

This is amazing yet obviously sickening at the same time, it’s rare we get a peep at folk “on the numbers” the nonchalance the little Irish one had made me want to puke.

The conversation between the three cell mates was super interesting. It was like a comedy skit.

Imagine not committing any crime but choosing a job that puts you inside amongst these sex cases for years every day. Tough job

Some Great British traditions on display in the 1st few minutes "Beast!" still carrying on today. Men & lads can have all sorts of faults in life but what Beasts did & do is unforgivable!!

'steve' who got sent to the punishment block was a very creepy guy

Excellent documentary

i remember in HMP Bedford the screws would open up certain inmates over the lunch break ...so they could batter the beasts whose door they would forget to shut 😂😂

Being stuck in a cell with a couple of fruits, that's truly revolting.

The policeman who told you to take your glasses off I would like to shake your hands well done sir for doing it to him

There’s no cure for kiddie fiddler’s

The first 30 seconds is exactly what I like to here 👏 😊a real citizen for the people 😊.

I can't believe that guy just admitted he battered a kid on camera,

There is no curing a sex offender. Ever.

Now this is fascinating. If anyone is interested i highly recommend a documentary called Mini about an endearing little pyromaniac kid.

I can't believe the woman on the parole board is considering letting him out because he can't get treatment in prison. Big f in deal. Keep him locked up.

30:32 that guy Steve is a very devious piece of work. I’m glad they moved him out

"They [the nonces] go through hell here!" Wow! That guy is... I dunno, sympathetic? I just couldn't be like that... Hindsight is a strange thing. When I looked back at my middle childhood, between 7 and 12 years old... I realised that there had been at least three or four separate times when I came close to being predated on and/or sexually assaulted by two or three older individuals in my life. One was a 14/16 year old neighbour who _attempted something_ a couple of separate times but didn't have or take the _opportunity,_ so to speak. Another was a vicar (35-45 years old perhaps?) who ran the younger kids youth club in his big church hall. He also knew my neighbour. I never noticed their advances at the time, and it was only when I was looking back which made me pause and then turn white with shock. Very strange feeling. When that kid was about 18/20, a group of similar aged lads hunted him down after a kid brother of one of them confided to his older brother that he'd done 'something'. The nonce ended up in hospital with a demolished face, missing teeth, internal bleeding, multiple broken limbs etc. His family disowned him, they are a lovely family and just as in shock about their vile son... I believe he ended up in prison for doing what _they_ do! 😐 *Shudder!*

NONCE means 'not on normal courtyard exercise'

An eye opener this even for 1980 44 year's ago i wonder how many returned to strangeways since this was filmed and for the same crimes

As a father of 30 month old boy that evil scum who beat that kid makes me feel an anger I’ve never felt before Good on that copper for giving him a good hiding

You’re in Manchester now mate

UK prisons a different world back in 1980. Iron rule, no luxuries for prisoners and very little drug-taking!

Parole hearing a joke poor prisoner,never mind the boy he assaulted

Very good way to deal with Steve👍

That screw was great i liked him

I bet most of these people went on to work for the BBC

2:52 isn’t that Anton Chigurh?! This is No country for bad wigs. 😂

This is how to run a prison. None of this pandering to the prisoners - oh sorry - clients! They do what they're told, they do their time and they leave. Brilliant prison officers.

This was actually filmed at the end of 1979 I think, although it was broadcast at the end of 1980.

12:15 ".. Before I know it I have my hands on them.."!! 😂😂

At 36:00 listen to the song on the radio 📻. That song suits these blokes. Wow this is definitely 1980 because that song came out than.

Is that Cloughie's brother at the beginning and never understood why people think it's a badge of honour to have been sent to Prison?? Also, the screws look proper back in the day also, like they'd smash ya if you fcuked about!! 😀

The Irishman at 12:00 is saying he doesn’t think it’s a serious offence at all, in 1980, but society disagreed, roll on to 2024 and we have a movement for M.A.P. that’s minor attracted person, an adult who’s sexually attracted to kid. The idea being that so long as the child consents ( not sure how that’s obtained) and not physically harmed then it’s just another expression of human sexuality. It’s gaining ground because now they have kids deciding in primary school if they want to change gender, and a court will uphold their decision and approve hormone treatment. Well if a child is considered able to decide such a thing then the argument from the nonces is they’re also able to decide on sexual activity. Hence we have lessons now for small children telling them about masturbation and other stuff that a small child has no need to know about. But we have a massive paedo ring in power, from the royals to the politicians to celebrities to music big names and actors, look at the list who went to Epstein island. When I was in jail in 1984 we had no idea who was a nonce, unless someone had some information and made it known, most of us were car thieves and burglars robbers and other stupid shit that young men do. The segregation wing E wing was apparently IRA but officially that wing was knocked down in 1969 (Reading jail) but we ( young offenders) were abusing them verbally as they watched from the locked landing gate ( letting air into the wing next to the yard) while we played volley ball, the screw told us that if we knew who they really were we’d shit ourselves, that they were the real deal. They didn’t shout back. We had a Hells Angel come in after a shooting in the New Forest. He got respect and everyone avoided him. He was only n remand. Walking about in his leather wastecoat. Anyway nonces can’t be cured cos they don’t see it as a crime. That’s why Gary glitter got refused parole last week an he’s 79, he’s incurable and can’t be trusted.

Prison is about order. Recognising what you’ve done wrong. The way these officers installed order is superb. All of the prisoners need help. Not from prison officers though, there has to be a line between order and rehabilitation

Brian Glover keeps them in line...

Hey, that guy singing "WITH YOU I'M BORN AGAIN" was pretty good !

25:04 that was a brilliant conversation..he said "you get half hour on exercise and you spend 15 minutes trying to find out whos queer".

You couldn't film this or say half of what is said . That's what's gone so wrongn

i like the start with the honest comments from staff

that screw in charge would of made it as a hangman he’s got a touch of the Albert pierrepoint

At 35.54 the prison office timed that well, listen to the song on the radio on the background as he packs his stuff to leave the cell.

12:39 beautiful folk. Warms my heart to hear this.

I know they have to be locked up there for the safety of us all but what freaks me out is to think that there is possibly still some inmates locked away who were there when I was on the roof looking down into some cells about 30 years ago. When you think of all the freedoms fun and liberty you have enjoyed over the years and some poor yes maybe evil mental souls have been banged up to keep us safe.

Everyone is so reasonable and calm in this video. Nowadays there’s be so much arguing and bravado from prisoners. Sad times we live in 😔

I was 1 year old when this came out, such a different word back then one I'd be happy to go to

i was waiting to see Godper

Imagine watching this and seeing a close relative!!!

Unfortunately if u r not wired up right, no counselling or therapy will help…it’s just the way they are.

When compared to modern American jails the older British jails seem more humane whilst also being very strict.

In hmp lincoln they were fed broken razorblades in their food,and razorblades in the soap for when they washex

Les Anglais , si proches géographiquement , me semblent complètement différents de nous pour faire simple , j'en suis toujours profondément étonné , j'ai été très marqué par mes voyages en Angleterre surtout à une époque ou nous étions en immersion dans des familles via le collège , cela ne se fait plus . Leur organisation sociale et leur façon de régler les problèmes me paraissent plus subtiles et sans aucun rapport avec les nôtres mais cela est peut être l'effet de mon imagination . Je n'ai jamais ressenti un tel dépaysement dans aucun pays d'Europe visités .

The scene with the straight man and two gays is so funny!

39:21--39:38 mins, I'm pretty sure that's Viz's very own heavy drinker '8 Ace' deep in thought. So much choice. £1.49 went much further in 1980.

I was a screw for 14years…..normal screw to SO to dog handler……worked all over the country, even Holloway……..been told I should write a book! lol…..the things I’ve seen……unbelievable! Beats anything I saw in the military, hands down!!

I used to work on the servery in Brixton. One of my jobs was to take food to the beast’s wing upstairs. Many extra “ingredients” were added to their food on my way up the stairs by the lads.

That fella who hit the tot, looked geniune ly destroyed! What i can empathise with him is the poverty and pressure of poverty.. In no way acceptable but a broken home.. poverty desperation.. alienation.. horrible situation.. IF all true!😮😢

Please don't bum in front of me.