{"id":662,"date":"2019-06-15T12:17:58","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T12:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jailhousemoose.wpcomstaging.com\/?p=662"},"modified":"2019-06-15T12:17:58","modified_gmt":"2019-06-15T12:17:58","slug":"life-through-prison-objects-part-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jailhousemoose.com\/?p=662","title":{"rendered":"Life Through Prison Objects – Part 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s prison object is one of my own.<\/p>\n

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Ordinary Letter (OL)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The officer told me, \u201cThe prison will pay for the stamp. Don\u2019t say we don\u2019t look after you!\u201d<\/p>\n

He handed me a small manilla envelope and what looked like a sheet of paper torn from the centre of a school exercise book. The paper was lined, had staple holes in the middle and the first page was ink-stamped with the prison\u2019s address on the top.<\/p>\n

I had had a restless first night in prison. My head had been spinning with all of the things I needed to say to my family and friends outside. I needed to sort my flat, my car. I needed to speak to my boss. I needed to get some decent clothes sent in. I needed to speak to a decent solicitor.<\/p>\n

I needed everybody\u2019s dates of birth so they could book visits and come and see me. I needed everybody\u2019s addresses and phone numbers – my smart phone had made me lazy and I had ceased to memorise anything.<\/p>\n

I needed to tell them not to forget me. I needed their reassurance. I had to tell them how horrible this place was, how scared I was.<\/p>\n

I looked at the empty page. I needed to decide who to write to.<\/p>\n

\u201cDear Mum,\u201d What next?<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so sorry.\u201d I began.<\/p>\n

I could think of nothing else to say, or perhaps I hadn\u2019t the words to say what I needed to.<\/p>\n

I signed off, \u201cYour son.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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