Going to prison

[HerbChao]

Eyes are your first line of defense (not an expert, but thinking what my approach would be). I'd be good about listening too, oftentimes u should hear something funny before it happens. I would also recommend doing whatever last min reading/studying u can do on what people did to get through prison (Vick, Mayweather, Tyson, etc). I'll pray for u and look forward to ur release.

[John Sheridan]

Paul, I just finished doing 11 years in prison. I've never been to a prison in England nor do I know anything about it. But people are people and that's what I do know.

Do your time, don't let it do you.
Keep your mouth shut if you see anything.
Make the most of it. I worked out, ran, read, bettered myself as much as I could
Pick your friends, DO NOT let them pick you.
Stay away from drugs, alcohol, gambling, gangs, and punks. Every guy I saw get killed or hurt, always had something to do with one of those reasons.
Don't try and be anything you're not.
Don't try and be a bad ass, tell everyone you're a black belt or something stupid like that. When you get into it, and you will get into it, everyone will see what you can do, and the word will spread fast. I'm a white belt in Jiu-Jitsu, and they treated me like I was a UFC champ. Only took one choke out and one arm bar.
Cells are the worse place for a fight. It's a big mans game in there. If you even think you're going to get into a fight, do not step into a cell with a guy that is bigger then you. Handle your business outside the cell.
By all means exercise and work out. Guys that don't go to the yard and hide in their cell are noticed and everyone knows they're hiding from something.
Be prepared for your woman to leave you. It will very likely happen. If/when it does, do not let that get you down. Keep your eye on the prize. The prize is your freedom and release date.
I'm going to be on the road tomorrow. I'm going on a 3 week vacation. If you'd like to talk, you can give me a call or text message me at (424) 477-2074. I wish I could think of more things to tell you to help you out.
I will tell you this, 14 months is nothing. It took me a couple years before I even knew what was really going on inside of prison.
Good luck and if you have any questions feel free to call me. Keep in mind that I am in the states Pacific time zone.

[Sam Sales]

I done some bang up about 10 years ago (only a bunch of dumb driving offences/ driving whilst on a ban etc) here in England, and have to say English prisons are easy time, especially if you have no kids. Playstation in your cell, TV in your cell, multi million £ gyms etc. The only hard thing will be missing the family and friends. There is none of this getting your ass raped and shit - at least not in any jail i have ever been too.
American jails are a WHOLE DIFFERENT ball game. Gangs of what we call in England 'chavvy little twats', however in America they go by 'gangsters' - which they are not. Real gangsters have money, they do not hang around the streets all day, and also they don't go round telling everyone that they are gangsters. Either way, huge gang problems etc in their prisons.
US prisons make UK prisons look like holiday camps. Just read and workout and the time will fly bro. :-)

[Paul Hannan]

Thanks John, Sam and everyone these posts mean so much. Inspirational stuff John if you survived 11 years in a US prison and still care about your fellow man - top guy. Cheers for the offer of extra support but what you have written is going to help me more than you'll ever know. Cheers guys.

Looking on the bright side, if the Mayans are right, I'll probably be free before Christmas I wonder what will be out first, The Advanced Rubber Guard book or me. I don't think they'll allow the Twister and MTRG books in the slammer for some reason. Maybe the sections on Cannabis and Dmt will persuade the authorities that the books are just trying to spread the love and I'll be allowed them. Then again....

[John Sheridan]

Paul, Sorry, somehow I had your name wrong. I can tell you'll do just fine. Good luck mate.

[Jason "Kermit" Frayer]

Pull ups push ups sit ups hip outs gets ups hip ups squats lots of body weights stuff

[Kurzy]

That's total bullshit Paul. You are going to the slammer for defending yourself from an attacker???

Have you launched a counter suit or anything? Is your family fighting this decision? WTF is going on here?

lol, and they call it the "justice system"....

[Paul Hannan]

This is not unusual in the UK 'justice' system. I think you are meant to disarm your attacker with poetry, as anything else seems to be excessive force. The guy was drunk on my property and attacked me first, and I'm the bad guy. I've been told by my barrister that it was a fair trail and I don't have grounds for appeal - I'm just in shock to be honest.

[brent_littell]

Leave the country and never go back

[lates85]

I am curious to what happened, if you are willing to share the story. if not, all respected.