melthebell Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2011/06/21/teen-jumps-from-bridge-in-brotton-after-three-hour-stand-off-84229-28913234/ this happened last night in a village where i caught my bus last night, my bus went past half hour before it all started lol. i have a few issues with this story 1: alledgedly 400 people were stood watching.........tbh i doubt you could fit 400 people in that street. 2: a workmate reckons it was all over coming out of prison and not being allowed back.......shows prison works when they "need" to get back in. 3: the article says he was arrested on "suspicion" of public nuisence lol..........he was on a bridge for 3 hours threatening to jump off, the traffic was diverted......twice, specialist police were called, ambulence etc too.........surely theres NO suspicion of at all, it WAS a public nuisance. 4: if your gonna jump off someat choose someat bigger..........ive fell (and somersaulted, landing on my back) off someat nearly as big and not had a scratch, not pussing out and jumping into a tree......maybe hes been watching first blood. if he wanted to kill himself, boulbys close by which have some of the highest cliffs on the east coast...........an old aquaintence killed himself there a few years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cressida Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Have long thought that some disfunctional types prefer being in prison, full board, no bills, it can become a dependency and they can miss their mates when out, sad, he could have done a minor crime to get back there couldn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted June 21, 2011 Author Share Posted June 21, 2011 Have long thought that some disfunctional types prefer being in prison, full board, no bills, it can become a dependency and they can miss their mates when out, sad, he could have done a minor crime to get back there couldn't he? i said to the missus earlier.......its like being homeless, you get out of the loop, it becomes impossible to live "normally" with the usual responsibillities like paying bills etc etc why have responsibillities and stress when you can just do as your told and get fed etc for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 ... if he wanted to kill himself, boulbys close by which have some of the highest cliffs on the east coast...........an old aquaintence killed himself there a few years ago I very much doubt that he wanted to kill himself. He wanted attention and he needs help. Hopefully he will get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted June 21, 2011 Author Share Posted June 21, 2011 I very much doubt that he wanted to kill himself. He wanted attention and he needs help. Hopefully he will get it. the only help he wanted was going back inside apparently..........hopefully he gets a slap instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blinks Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 OP needs to develop a sense of compassion and empathy...and get some help for anger for issues that must go far deeper than this thread.It's a cruel world out there but even crueller when someone takes the time to actually type their nasty bitter feelings and post them. I'm glad he's alright and hopefully he can now get the help he needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted June 21, 2011 Author Share Posted June 21, 2011 OP needs to develop a sense of compassion and empathy...and get some help for anger for issues that must go far deeper than this thread.It's a cruel world out there but even crueller when someone takes the time to actually type their nasty bitter feelings and post them. I'm glad he's alright and hopefully he can now get the help he needs. hahaha you dont actually know me do you? its normally the empathy and compassion thats getting me into bother on this forum but then as ive always said...i DONT toe a party line so.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cressida Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 In this particular case I agree with Rupert, it was a cry for attention, he does need help - but I think Mel is known on here for being compassionate, he always seems to support the underdog:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Given that a desire to be incarcerated (particularly a desire by a young male to be incarcerated) is hardly a natural desire, I stand by what I said. He wants help and he needs help. Nearly all of the people in prisons are guilty of a criminal offence. A very large number of them are also mentally ill. Prisons in the UK are used as institutions to house the mentally ill, because there is nowhere else to put them " ...the extent of mental ill health among the UK prison population is considerable. In a Parliamentary Oral Answer on 13 February 2006, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Fiona Mactaggart) stated ‘The most comprehensive national assessment to estimate the incidence of metal illness in prison was published in the Office for National Statistics (ONS) survey of mental ill heath in the prison populations in England and Wales in 1997. It indicated that 90% of prisoners have at least one mental health disorder, including personality disorder, psychosis, neurosis, alcohol misuse and drug dependence." We used to slag off the Russians for labelling political prisoners as mentally ill. The UK imprisons the mentally ill as criminals. I'm not a liberal (small 'L' or big 'L') nor am I an advocate of lenient sentencing (particularly when sentencing is shortened to reduce over-crowding.) I have spent 4 or more years working in prisons and visiting people in prisons. I've no problem with using prisons as warehouses for habitual criminals, but it really is long past time that the UK stopped using prisons as warehouses for the mentally ill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blinks Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 No, I don't know anyone here - and no-one knows me either. Is it pre-requisite for posting on this forum? I can only comment on the words posted and take them at face value and in the context of the thread in which they appear. (unless it's a witty thread of which there are many here. I don't think this is one) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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