TRAPPED IN A MASONIC WORLD

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But as I‘ve said, none of this is really that new or revealing; though the following information most
certainly is, though this only applies to a very rare few, and is not a common occurrence, perhaps because
only a small percentage of people can afford to do it, are smart enough to do it, and bold enough to carry it
out – and then again, if you were caught, what are they going to do to you, - send you to jail? And not
only that, the maximum sentence for absconding is 28 days, so if you were caught whilst doing what I am
going to reveal, this is all that would be put onto your current sentence. Though it must be said the
sentencing wouldn‘t quite be the same for your assailant ―stand-in‖, if they too were also caught. Now
believe it or not, there were some prisoners who in fact weren‘t serving the whole of their sentence! Well
not personally that is, some people were paid to swop positions and take the place on the convicted
prisoner, this was done by those who knew what they‘re doing, such as that their substitute stand-in had
already rehearsed, i.e., what they were convicted for, their date of birth and prison number etc, and was as
close to their own size, shape and coloured hair as possible. – And that they themselves when on first
entering the prison, were to constantly keep their head down and not make any eye contact or talk to
anyone at all, and that even if a screw asked them any questions, they‘d keep their head down whilst
answering. The screws would just think they were a bit demented or unsociable, which many prisoners
actually are, and if they insisted looking at you, you‘d be the same man in the photograph anyway.
There are various ways it could been done, but the best way how this worked, was at the very beginning
of being sent to the open prison and on their first night in, as the following day, they will only be known as
the prisoner they‘re meant to be, and no one else should be any the wiser, - as people are at times, either
due for release the very next day they‘re moved somewhere else, or even ―ghosted‖ out, which is being
taken away from one prison to another without any prior knowledge it‘s going to happen, as some
prisoners are nicked inside, perhaps because they were caught in possession of drugs or other contraband
has been found on their person. [And this is also how this kind of thing could come on top, for those who
tried this sort of thing, - because their ―stand-in‖, had got in some kind of trouble, and it was possible it
could come to light they weren‘t the prisoner they were meant to be.] Though what I am saying is, there
are a whole host of reasons why the bloke who was in cell A3, Room 9 or Hut C4 the night before, but
isn‘t there the following morning, is common place and a regular occurrence being moved about like is,
that nobody really cares where the bloke in the next cell, hut or bed has gone, unless of course they were
owed something by them, - so would ignore the matter and get on with their own sentences.
Look this couldn‘t happen if you‘re George Michael, Brad Pitt or someone equally famous, or if you‘re
a well known prisoner to the prison system, so would have only worked with discreet and not so well
known criminals, though it‘s wasn‘t impossible for someone more high profile, it‘s was just more complex
and may have had to involve more people, so the odds of it coming ―on-top‖ increases. The ‗stand-in‘,
wouldn‘t have any visits from outsiders, and in many closed prisons the visitors fingerprints and
photographs are also taken, though this is mainly done to prevent a prisoner walking out/swopping places
on the actual visit.
Some didn‘t go the whole hog and disappear completely, as that‘s the same as escaping, so what‘s the
point in going through this kind of scam in the first place, - though some near enough did. Most, [which
wasn‘t many], who did attempt this system of ‗self appointed home-leave‘, just had the odd night out here
and there, or weekend off, as a longer period of time than this is of course much harder to maintain.
As what ―you‖ did, - and whereas when the ―ladies of the night‖ would come in and do their friendly
business then leave, - then in a sense that‘s what also happened. You‘d get your prearranged ‗stand-in‘ to
come in for you, and they‘re there just for the head count.
These sort of scams could have been done in a whole array of ways involving some or of your mates,
dodgy screws, or fellow well-paid prisoners, - but then again like most things in life, the less people who
knew about it, the better it worked and the likelihood it will ever be discovered are slim. I have personally
been locked up with a bloke who was doing a sentence for someone else, and as I‘ve said before, this kind
of thing is unlikely in high profile cases, or of famous people, though as the saying goes: ―It‘s not what
you know, but who you know‖.
I‘ll give you a brief insight of how it was done, you‘d have just arrived at the D-Cat prison, after being
transferred and transported from your previous prison. You‘re as antisocial as you can possibly be, you
don‘t didn‘t mix or talk to anyone else and keep yourself to yourself, and that‘s it. You would have
normally been transported via a ―sweatbox‖ van, the sort with the small blacked out windows, so you‘re by
yourself anyway and inside a tiny cubicle, though it‘s possible you came by another mode of transport.