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Title: Louis Theroux in San Quentin Prison
Post by: amallon on January 14, 2008, 05:25:41 PM
Anyone see this last night?  A scary place full of scary people a lot of whom are totally institutionalised and can't function on the outside.   
Title: Re: Louis Theroux in San Quentin Prison
Post by: nifan on January 14, 2008, 05:31:25 PM
a strange place all right.

The guy formerly of the "nazi low riders" with his jewish boyfriend :o
Title: Re: Louis Theroux in San Quentin Prison
Post by: ziggysego on January 14, 2008, 05:34:29 PM
Yeah, saw it too.

Jeezs, there's some screwed up characters.
Title: Re: Louis Theroux in San Quentin Prison
Post by: Hardy on January 14, 2008, 07:10:03 PM
Quote from: ziggysego on January 14, 2008, 05:34:29 PM
Yeah, saw it too.

Jeezs, there's some screwed up characters.

Some of the prisoners were a bit odd too.
Title: Re: Louis Theroux in San Quentin Prison
Post by: amallon on January 14, 2008, 07:12:14 PM
I thought method of send messages between the cells was class.  How the hell were they doing that?  Why did the guards not do anything to stop it when its against the rules? 
Title: Re: Louis Theroux in San Quentin Prison
Post by: ziggysego on January 14, 2008, 07:19:11 PM
Quote from: amallon on January 14, 2008, 07:12:14 PM
Why did the guards not do anything to stop it when its against the rules? 

Louis asked are they allowed to do it in front of them. The guard said no. Louis asked why they were doing it then, to which the guard replied, "Because you're here".
Title: Re: Louis Theroux in San Quentin Prison
Post by: Minder on January 14, 2008, 08:25:58 PM
You can say what you want about the yanks but they know how to dish out the sentences, that fella was doing 500 years and 11 life sentences for "multiple home invasions with torture tactics". No oul bullshit 15 year sentences for murder over there.
Title: Re: Louis Theroux in San Quentin Prison
Post by: full back on January 14, 2008, 08:33:21 PM
Yer boy who had just arrived for a 50 year stretch & life, who reckoned he was innocent  ::)
Why the fcuk he was smirking I will never know.
Title: Re: Louis Theroux in San Quentin Prison
Post by: ONeill on January 15, 2008, 12:14:05 AM
Quote from: amallon on January 14, 2008, 07:12:14 PM
I thought method of send messages between the cells was class.  How the hell were they doing that?  Why did the guards not do anything to stop it when its against the rules? 

They'd been doing that in Long Kesh 30 yrs ago, though here the method was even more ingenious.
Title: Re: Louis Theroux in San Quentin Prison
Post by: stew on January 15, 2008, 12:19:50 AM
Quote from: Minder on January 14, 2008, 08:25:58 PM
You can say what you want about the yanks but they know how to dish out the sentences, that fella was doing 500 years and 11 life sentences for "multiple home invasions with torture tactics". No oul bullshit 15 year sentences for murder over there.

Dead right they are too. If you feck about over here you get nailed to the mast and so you should.

Title: Re: Louis Theroux in San Quentin Prison
Post by: Chrisowc on January 15, 2008, 08:03:07 AM
If the torture tactics guy was from here they'd have him swimming with dolphins!
Title: Re: Louis Theroux in San Quentin Prison
Post by: imtommygunn on January 15, 2008, 09:55:29 AM
I missed this but wanted to see it.

Anyone know if this is being rerun on bbc three or the like at any stage?
Title: Re: Louis Theroux in San Quentin Prison
Post by: screenexile on January 15, 2008, 10:28:39 AM
It's on the BBC's new iPlayer jobby... excellent show and the way Louis interviews people is amazing, he plays as if he's really stupid and seems to make everyone who talks to him feel at ease. It's great to watch!


BBC Louis Theroux
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/page/item/b008qjh0.shtml?filter=txdate%3A13-01&filter=txslot%3Aevening&filter=channel%3Abbc_two&scope=iplayerlast7days&start=1&version_pid=b008qjd8)
Title: Re: Louis Theroux in San Quentin Prison
Post by: passedit on January 15, 2008, 10:28:39 AM
Try this

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer)