Q309: What's Barlinnie Prison Like? Ian ‘Blink’ MacDonald
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Fascinating interview , thanks Shaun ❤
Ian is a really engaging story teller. He has a gift.
Love the look on Sean’s face when he’s told about a mars bar on his face
Tavy@ i like blinks storys hes still got a great sense of humour considering the amount of jail time hes done. Hes proper old school!!!!
"Bar-L is a hellhole" wow, I was a kid on remand in the late 90s, when I first experienced it, HMP Polmont Y.O.I.was much worse than Bar.
Heard this guy before on CZcams, defo the real deal, a true Glasgow hard man, great at telling stories, the bank robbery story is good.
Cara Gray live by the sword that guy,his deed now
@@leighwingate6222 wit guys dead now blink ain't dead
@@leighwingate6222 no he isn’t ya rocket
@@gaz8177 blink is still alive and kicking my friend.
@@20FreeWill your a bit of a rocket, ya banger.
BRILLIANT. What a guys Bringing back the memories.
Aye Colin mate but the Place needs Demolished 💯💯💯
Just wanted to ask if you will be doing a cast about Assange's prison experience. How would they treat him. Thanks
scheme songs is the best thing about the 80's......Blink it was a soundtrack to us in/out jail...time goe's a bye
You fucked up another 5 years haha Black & White ma man 👍
Slasher sounds like the governor guy from the film brawl in cellblock 99
Wait a fookin minute, I says do ya think I’m in here for Recreational purposes 🤣🤣🤣
“It’s a hell hole of a prison”
That is a severe understatement. Its absolutely disgusting. It was so bad back in the day that cons sued them for breaching their human rights and won. Every con that done time there could claim against them and get a few geez.
Dartmoor is the setting for Hound of the Baskervilles
Seldon 😁😁 the notting hill murderer 😁😁👍👍
Blink n Johnny boys stories are the best
life is very different in different places
Scheme, great band in early 89's
Visited a few mates in "Barr"
Rough place.
Great video brother 😎👍👍🏴
Yes it's tough jail Barlinnie especially when I was there because I'm not Scottish im from liverpool so I was a outsider basically.
@@FaceFcuk plenty boys from all over in bar
What’s a piss pot? A pot you piss in.....brilliant 😂😂😂😂
A formidable Looking place when you drive down the m8 to the city centre horrendous
Met a few Scottish people in winson green. And the stories of that place where crazy. Pp9 battery in socks. Sugar water. Morning body bags and breakfast on hold lol
Blinks a pure legend
Legend.
Aw the best big yin, fae wee Allan 😎💪🏼💪🏼
Did you know that hundreds of inmates took the Scottish government to the European court over “sloping out”? The practice was deemed a breach of their human rights and compensation was paid. I’m unsure of the year, maybe late 90s or early 2000s. Cash compensation of various amounts was paid into accounts of serving prisoners to enjoy on release. Typical award was £500-£700 per month they had to endure it.
The same cells are still in use to this day, all with a very unprivate toilet.
£2,100 you got, I never bothered putting in for it.
I was in A Hall summer of 2002 during the world cup , Lockerbie bomber was still being held there in his own we compound "Gaddafi's cafe" and slopping out was still going on then... although I think some of the other halls were being refurbished with toilets at the time if I recall correctly.. but A Hall was still slopping out in 2002
Lol.
Blink should pack in the life of crime and become a comedian,
I'd love to hear all his stories.
I've just bought his book from Amazon.
Ernie Barrie definitely did not do that Clydesale bank in Blantyre!
He's hilarious at telling his stories😁👍
Thick Glaswegian accent
@@gilesguest4 thick?
@@peternagy-im4be yes
@@gilesguest4 THICK?
@@peternagy-im4be it means strong, as in a strong accent
hi shaun i done 112 days corrective training in a miliatry jail for assult 14 days in a civillian jail for 900 pounds motoring offences in the seventys and never wanted to go back which i havent how do these blokes like blink get through big sentences as i would shudder at 16 to 20 years
I used to pass going to smithycroft never thought I'd see inside you can smell the misery and history in the cells.
Geez a line blink! Well tell yir on the Charlie haha
Screws called “chewing gum” gang is hard to understand when chewing gum is barred from all prisons. It can get pushed into locks blocking doors.
When he mentions the chewing gum gang he means they were swaggering about just like a bunch of bullies team handed. Not literally chewing gum as your right it's not allowed in prisons
Smack isn’t allowed in but you get it , if ye want , it’s the 80’s and it was corrupt screws doin the chewin
Every one should read his book great book
who's book please tell me Mr Robertson, ta x I may read, if ya tell me
One of the things that makes barlinnie a lot worse than other jail's in UK is that's it's 23 hour lockup. It's monotonous being locked up in a cell 23 hours a day and some days it's 24 hours if the guards can't be bothered giving you the hour exercise that you are entitled to. Also the fact it's an old Victorian jail that used to do executions etc gives it a creepy vibe. Overcrowding is rampant and you can end up sharing a cell with a psycho.
That's just not true. Unless you are talking about years ago. All the guys go to education, out to play football, the sheds to work on the bikes and make stuff. Aye a lot of the suicide risks, escape risks and those on protection are dubbed up 23 hours a day
I'm a psycho I always get the singles and usually left to me devices but the search team are bastards
Kar fc, thats true. Becouse every one i knew that was in barlinnie had to work. Maybe except guys that were only doing 7 to 14 days. But most guys doing a long sentence had to work. My mate was working on the garden work party in bar-l about 9 years ago and he said it was like a fucking golf course, it was huge lol.
Karfc, thats true. All the long term prisoners i knew had to work in bar. But i thinck if you were doing 7 to 14 days to 28 days you were locked up 23 hours a day. And the screws made you work. Its a hard big jail and no doubt!
@@SuperKarinaG It is true because ive been in it and experienced it and the fact you think its not true tells me you havent so stop talking like you know what your on about, listening to stories passing it on as fact. Everyone doest need to work theres not enough jobs for everyone to works theres over a thousand prisoners, do you think theres that many jobs inside a prison, also not everyone goes to education etc because like i said theres over a thousand prisoners, the guys who work in gardens or cooks etc used to be housed in letham hall
and have different priveledges to guys in a,b,c hall, 12 year ago since i was last place.
never give up shaun
I’m sorry the prison was so corrupt
I love blink he's one of the boys a top lad nice guy but don't take the with him because you will lose every time good luck mate hope life is good for you take care mate
Hello Shaun and Ian my grandad is a MacDonald
Spent 5 weeks at Barlinnie before I moved on to Lowmoss.The Prison is old but I liked it their.Had a great cell mate. Worked in the kitchen I was in A Hall.
Good thing it wasn't E hall
The Bar-l Mantra "Don't Ask Cause Your No Getting"
Ain't that the truth 🤣🤣🤣
Love his explanation of a Piss Pot
"It's a pot and you piss in it"
😂😂😂
pess*
From TV comedy still game Jack and Victor would call it a pish pot.
Well that's what they were called, disgusting smell of stale piss every slop out in mornings 🤮lol
😂
Shaun can't be arsed with this...
I love your channel . Fair play the chaps you get on here are some big boys . They all have respect for you . Keep up the great work and please no more David ICKE even tho I love his work you must keep your distance please !
Shaun's face when Ian says "Mars bar", must be think what the fuck lol
His wans a topper
why can't people hear him? i'm yorkshire and i can understand everything he says.
I can understand MOST of what he says and I am from the West Mids.
It’s only Americans and cockneys that can’t understand blink
I can understand every word
Funny and serious👍🏻
Where are the subtitles when you need them ?
My dad was a hardy wee man but he hated going into the Bar L to see his brother
Still had to slop out in 2000 wen I was there
Woody81 so did i m8 did u get your slopping out money ?? i got £2,100 in 2005
@@stuartmc6377 no I didnt know u could. I did it in polmont aswell. Fuck it was awful as it wasnt only your own as in polmont we shared. I can smell it now. 1 boy threw his down the stairs and broke his porto loo. Dam it was bad. The block smelt so bad for weeks
yep in 1999 i was sloping out in exeter
@David Charles Francis Topham de Vere Beauclerk I was in for GBH a couple of guys started on me and a friend walking home from a pub one night. My so called mate legged it and i was left to deal with them, And i bit half of one guys ear off. Got 3 years. spent time on remand in exeter then when sentenced was shipped out to guys marsh
David Charles Francis Topham de Vere Beauclerk attempted murder basically gang fighting and we done two people i got 7 year
Shaun actually looks quite nervous here
Doubt it
He doesn’t
He looks comfortable with Blink
The wendy house usually just called the wendy is the nickname for the segregation block in barlinnie thats situated just outside A hall (nicknamed the jungle).it used to be the famous “special unit” . This seg got the nickname the wendy house because everything in it is made of hard cardboard type material.made to be able to be used (theres a table and a chair made of it) but can’t really be smashed up and used as a weapon against the prison officers known as “screws”.
Not been in there for a long long time and hope i never will be again.the whole prison is an utter shite hole of the highest calibre. Atleast it was back then.no idea if its still like that now. I know theyv added toilets etc to the cells. Back when i done time there there was none of that. Just one or two beds a wee wooden locker or two, a table a chair and a piss pot. Thats it.oh aye don’t forget the shite and snotters all over the walls.place was disgusting beyond measure.
The special unit is beside reception as I was there cleaning it in 2014 as pass man. Its now used as a store for cons property.
@@GB-vn1tf so the wendy wasn’t the special unit before it was the wendy? Someone told me the wendy used to be the special unit and I’ve thought that for over 20 years😂.
Last time I was in Bar was 1999. What was it like in 2014?
i am so sorry society has neglected you i wish you all the best
Don't know if its any different noo but back in the day the pipes in the halls would go oan about 3ish,and would fkn clunk clunk for hours,noisy as fuck
I love it when Scottish people make anti-English statements as we all know throughout their entire history in Scotland the most dangerous thing for a Scotsman is another Scotsman. In the TV comedy still game Jack and Victor would have called it a pish pot.
Having spent equal years in 100+ year old gaols & newer modern prisons, I much prefer the older.
A barlinne mystery bowl 🤣🤣🤣
This didnae feel wrong(3.30)haha
Jails a gift if you just be a nuisance.
Slasher Gallachger lol xx Aye Wee Bobby lol xx
I spent 2 weekends in barlini on my way to longriggend . was grim as fuck but longriggend was worse😂
I was in Barlinnie last year its a hell hole massive daunting prison old and cold and rough as fook.
@@UKCHEEZ I once saw a p
Grass get a massive pot of boiling oil over his face. The skin was hanging off his face hands and arms. Brutal
Is Barlinnie inmates mostly white Brits?
Seen a lad cut his own ear off because he wasn't getting his meds he should have been getting. And seen a lad lured into a cell held down and cut from his ears right down both sides of his face double bladed and he walked out in shock big gaping holes in his face hanging off blood everywhere and the screws wer in shock . It was the cons who helped him wrap towel around his head stop bleeding holding him until ambulance come get him and then we had the police cid in next day going pad to pad question ppl to see if anyone seen anything. Obviously no one did because no one likes a grass and snitches get stitches. The police cid fella said its attempt murder charge they missed his jugular by few mm s and he be badly disfigured rest of his life. I found out it was over a shooting on outside the lad who got cut had shot at other lads gang members house through window while his mum was ther and nearly kill ed her so they found out he was in got ther boys lure him to their cell on the promise of some weed a trap that nearly cost his life it was gruesome as fuck and shook me up a bit witnessing it happen crazy shit.
Never seen so many ppl in a jail with massive scars on ther faces , ppl not afraid cut u up in Glasgow i can say its the norm up ther.
@@BoqPrecision no theres a good mix. I'd say mostly white but theres always plenty of other races in aswell
Mystery bowl, 23 hour dub-up, hug cockroaches in the dog boxes, D hall in the 80's taxing at it's finest, red and white con-shirt in reception meant remand fk'all out my peter on the hunt.
The eld riot bun at 8 bells ma man wi the plastic tea urns fkn hell memories man .
What's Barlinnie Prison Like?
Shite.
Next?
Don't believe half the horror stories bud,if u keep yourself to yourself and yr no a mug that will get bullied or taxed as in stuff took of u,more likely you be ok,it's definitely not the Hilton hotel but
@@scottkennedy203 aye ok scott ..
@@celtictillidie67 ok then, whatever aye ok Scott means🤔
@@scottkennedy203 ooft a can barely mind o writing that I was mogered ....i was showing ma pal this video et time ....soz man ...
@@celtictillidie67 no probs pal🍀
" im gonna slash one of them"
To be fair prisons are not meant to be nice, now the Hilton hotel, that should be nice, wee moral, don't break the law and you wont end up in jail. Blink is a character to be fair, love his stories, mad a s fuck
What you on blink 😂😂
Thin ice
All screws are brave when there mob handed
Fair Play till Possil Park
Great guy met him few months back on the train n got into a conversation with him about the rangers brilliant genuine guy 💯
Blink biography movie is what we need, ferris got a movie...Blink bigger Star
I was in E hall when you were in the Wendy
For the viewers a piss pot is a... Eh.. A pot ye piss in 😂😂😂
Shauns looking slightly uncomfortable here
Shaun is out of his depth I think. But a great video.
The year 2000 while I was just beginning a four stretch , very first afence, was 4/5 doors down landing (E hall 3rd flat) from carri. Me and him got on quite well and carried would have down what he could to help me out. Carri had just started a 9 stretch but you could tell he was familiar with the ins and outs of the system, he was very switched on. Carri actually put a good word in so I could landing pass job and all he wanted in return was to make sure I got him the best shirts and trousers: shoes. I. Good deal I thought cause the passmen were always getting a certain amount of brand new clothing after kit change we new who wanted the new clothing. Apart from carri you always got a little snout some choco bars for the service. Carri always looked out for me cause I was the freshes of all meat. He did hold a level of respect but didn’t shout it from the chimneys. In summary carri was old school and I think the majority of merchandise. We both bought on the outdside came from possible. He took to me straight away, and I don’t think I would have got through the first six months with a different mind set. He ) carri) Once I got the pass job things changed over night. You just had to be very cautious. In summery Carri was/ is a top block . Other may disagree but I am sure giving face to face interview may uncover
I'm the son of Cary carbin my father has passed and your comments I've just seen is respectful in every manner and I salute u my friend I'm glad my old boy could help that's what real men do never one to bully same as myself were all cut from same cloth I send my respects to you and very grateful for Ur comments thanks young Cary carbin
If ever need help on outside give me holla as I'm glad with remarks and things said bout my da mate really am my old boys gone to the other side I'm Cary Joseph carbin his son I respect all men never one to bully it's good to hear he helped someone in the situation yous landed in he was switched on it wasn't his first rodeo as they say excuse the pun very grateful young Ary Kia
Are you still in possil? Or have you moved. Was in killie with a couple of lads from there, they were good lads to but your old man took a bit of beating after all he was the movie star and a star he was 👍
@@craiga4329 aye still in posso pal never new my old boy was in Killie prison tbh wae u and he took a bit of beating as in verbally or physically as u said first I've heard of it mate each to there own
Wouldn't say he was movie star for getting 20 seconds of air time in movie about ex drug addicts tbh would say he was in movie that's as far as it goes mate were u from yourself pal
Back the day u were doing well if got a pillow when you were a yo, passing threw bar.l going to polmont or long riggend ,
@@chunknorris2627 lol longriggend long ago pal, polmont n long ,glenochill y,os, back the daft days ,94/95/96 lol 👍
You know it’s bad when prison officers are slashing prisoners lol
That's definitely true ,the screw he means ended up a deputy governor to,the guy he slashed tried to slash somebody else ,that's why he dun it,he was a nasty bastard
@@scottkennedy203 Slasher Gallagher in 1980's.. One for one. Cheers.
PS He was Thee Governor, not a one two three, or Hall Governor, he was the Boss of the full Jail.
He got slashed by prisoner, gave ultimatum, you done me, now I'll do you, and that's that.
@@paulglancy3867 who's slasher Gallagher
@@bowjana8128 A governor that was in Barlinnie prison in Glasgow
In early , mid 80s .
I've got a Mars bar look
An Shawn says ye an does not look
You think he said something to him before interview
That's it, just spent over an hour writing my experiences from being Liquid Koshed at age 12, to having an affair with female staff member in St Mary's Approved School in Bishopbriggs only for this to cut out as I'm finishing, so cut a long story short, been there, seen it, got the"T" Shirt, just need a book publisher and I've a bad story to tell. Barlinnie back in the day 80's, brutal. Though not that bad. My lawyers suing, so payout due no doubt about it. Must go before this screw's up again. If you want more Shaun, put your email up. You'll like what I've got to say. Catch you then... Paul.
@Madd McGhee Naw mate, but I keep getting asked "are you related to the Glancy's faw Govan, and the thing is, my name at birth was Glancy, then this stepbastard came along, and he was violent tae me, I grew up, as in, 55 now, and he's been punished lots of times, and I've done sentences cause of him. So after 40 odd years I made a statement to polis, he got guilty and only got an 18 moon Community Payback Order. I should have stuck the kitchen devil in his chest at 7-8 years of age, and nothing would've happened. I still feel this way, but I'm not doing life at 55. Anyway thanks for asking, sorry its a no, but might be good to know. Cheers.. Paul.
Cheers "Mad McGhee" Some folk don't forget. Keeping my nose clean, but can't keep the piss clean. Auld School. Thanks for getting back.. Paul.
@ paul glancy, you know wee stuart glancy as its not that common of a second name and soz for asking as a see in your comment other ppl ask lol. cheers bud
@@georgeadams5970 Sorry George, never even noticed your question. Though I'm in a "funny" situation now. One of my posts mentions everytime someone asks about my surname they say "you related too Glancy's from Govan, well I'm not, but I'm in a place called The Crisis Centre, and guess who's two doors down?" Another Glancy, and yeah he's from Govan, so we finally meet today, as I'm isolated for 7 days, man he was full of questions. Maybe he's got a brother called Stu, I'll ask him next time I see him, I'll get back on this. Cheers.. Paul.
aww the best paul a was in there this time last year btw and a went to the stabilisation unit after tht and am still cool mate its a canter to stay aff it mate and just stick to yer script just take it easy and dont think too much about the morra bro 1 day at a time eh! tell big wullie a said hello if hes working, so stick in there bro 👍👏
That place sounds like hell on earth
@Chris I bet. Proper hard time
@Chris yea I'd be one of them u fraggle
@@robbiethompson2778 you'd be one of the scared ones that wouldn't survive?
It is I just got out last week the food is crappie!
@@user-ex6od1dc3y i hope you enjoy your christmas out mate
My uncle was involved in that riot sammy hes talking about has a saying the soups good never getting out 🤣🤣🤣
@Brain Tweedie that's the man 👍🤜🤛
@Brain Tweedie it's not sammy that's my uncle my uncle was colin mclennan
and "feed the bear" and " cuckoo" pain in the arse when ye were trying to sleep in the digger hed be banging the walls shouting "feed the bear" lol
It is you look in and you know it happened to me too
They are still the same they don't stop battering until you scream and you fight them all if you fight one
Why ain't these screws done on the outside by other homies ?
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/charred-remains-firebombed-motors-towed-21339948
@@terencetrentwatford.632 ..............
Screws were murdered in Northern Ireland during the troubles outside of the jail's. It will have happened here aswell but it's a cliche that they're just gonna hit an inmate for nowt. Commonly - they'll treat you like you treat them. Think about it - do you want punched with no warning, slashed, toilet buckets poured on you, etc, etc. That's the job they face. No doubt about corruption and sadists but mostly a co-operative prisoner will not get hassle. Just imo. That's why violence in jails is kept private and out of sight. The cons are the hardest cos they've got less.
Quite clear for Scottish accent ! Ask him if he's met Brian cockerill the real McCoy
"Aw fuck yer gonny get some doin, dae ye think they'll batter me? " l nearly died laughing,,
I have a cousin who is very familiar with the inside of barlinnie prison isn't that right j frame 😂
I have got a Mars Bar myself too, it is delicious.
Legend
Thank you for posting, I believe Mr MacDonald.
The thing is, "Barlinnie" sounds nice if you don't know what it is.
As an English man I've been with a govern girl an I can say I do ney give a duck just poor men with nothing to do but fight poverty created a breed of men like the Scots
Hope street
Dubbed up in yer Peter in Bar L is fuckin hell
Blick seems proper would entry like to get on wrong side off him but a gentleman really
The bar' L '
The big hoose
subtitles for this video btw hahahhah
this didnae feel wrong! haha
Do u mind me swearing no u can do wit you want. Is that Gary Moore hes talking about going to vist
I don’t think it’s Gary Moore
He’s going on about.
Fingway
We had that curry in armly and it was fecin horrible that was back we had to piss in a bucket, I use to put orange peel in the bucket to make it smell a little better. And if ya wanted an shit ya made a parcel and through it through the bars for the garden party the next day.
He talks to his cell a lot
Spent my entire 20s in barlinnie. Actually had some really good laughs in the place considering. I used to do bio hazard clean ups so I got all the good gossip when people were slashed or smashed. I met one of the roof protesters. Big Buttsy lol screws were petrified from him. Also scheme were an amazing band, check them out on Spotify
Bio hazard ? Is that what we used to call " bomb disposal" 😂😂
Tick ticking away
MacDonald is funny guy