High Security Prisoner Reveals How To Survive The First 24 Hours In Britain's Worst Prisons

Stephen Gillen spent 17 years in prison as a high security inmate, sharing cells with some of Britain's most notorious criminals in the country's most violent prisons.
He explains how to survive the "jungle" of Britain's worst and most dangerous prisons. What happens from the moment you're sentenced? How should you act when you arrive in prison? How do you make sure other inmates do not bully and attack you?
Gillen says the first 24 hours of prison are critical in establishing yourself in the prison pecking order and making sure you survive day after day with your mental health in tack.
To learn more about Stephen Gillen's story and the work he's doing now head to: www.stephengillen.com
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[@7th.trumpet]

This guy would be brilliant at writing stories.

[@geraldinegaitens9190]

Raw brutal and told with eye watering honesty..this should be shown in every secondary school to deter any young person contemplating going down the road of serious crime...this ten minute clip was harrowing to watch..X

[@curlewpiper315]

So calmy put but yet so powerful

[@dgdiluce4840]

How terrible, what an awful life, crime is not the answer to anything. What a brave person to be strong enough to get out of the crime life and stand up to tell his story in public in the hope otheres don't follow the wrong path. He is a role model now for better and good must be terrible living with so much trauma. I hear Stephen Gillen id doing something called the Resilience code helping people. Interesting guy. I think it important to understand people first before judgment is made.

[@rarecockneyguvnor4945]

This man is the real Deal.

[@woodyforest7308]

The old adavich Do the crime... Do the time

[@woodyforest7308]

@@blitzerblazinoah6838 well they never did the crime....unlucky

[@wileecoyote1308]

People shouldnt be so quick to judge. There are many in the Prison system that shouldnt be. Yes some are incorrigible , but not all. Stephen has turned his life around and deserves full credit for his efforts in working to try and steer people away from that life. And as he is from my neck of the woods i give him a thumbs up and wish him well. I was a former long term Prisoner myself and spent a couple of yrs at LL 90-92 thereabouts.

[@hellsbells7271]

You wouldn't have to try and survive the first 24 hours in prison if you where a law abiding citizen.

[@larasteph9073]

Never heard of wrongful convictions or accidental killings?

[@jigsey.]

Didn't know Vinny samways was in prison

[@padiedo7213]

Just let the top dog WATCH what he wants 👍👍

[@jamessharpe6699]

Wow those same crimes in America you would have done 3 years Max

[@lamestreammedia3154]

How many years did you get for wearing that shirt?

[@nigelw7626]

It's not a shirt you numpty.

[@PapaOfGags]

Maybe ask him?... ;)