Photo by Wayne&Wax
Outside Ft. Augusta Adult Correctional Centre, the climate is almost beautiful enough to make you forget that you are outside a prison. Located just outside of Kingston in the neighboring parish of St. Catherine, the oceanside fortress was originally built by the English in the 1740s to serve as Kingston’s main defense on its west side. In 1763, lightning struck the fortress–and its three thousand barrels of gunpowder–and caused an explosion that broke windows 17 miles away and killed three hundred people. Nowadays, the remains of the fortress consists of massive crumbling walls of brick that have been fortified with other materials (including barbed wire, of course!) to make sure they serve their current duty of keeping its 150 female inmates inside.
Ft. Augusta is probably the smallest prison in the system and currently has a very strange predicament. Years ago, the Department of Correctional Services sold the land on which Ft. Augusta currently resides to the Jamaican Port Authority, such that the all-female prison is now effectively a squatter–and one that can’t be moved. According to Kevin, DCS originally had plans to build a huge 5000-inmate prison that would include both males and females and relieve the overcrowding situation faced by most of the institutions in Jamaica, but the new facility is long in coming, so there are no immediate plans to evict the residents of Ft. Augusta. However, no matter how long it is in coming, the move is still anticipated, so no one is willing to do any renovations on the facility for now. The facility is stuck in a precarious sort of limbo.
One part of the facility that desperately requires renovation is the road leading from the highway to the Fort. Instead of saying that it has potholes, I would perhaps say that it has “roadholes”, and that driving along the “road” is perhaps best compared to a connect-the-dots puzzle. The sides of the road alternate between greenery and impromptu garbage dumps, and if not for the idyllic view of the mountains and ocean just in the distance, it would be an exceedingly depressing drive.
Despite the difficulty of the trek, a good number of people are in the visitor’s area every time we visit. The prison is lower-security, smaller, and more isolated than Tower St., but the officers are, if anything, more strict about dress codes. They do, however, always let us drive our van straight into the facility–but not before searching the van and taking away all cell phones.
Through the main gates of the Fort is a big open courtyard surrounded by low administrative and dormitory buildings. There are plenty of palm trees and rocks for the inmates to sit under, and with the salty ocean breeze and the lazy, circling pelicans above, the Fort seems like a perversion of a typical island paradise–and it kind of is, compared to the other institutions.
As mentioned before, there are only about 150 inmates at Ft. Augusta. 80% of the inmates are drug mules, and the eclectic nationalities represented–Trinidad, England, Lithuania–reflects this. Out of the rest, there are only about 15 inmates at present who have committed capital crimes, so most of the inmates are serving relatively short terms. The institution also hosts around 20 juveniles, all of whom were transferred here from a regular juvenile institution for being “uncontrollable”. These statistics help explain the difference in atmosphere between Tower St. and Ft. Augusta. While fights do break out at Fort Augusta, there is much less violence than at Tower St, and so there are also fewer guards walking around with big, scary weapons. The women are, on average, more educated than their male counterparts. They are also allowed outside for longer each day, and so there is more structured rehabilitation outside of SET than at the other two institutions. There’s also the matter of uniforms–all Ft. Augusta inmates wear the same short plaid dress that keeps them cool, though ironically a visitor wearing the same thing would be violating the dress code.
The SET group at Ft. Augusta is much smaller than that of Tower St, although it is actually older. The SET computer lab and library there is its own small building. The inside of the building is brightly colored, with several murals painted by inmates and 10 or so networked computers, each named after a different country. Today, non-SET inmates are using “Japan”, “Canada”, and “Jamaica” to learn typing while the SET president supervises behind them. There have been many problems with keeping the labs consistently open for classes, and with Kevin so busy with the radio station at Tower St., the morale hasn’t been great lately. However, we’ve been giving them ideas for new projects that are starting to rekindle excitement. When the classes end, the meeting begins.
A SET meeting at Ft. Augusta is more structured than at the other institutions. Scripture is read, an inmate leads prayer, and then the SET executive body directs an in-depth discussion about a specific topic. This week, it happens to be “parenting”; as many of the inmates are mothers, it is an active and excited one. Even the officer supervising the inmates participates, posing a question that the inmates and guests are happy to propose solutions for. Many of the women exhibit quite a bit of wisdom, although their situation means that their children wno’t necessarily benefit from it for a while. The inmates speak of their concerns with reconnecting with their children, with trying to re-establish trust, communication, and even boundaries after the long separation. They talk about the difficulties with telling the children the truth about everything from their prison sentences to the universal parenting dilemma–sex. Some share stories, others advice, and it feels very much like a community even though the turnover rate is so high because the sentences are so short.
The younger members of the community are Ft. Augusta’s sadder cases. During the meeting, three juvenile inmates who were asked to attend drape themselves around the female officer who is supervising the meeting. She may be an officer, but she’s also the closest thing to a mother figure they have. Many of the juveniles are truly victims of the system. Some are in the institution simply because of their close proximity to violence–one girl, the close relative of a major don, was put in Ft. Augusta because a shoebox of live bullets was found in her room. Others became “uncontrollable” after the adults in their lives let them down in some way. All have been moved here from the juvenile institutions for exceptionally bad behavior, but there is no mental health system for them to figure out why and treat the problem at the source. All are also now further isolated from any support network they might have had, and are often bullied by the adult inmates.
A few weeks ago, Kevin and I attended Ft. Augusta’s “Family Day” for the juveniles, where the young ones performed songs, dances, and skits for the parents who came to visit interspersed with long speeches from the officers and administrators. The performances were wonderful and showcased the incredible talents and intelligence of the young inmates, but the speeches afterwards showed only how out of touch the system can be with the needs of the juveniles. Officers and child care workers placed undue emphasis on making the children shut up and listen, and getting them to obey mindlessly. One worker told them that if an adult tells them to jump, they should simply ask how high. No wonder the children weren’t listening–how could they take advice like that seriously when most of them are in the institution BECAUSE of the adults in their lives?
Furthermore, there was a troubling sexism that persisted throughout the system. At one point in the ceremony, a child care worker asked a young girl to stand up. She then said: “Look at this young woman. Look at this beautiful young woman. Look at all the things she could be. She could be a beauty queen, or a model, or even a supermodel.” There was no mention of the fact that she could also be a lawyer, or a scientist, or a business owner–instead, once again, these girls are told that their only worth was in their physical beauty. And we wonder why they choose to have sex instead of pay attention to their studies?
On the upside, however, Ft. Augusta has a fair and rehabilitation-focused superintendent and a staff that is willing to work with the SET program to give these girls more opportunities. The future of the Fort may be uncertain, but until they are moved, we will be making the long and bumpy journey to make sure that the women continue to focus on the positive things in life.
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hey hey,
i’m liking what i’m reading, lots of questions asked with lots of dialog due. i’d like to address some of that, seen? but you need to come on, come over (as fast as you can), so that we might get a little bit going on my side.
http://www.criticallimited.com
i’m particularly interested in wayne’s account of the dancing, along with the ideas of otherness inside the system (i’ve spent a bit of time going in as an outsider doing service work, more on that in a bit). also your bit on masculinity in hip hop, about which not enough is said (other than the obvs).
k. give a shout.
best,
kev
Hi kevin i’m glad to see this web site and to see that set is still going on. please if pasing thru the place called hell again could you hail up shanika for me and all da other woman as they are always in my heart and never forgotten GOD bless Dionne
KEV, CAN U BIG UP JAY, MELLO, SHANEKA, AND ALL THE OTHER INMATES OFR ME FORM DEBBIE B. IN MIAMI FLORIDA, LET THEM KNOW I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN THEM.
°̩ remmber JAY! She’s
ƍöôϑ as far as °̩ know, °̩ was an imate there the whole of 2006! °̩ miss them loads 😦 all the inmates know ♏ê as EMPRESS
I would like some information about my daughter woh is in this prison. She is from Bermuda, I am unable to get any information about her or receive any mail from her. can you help with this. I am always on the internet lokking for infrmation about this prison. I live in Bermuda
don’t u guys get it every beutiful thing that u guys saw was rehearsed before your visit
knowing as an ex inmate we where told to be at our best behavior when there was an outside visit or else!!!!!!!!
while inmates are bein beatin by 7 officers an a regular base
This I saw many times too even the lil kids who should NEVER be in an adult prison in the first place
I’ve seen it too. When I was there back in 2004/2005,I had seen enough things to testify to things ain’t right in there. the supa at that time was a good man a was looking to make great changes ,I was there when computers first came to the prison. you would think they had brought them from home only letting the girls they know in to use them I was ok there but some of the other forieign girls I felt sorry for.many turn to alternative lifestyles.Some turn crazy. the wardress had there favorite immates.I kept few friends and stayed cool til my time was up,After a while the days seem to get shorter and freedom was only a breath away.elvore moody is gone home but i wish i could find her.lulene williams’cooley girl’ and natasha wellington.where are you?
That’s bullsh*t I’m an ex inmate who served 3 years, spent my 21st bday there!! I can tell u all how it is!! Ur all living in a dream!!
°̩ spent my 18th there
Ex-inmate I was there back in 2001-2002 and you are absolutley correct in making this statement. But, what I can say is that its nice to know there is more going on then just seating on freedom rock and church on sundays!!!
We are not regular visitors: we see the prison as it really is because we are in there three days a week. Trust me–the officers show us no kindness and don’t try to put on their best behavior for us. We know about the beatings, and the brutality, and all of that. We see the officers walking around with their nightsticks and machine guns and the hatred in their eyes.
What I find beautiful is that some of the inmates are willing to try to do their best in life despite all of that.
Listen when u go in that place u only see the good part I experienced the bad part it was awful I’m thinking of writing a book about that place or go on banged up abroad I tell u how it really was not all good I tell u the pure nightmare I experienced seen it make me have nightmares for years
that’s true i’m one of then ex-inmates i am now busy getting my college digree.
But it’s hard to kinow that in the 18 months that i have been there i have really made true friends that i had to leave behind i’m now in holland living my good life and they are there suffering if there are so many people that know about the beating and everything why is there still no help for these girls don’t they disurve the same human rights as others???????????????????????/
the advice that i can give you sharon is to call the prison and ask how you can send her money .
when i was there it was true westion union sent to the church (stella maris church) then she can contact u without money she can not buy a phonecard or stamps
Can anyone please give me the correct mailing address to the Prison. I am not able to find anything on the Internet. Not even from the prison itsself. On one is sure of the correct address. How discouraging.
you have to mail the church they wil carry it to the prison this is the phone nember call them first to get confermation that they still visit the prison Tel: 876-925-9520 the adress is Stella Maris Church Hall & Pastoral Centre
62 Shortwood Road
Kingston 8
Jamaica
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I have just found out that my girl has been sentenced to 3 years in prison for trying to smuggle pot out of Jamaica for her own use. Granted, it was more than an ounce, and it wasn’t a smart thing to do on her part, but nonetheless, she got caught. (I didn’t know she was doing this) I think she will be placed in Fort Augusta. I have called the church and will be sending her mail there. Thank you for the number and the info on that!!
Is there any appeals process or possible way of getting her sentence reduced? Does anyone know of any contacts there in Jamaica that can help? I live in the US in Los Angeles. Is there any way a lawyer from the US can help her?
Dear Sir,
It has been 18 yrs since I left this nasty place. There is no way to appeal that i know of. They want money. Its that simple. I am sure your girl has a fine, and a portion of the fine drops off after each sentence is served (was her time concurrent or consecutive?) if all she had was weed there should only be a fine. Depending on the judge she got that is. When i was there, there were no computers or phones to use, and u could hardly call what they fed us food. the worst part is leaving behind friends that u make. People who they will never let out because of their backwards ways of thinking. I am white, from a good family, and i did 2 yrs for a small amount of weed. people came in with way more weed than me, and left way before me. there is no rhyme nor reason to their so called justice system…they just want ur money. There were times that we had NO WATER, to drink, to bathe, to wash our frocks…u dont understand how much u take for granted until its taken from u. if u have the money, or if u know anyone with the money GET HER OUT. She could die over something very stupid
I just looked at the date…tomorrow will be the 20th anniversary of when i was locked up in Mo Bay (montego bay)….i will never forget the hell…i will never forget my friends…
I too spent time in that hell, 1994. White from Canada, it was HELL and back. Please please please tell your children to never be influenced to travel to Jamaica for smuggling, it’s NOT worth it. You always get caught. Prison is no joke for women in Jamaica. When I was there they let a women named Mary die ( she was from the Bronx ). They didn’t have enough medication for her and she died. I couldn’t believe the bucket they gave us to use for bathing, washing our frocks, washing our dishes and drinking. There were ALOT of days spent there with no water. The food, wow now that was something else, chicken back and rice, turkey neck and rice, tin mackerel and dumplings, crackers and butter or should I say lard, omg it was terrible. I lost over 40 pounds in 4 months. The fights were brutual and I am so thankful that I came home with no scars on my face, most girls there had scars. The day I was released was one beautiful day and I worship Canada, my home sweet home. I can go on forever about Fort Augustus, maybe one day write a book about the time spent there. Everyone should know the truth about that place….
Yolanda, you are absolutely right!
I too was there the same time that you were there, I know the horrendous housing conditions. I remember them shutting off the main water valve at the head of the prison, for days to a week. My friend passed away in the prison due to the negligence of the Superintendant at the time.
i’ve been there..i was an inmate…prison life never , never, never fuckin nice.. it’s not the prison itself that’s bad it s the people in it who make it worse and it is not a rehabilitation it is a disshabilitation centre…all it it teaches you is patience because you wait so long to come out.. shit happens im makin sure i never go back tho.
jamaica is my land of birt but the people are not nice the prison have no rule the gov is not doing nothing to fix the problem they run the prison like its a slave camp this is jamaica not africa,why send people to prison and they cant get to there family.if u have money u can buy ur way out of prison u can live large.
we have a 26 year old sister who is currently serving time, she was set up by a drug baron and used as a mule without her knowing. apparently we have heard that she has crackers an water for breakfast an is sharing a bed with another woman, could someone plse shed some light on this and explain the procedure in there plse.x PEACE.
i was there from 2002to 2003 and i never share bed with no one u ave water bathrooms are clean…..the food is no good she will b alright as long as she stay to her self and dont get mix up.
BIG UP THE LADIES OF FORT AUGUSTA !! big oono self !!!
Times is hard in F.A.A.C.C , and yes that’s all you get for breaky, hot water and crackers, Sundays you get fried dumpling, liver and hot tea , than we got a piece of chicken, rice & peas, salad,and maybe juice !!!!!! (that was a treat compared to the rest of the week)
If you send your people Money , Pounds it would really help, When you get busted inna Jamaica, at the police station they do take everything away,all your clothes. Sometimes they let you have your panties, soap,shampoo,conditioner, But lemmie tell you something it does not last.
The prison provides you with 2 uniforms, 1 nightie,1 bowl,1 cup, 1 spoon, 1 bucket, 1 mattress,1 pillow if your lucky, 2 sheets than that’s has to last you 6 – 24 months if not longer, you usually have to find extra bottles in the garbage for your bleach & soap !
The Stella Maris Church is the best way to send them Money or Pounds and packages of goods such as bar soap, panties, AM/FM radio with headphones, bras, hard candies because Chocolate will melt, pre-paid envolopes, writing paper, pens,hair elastics,body spary, deorderant,crosswords,international phone card, that’s important too , you should always have inter phone card number ready when your people call, so they can jot down number !!!! Last but not Least always keep the letters going cause it’s so nice to get letter, pictures and just the love you feel from home !!!!!
Hi Markisa my little friend.
Your so true in everything you say its hard in there very hard but you just ave to stay strong in there and you will get through it. we did hun and we made it. i know i will never forget it , it was hell but i met a lot of friends in there that i miss sooo much they become like family. But i just met them in diffrent sercumstances. when you get letters from your family and friends it makes you feel that little bit better and makes you cope that little bit better.
hi there or should i say wha gwan Yes i was there and it was hard but i made it through. Three years i did and believe me it wasn’t easy. But i have to say “God is sooo good.” I found when i was there i didn’t know what to do or how to get through . I started to look in church and it gave me such strength. I also joined the Set group and kept myself very busy . And when my time came closer to leaving i just started to work for the prison and really stay focused and out of trouble. Cause that is what keeps you focused and looking forward to freedom Knowing that my time sooon come. There is also the main church that keeps you uplifted and encouraged and that one is called The Stella Maris Church. All the ladys are awesome and wonderful . So my advice is to keep encouraged and love the people and love God. He will get you through it and it will get much easier that is what i did and he saved me.
PS . remember that you have another chance to change your life so believe and you will acheive. barbara
HEY BARBARA IT DIONNE HIT ME UP ON MY ENAIL
hi is this Dionne from Canada?
Hey is this barbra from DORM 2
its rose, I was in dorm 2, how is mellow, melody shani and jay?my thoughts and love are with them at this timeof the year… I wonder how all the dorms look for xmas and who will win…
can u ask jay to get in contact with flavia please, she knows who i am and knows how to contact me
no but she has seen it and wants too big up her friends
jenny penny, Marva , brown kisha ,dark kisha,shotta lee , dorm head danty,diane.
SEND FIRE FOR THE LESBIAN GYAL BEENIE
hey to all…i was an inmate in ft.DISCUSTUS,as we called it, im german national and i was there in 99 for 18 month.it was the worse time in my life and im glad i made it throu..it was very hard and rough,thank god for stella maris church, they are sent from up above..they kept me goin and helped me keep the faith.THANK YOU!!! i hope they close this place soon and sent the inmates to a better institution where they can do their sentence , without roaches ,rats, etc..and i pray they get medical assistance when needed!!!!!! im glad i made it back home and i know one thing, jamaica yes,prison NEVER EVER AGAIN!!!!!!!! if u want 2 sent an inmate anything, best to do is throu the embassy or stella maris church, that way they will get it.
i wish all the inmates of ft. discustus the very best, keep the faith and dont let them get u down… peace from germany…..Tina
Hi guys, I know someone that might be convicted soon and serve a senteve in ft augusta, do any of you know the chances of getting off? she was also set up, how reliable is the system in jamaica? any history of someone getting off? also we’re hoping to get her extradited, does that happen or is it just false hope?
unfortunatly my love its false hope the system sucks they dont produce evidence or give you any real trial the whole court prosess lasts about five minuits no lawyer nothing just guilty and a sentance luckly the time you get is not as long as in some places by the time your friend got thru the red tape of extradition her sentance would be done sorr to give you bad news but at least you know good luck to your friend, pat xx
George, Truth of the matter is she will be serving time, the system has no hope but if she does end up going in she will be there for a bit of time or maybe more depending on wut she was carrying. The only chances i know of getting off are money and lots of it but not even that works as easily anymore!Good luck.. and if its not a long stay she’ll be fine but other than that some ppl will make her feel alright!Try to make sure she has someone to visit her regularly i think its once every two weeks and make sure the visitors bring ID when they go to visit and a picture.
ex inmate myself, 10 years ago now. was also worst time of my life. was there in 1999 served 1 year. If u have a loved 1 in there, keep the letters going! send money as this makes it 10 times more comfortble! alot of foreigners in there from all over states,uk and europe……. U wont get replys of letters often from an inmate but keep sending your letters out it really helps….. she will be out, take it 1 day at a time….. 1 day at a time!
Hello, I was an inmate at fort Augusta for 18mths, it was not easy, but thanks be to God today I can truly say am free, no longer bound, I too can say I have met some really nice people while I was there, its really said to know that these ladies are being beaten when I was there it happen once where a male officer hit a inmate and of course riot break out, but no beating to say the least, i am shocked at this new revelation to know that these ladies are being beaten, there are not there for punishment their are there as punishment…… I thank God for the Power of Faith Ministries that goes to the prison and minister to these inmate and encourage them, I was there so i know what impact it has on ones life, When i arrived there back in 2001 I left there 2003 a changed person. Some of the cases I think need to be reopen!!! I have 2 friends there that i consistently prayed for, And I know God will see them through, the system need to be change……………..Change is coming its what’s gots to happen……its on the way.
Ps Toronto Canada
Hello, I also did time there 2001-2002, I am sure we may know ea other. I am glad to hear you have found God in your life and have continue on your walk wit him. I too found that freedom and today I am associate pastor of My church. 🙂 everyone called me Lynn..blessings hope to hear from you.
as an ex inmate i would like to say that i think the so called rehab programs are a joke and although set have made considerable improvments to the lives of the inmates that is the only posative thing about the whole place. most of the time inmates are not even granted basic human rights, i know this first hand, i went to that place that is not fit for dogs to run in, walking, and healthy and have left there sick walking with a cane or in a wheelchair, and on medication for the rest of my life and most of this could have been avoided if i had been afforded my basic human rights.
but i will say certain inmates and 3 officers made my life bearable and infact saved my life, because if these officers had not looked after me the way they did and gone against certain rules to help me i would not have made it home atall.
i was there for 2 years and the whole time i was there the only positive speaker to come was ruben carter, who has helped me not to be so bitter about the situation, but beleive me when i say most of the good things you see there are fake, and an oscar deserving act from the officers, whom i like to think of as, premenstral beasts with wepons on a power trip.
and i also believe nothing there will ever change until people srart talking up and saying how it really is in there. when ever the embassy used to come and see us there are several officers who stand around almost intimidatting you into not saying anything.
there were many occasions that i was to sick to see the embassy and my friends were told to tell them that i was fine, there were also 2 instances when i was told they were taking me to the hospital because my mum(rip) had forced the embassy to come back because i had to sneak out information on how my health had deteroated so severly.
i have bags and bags of anamosity towards the jamaican prison system and most of the people in power have no right to be there my 2 year old daughter could do a better job of running the place. i have been offered an opportunity to write a book about my experiences over there and i fully intent to take it up and tell the world about the real fort agusta.and as my illness is taking parts of my independance away from me more and more each day i really have nothing to lose. so please all who want to know about what really goes on in the hell hole called fort agusta get the book.
i had no idea that that prison was a hell hole. My Aunt-in-law served time in there for Capital Murder. But me Jamaican resident for 18yrs had no idea whatsoever that this shit was going on. I though the General Penetentary was hell hole but my gosh…this is madness. I do hope you write the book cause i read all the postings on here, but yours had to make me stop and write. When you say you have nothing to loose i just felt like crying…i would love to hear your story. So please…write that book.
i too was an inmate for 2 yrs…and i have a book in progress as well..like yourself i had things happen to me over there as well that will never be right…mentally and physically..i had 7 chapters and lost them when my computer took a crap. But i’m back on it..my stay started 20 yrs ago…and sometimes i wake up thinking i’m still there..the nightmares have tapered off a bit…but i still remember Paula…i think of her often and wish i could do something to help her..if anyone KNOWS ANYTHING about PAULA WOOLNAUGH please let me know…she was serving a death sentence.
man i just stumbeled up on this site… Mannnnnn!!!! I too was a inmate at fort agustas back in 1995. and yes i too was set up by a guy who i thought i trusted. i stayed there in montego bay jail for 1 month and then went on to the prison for 6 months. everything that everybody is writting is true. omg! the place was so dirty, pigs, chickens, dogs sand flies, cenipedes and rats all lived there with us and at night the rats took over. it was the most disgusting thing i had ever seen and lived through. u talking about being tramatized after getting out. i was in a state of overwhelmness, disbelief, i did not even really know how to deal with life after getting out. it took a while for me to get my barrings again. i really want to write a book too. i have soooo many things to say and so many people that i want to tell about this place. fron the tine in the airport when the police stopped me and put me in this little room wit a scale and said this is what we found in ur suitcase with these little ass cocker spaniel dogs as drug sniffing dogs. i told the guy that i had no idea where the ganga came from that i was framed and that if i could take a lie detector test that all this would be cleared up. well they dont have lie detecter test in jamaica it is pretty mush your word against the police. ( i later found out that the guy who set me up had no intentions for me to even come home, he hadnt paid off the guys at the airport so thats why i got busted, the weed was going to go back to ports o call and not go with me to maimi and when i got to miami i was going to be fucked because the weed stayed in fucking jamaica so it is basically called a sucied mission and i was the one that would have been dead!!!! so for that reason and that reason only i am glad i got caught and did not make it to miami without the other guys package. now as far as jail, i am going to be real with you, the officers were ok they would bring u food from this fake ass kfc or cookies and boxed drinks if u had some money or they were into u, some of the women had to give favors( if u know what i mean ) to get stuff other than that it was thick ass bread, cheese, and raw sugar water that was disgusting. but if u have nothing else, u make do. THANK GOD!!!! i was liked by the head lady in the jail Ms. Robinson, she brought me a comb, brush gave me some of my clothes and fake kfc, candy, cookies, juice, and let me make regular call home to los angeles. oh i forgot to mention that if u have money or they think u have money, u got it made! now let me tell u about the jail conditions, whooo! i really need to write a book because it is soooo much to tell and i have not even put a dent in my story. anyway, the jail is made of concrete, two story and on one side u have a solitary part that they call vietnam because anything goes, all the inmates are waiting trial and i guess those ones were crazy as hell cause they would try to throw pis and shit and hot tea an us as we would walk by to go to court. upstairs was where they kept all the people they call foreigners ie. americans. the beds were made of pure slabs of concrete and the only thing to cushion u is any pieces of clothing the police may let u have. the toilet was concrete and did not flush, basically a square piece of concrete with a hole in that did not flush. the smell was herendous. the shower was a joke. no hot water, it too was just a slab of concrete filled with mold, mildew and slime on the floor of it yuk!! so to pass my time i eat a lot of cheese and bread so i didnt have to shit and sang songs and swapped stories with the other girls i had met from ny, philly, jersy, and l.a.. after going to court 5 times i was finally sentenced in a court room that looked nothing like a courtroom at all (maybe in the 1700’s). but anyway, i was sentenced to 3 counts of 6 mos. each all to run together for 110 lbs. of weed. at the courthouse i met a man a local who said dont fret u r strong, what is your name, i will come visit u and bring u what ever u need (GOD SENT). Oh did i mention that all this time my grandmother was sending money to Ms. Robinson and to the lawer that i had hired. they were swindeling my grandmother out of thousands of dollars!!!!!!! ok the ride to the prison, the truck was so narrow and they had us locked in these indivual cages, bumping and bouncing back and forth, hitting pothole after another, on a onr lane road that led to thes big, old ugly ass prison that is surrounded by water. when getting there you got all kinds of remarks from the other prisoners tring to intimidate you and the gaurds saying smart ass shit to you, telling u to hurry up put all your belongings into this dirty dusty shed, all that was left from being rummaged through at the jail from the police. ok now its time to get your 1 bar of carbolic soap, some dish washing liquid to wash your sheet and frock which was a 2 panel pattern sewn together, a hat to match, and a belt, some pads and a 2inch foam mattres oh and a bowl, spoon and cup. i almost forgot a 5gallon bucket that we had to fill up with water to bathe out of. dont be a fool and use all ur water in on day for bathing cause u dont grt to fill up the bucket everyday or whenever u wanted to. the water was only turned on twice a week. so when u hear water on you better get to running to fill up. okay sorry i have to stop now but i will come back tomorrow to finish my story i know so many of u know just what i am talking about
i know just what you mean girl i was there when u were and everything you are saying is true it was like living hell there i thought the nightmare would never end i couldnt wait until i got back to the state i was from ny and like you said to pass the time we would sing or tell stories about back home i almost died there of food poisoning they did not take me to the hospital or nothing if it wasnt for the foreign girls as they called us i would have died. the heavy set lady was ok at times i forgot her name she was the one hit in the head by an inmate when they had the prison riot just before we got there they had just come off of lockdown but everything u said is true a book or a movie could tell more
exinmate living proof
I think we know ea other.
I know exactly, wow it’s like I’m reading my experience. so true, every word, waiting to see the rest…..
I’d love to hear of some of your experiences as I have a friend lock-up there. please contact me at cutie1999@mailinator.com
WOW reading this has brought back memories!! Getting flashbacks and everything, I’m soo glad I’ve found this site because I’ve finally found some comfort knowing that °̩ can relate and tell my story too, its not the same trying to explain my story to my family members cuz there wernt there! So thank u
it sadden me everyday when I hear about more people going to prison for what they don’t realise how much they are going to loose. I spent almost 3 years there and to get my freedom back is something I thank GOD for everyday just to be able to walk anywhere I feel, put on pair of shoes, new clothes I thank GOD everyday. When groups like SET come in there they(officers) put on a front like everything is ok. One thing that has always haunted me was the death of an old lady who was in there for not paying her light bill. All night the lady in cell next to her in side cell called for the officer to come we all heard ,we also banged are grills to try to get their attention. the next morning when they could be botherd it was to late she had been dead all night.If only they cared anuff for another human begin then may be she would still be here , on the radio(that same day!) I heard with my onw ears that this same old lady had died on the way to hospital not only had they failed her but they were covering it up too.
Begin hungrey is not a nice thing all these things I felt there despair’ anger’lonly. when the hurricanes came we were moved to horzion(remand) the first time we went there I had my daughter with me who I had while in there we were treated like anmials. this place is not a joke vistor will never really know what goes down unless you really want to. For all my people who are trying to make a quick money take my advice just pray as we used to say” PRAY BUST UP ANY LOCK”
One stupid mistake ened up with me getting 4 and half years in hell I’m one of the lucky ones I made to the other side praise GOD some are not so lucky beging away form my coutry (England) was bad never missed it till then. anyone who is intrested in put there story in this book with a few other woman are welcome just email me carolrmorgan@gmail.com if the book changes just one person mind form doing what I did then it was not all in vain. FRRRREEEEDDOOOOMMM!!!1 BEST THING EVER!
P.S i’m looking to publish a book called ” welcome to hotel forta agusta “
PLEASE CONTACT ME- I JUST GOT OUT IN AUG. I DID ONE LONG YEAR 954-548-9995
My daughter has just been sent to F.A. she has been given 30mths i understand she will only do 20 mths but got a huge fine aswell, where are we supposed to get the fine money from? how the hell can i help her? what is the best thing i can do? please help. a very worried mum.
my daughter has just been sent there what is it really like, what is the best thing i can send her? how do you pay the fine? i`m so worried.i`m please your home.take care.
wow, when I was in there they let a lady die then too. I was there in 94 and a lady named Mary was in there from the Bronx and she needed alot of meds that the prison could not provide. On the night she died she was screaming throughout the prison for help, the guards finally came and stood outside the bars and watched her die, got the inmates to throw her body in the back of a jeep and off to the hospital where they later said she died. so TERRIBLE. The daily muster read 1 inmate dies in hospital………she died there, so corrupt that country. I’m glad to be Canadian and live here in Canada!
I think I know Mary was she quite a large white lady with long hair? If so I met her at Denham town Remand centre. I remember her being sentenced at the end of 1993. I was only 17 back then my dad travelled from England paid thousands of dollars 2 a lawyer & I got let out after 2/3weeks in remand. It was awful at Denham town 2 & I was a very young girl. Did anyone else stay there first? U ladies are so brave enjoy every minute of yr free life! X
Wow i really wish i had stumbled across this site earlier, like a couple of years ago. One of my friends ended up in fort augustus smuggling cannibus from JA TO London (we live in London) she was only 20 she got 1year..and although i searched and searched i just did not know how to communicate with her i was so desperate (once i got over being mad at her for being involved) to write to her..anyway she is out now and, our friendship has really suffered its like we have had to start again she definetley is not the same girl..even when she’s happy i can see the pain in her eyes and hear it in her voice. Even now i dont know what she experienced as she cant talk about it fully…all i can do is be a good friend
my name is loranza i was locked up in jamacia for 121/2 months from may 1999 to june 8th 2000 it is no gravy over there so if you have any thing extra please send it to your family or friends send boxes under clothes money anything contact the embassy where the are from and and the will let you know what you can send and where to send it to. mail they wont recive it unless you send it through the embessy. its a hot mess over there. when your family or friend gets home just be there for them. they need you more then you think they do. when i came home i was messed up i missed up in the mind but i missed my family so much i didn”t care about how i felt even know i was hurting deep down inside. all i ask is that you just dont accuse them of anything they are in fear and don”t know if they are coming or going they miss you more then you could ever imagine.remember money talks and bulls==t walks. if you need to talk e-mail me @ loranzacooper@ymail.com.
hi loranza, I was in the same dorm as you, you were with blondie, cant beleive that place is as bad as ever, wonder how dainty, mello, laura davis etc are. never forgotten everyone. cant believe i came across this on computer, would love hear from you Tina (blonde from england)
what’s ur friends name?
Manpz friends name is Siobhan?
Hiya I just came across this site. and ive been reading all your comments! Im shocked st reading it all. Basically I have a problem, my friend recently got locked up in JA, none of us have heard anything from her, no phone call no letter NOTHING. Im really worried about her, and how can we write to her, whats the address.. I only was certain she was locked up for sure as it was printed in the ja observer. It says she has got 2 years, but she has plenty of fines. what is your best advice? Reading all this, I dont know how my friend is coping inside. as she s also from the UK. Thanks x
hi tina i think i was locked up with you no sure do you have two boys? and what happend when you got back home please contact me loranzacooper@ymail.com
hey lorenza, yes its me…i wanted 2 send u an e mail but the address not workin….get in touch , would luv 2 hear from u….tinao05@yahoo.com
I WAS LOCKED UP THERE FOR ONE YEAR, I REALLY LEFT ALOT OF GOOD FRIENDS BEHIND AND SOME NOT SO GOOD. NO MATTER WHAT NOONE DESERVES THOSE TYPE OF TREATMENT,ALL I CAN DO IS THANK GOD I MADE IT OUT. I PLAN TO GO BACK AND VISIT AFTER CHRISTMAS-I REALLY WANT TO DO SOMETHING TP HELP MY FALLEN SISTERS,ANYONE WANT TO JOIN JUST CONTACT ME, I THINK THE MEN GET BETTER TREATMENT THAN US DEBBIE4UDEMYIA@AOL.COM. GOD BLESS U ALL
im 2 an ex inmate, was there in 2001-2002 i gave birth to my first son whilst serving my sentance, worst experience 2 say the least i really hope that one day that hell hole will be shut down
I to served time in Fort A.
It was an experience that I will never forget. I was used as a mule to bring weed into T.O. ,I was set up.
The Montego Bay jail, was disgusting, guards help foreigners, I was there for 1 month before even going to court. Justice?
Fort A, terrible place, I still am shell shocked and that was 1992.
I have tried sending friends I made, letters and money but not sure if they ever received or not because of all the corruption in the system.
Peace be with all still there.
Shout out to Cynthia.
hi i am a ex inmate left this year may, i also thank god for giving me the strength to get pass every draggin day. being black english made me more on my gaurd, u can honestly feel the evil around you people are so bad mind in there and the officers are currupt and full of hate. i would not wish it on my worst enermy, i was in a daze when i was released freedom felt so good but leaving people who i had meet behind was hard because u feel it for them. each day is like a week 6 months i did and it felt like a year. i wish something could be done for the ladies left in there they get treated like animals and its not right thats why they dont allow certain people in the prison. something needs to be done its not right !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
well!! fort augusta! huh to words hell hole i seaved 2 yrs sentanc over ther an trust me it was hard you av to take each day as it comes u dnt kno wats round tha corner!
the people them crazy! tha officers are just as bad as tha inmates very few officers you can talk to tha rest of them just feel say true youre in there prison you aint shit whilst there i graduated for a cosmotology course which is tha best thing i got outta ma stay. big up ma prison man that sen on ma weed for me! even tha warder men too!!lol so ya see prison life is fucked up an i really feel sorry for anyone whos on a long sentace
As i sit here in tears and see the same stories that I once lived, for I myself was as prisoner @ ft.agusta and had i known that I could reach to spead the the word of what is really going on in that camp, I would have .It was a living HELL you had all of those things going on and thensome.I wish that I could remember everybody’s last name because some of them are in there for quite some time if not a lifetime.Laura A\and Shabba were always the ones that everybody thought were crazy, some of the hardist women still have them feminine side of them that makes just like any other woman that’s had to struggle in their life.shout to those who can remember the american girl from WASHINGTON,DC US who would sing to delight church and the only american girl accepted to perform in the plays that were put together by anice girl,can’t remember her name.A lot of things I left in FT.AUGUSTA, (My peoples who became my friends)but will remain in my heart forever.Doing GOOD in the U.S.A. EVERYBODY GETS A SECOND CHANCE TO DO LIFE RIGHT.
I was in Jail for 6 months and in Fort Agustus for 2 calender years. I had my baby there. I was looking up the prison to see if there was something I could do for british women that are there. The prison changed my attitude to people and to life. I made friends and I made enemies but life is short and when you have 300+ hormonal women locked up and I mean locked up in a small environment what do you expect. I mean a woman can get of a murder case with PMT!!! I had a hard time and if it were not for some of the other inmates I would most probably be dead by now!! I haved a sad story to tell but from my experience in Fort Agustus I have a beautiful daughter (Skye) and I have made an everlasting friend who will be my friend to the end of time. Nuff love xxx Feel free to holla me up if you want xxx
I don’t know where you are from or what year you were there , but I feel the same way.may stay was not as long as yours but being in there is all the same im from washongton dc I’ve been home for almost 6 years now and I have had a new outlook eversince.I have been tryin to find some of the girls that i was in ther with maybe some of the same people i know you know if you have a freedom book.
hi can any one give me info on what helped them get through this tough time. my email is michelle.plumb@hotmail.co.uk my daughter is there. do you have access to a kettle? i thought i might be able to send dried food. what kind of things can i send her? what is useful?
I was there 1991 and it was brutal harsh i witness a girl get gang rape in dorm # 5 buy a juvinile who at the time was awaiting exucation for killing her ex lover and her current lover she chopped of their heads sewn them back on not before drinking there blood. it’s a harsh tough place my god bless any one who lives and tells about it.
I was also an inmate at the prison. And I know first hand how tramatizing it is to be sent to that place.Had it not been for Gods Redeeming Grace there is no way I would have made it out of that hell.When God says enough is enough trust me thats all you get. I was 3month pregnant at the time I gave birth in that place but i was determined not to give up although the thought was on my mind daily.Everyone was good to me thank God i was pregnant cause the alternate lifestyle the ladies succumb to was not an option for me.Now about the officers some and I mean very few were humans. Then there were some that were just demons jealous when you get a visit cause you eating better than them even though you locked up.Thats why I had to beat one of the officers myself her name was ms. williams she worked in the kitchen. cont………
when the evil in your heart can cause you to harm an innocent baby you have an issue.She purposely put scotch bonnet peppers in my newborn baby kettle that i used to make her feeding.That was not all there was a nurse but she was a dingbat..then there was Michelle..RIP..who died after being ignored all night by the officers after a botched abortion these things need to be looked into because no matter what those women in there need to be healthy when they go home.Its been eight years and there is not a day that I dont remember that place it was once my place of residence for a year. RIP…SONIA JONES SHE WAS AN AWESOME LADY
I WILL NEVER FORGET HOW SHE WALKED UPFRONT TO GET DIAPERS FOR MY BABY WHEN THE OFFICERS DIDNT WANT TO GET IT FOR ME. I HOPE MRS BAILEY DONT WORK THERE ANYMORE..DEVIL!ANYWAY WE WILL OVER COME GOD BLESS.
i was there in 1991…u r referring to the infamous DORM 5 (where they kept prisoners who were awaiting trial for long periods of time in Kingston only) I AM TRYING HARD TO THINK OF WHO YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. They had a name for her but it was not her god given name and even though she was scary (BAD) i dont think she did this “a juvenile who at the time was awaiting execution for killing her ex lover and her current lover she chopped of their heads sewn them back on not before drinking there blood.” but i remember the rape…I was in dorm 6 and all u could hear were screams…that poor girl was raped with whatever those women could find to put up her…i think it was the juvenile and one other girl though not a gang…
so sorry to hear sonja jones has passed away if you knew the changes that lady brought to fort augusta from 1999 2001 you wouldnt beleive she made the first release of a long term prisionerdue to parole something that had never happened before she really stuck up for the ladys there what a inspiration a truely great human beinga lady had been there for 27 yrs with no end in sight sonja fought for us all that lady was my dorm mate and was parolled while i was there the first ever lady released was claudett williams and shes now free big up claudette andr i p sonja you were a diamond
god bless u all it was a horrible experience for all of us especially the ones who had to give birth if you remeber me call me at 8032360860 my name is Dina and i was from new york
hi dina if i remember you right you had a little boy there shortly after i had my daughter and we were in dorm 10 together, if this is you big yourself up girl, glad your doing well, if you reply to this i will give you a call if its not you god bless anyway sista, anyone that can make it out of that hell hole crawling or walking big up and god bless.xxx
Well its been over 1yr now sience ive been out n just comeig across this site now. i got a long 365 days in forto every day of it felt like a life time but i gotta say im truly blessed im out now learnt a life lesson and it was hell on earth but an experience of a life time and summit id neva forget.. ts hard to explain to people what it was like in there cause funny enuff u had sum ok days and the rest boi there were sumdays were i felt like i cudnt go on i had it hard in there not so much the place but the people init but what they say “wot dont kill you only makes u stronger” and it sure did. what took me to this site was that its just over a year my lil prison sister got murderd not long after her relase from forto (rest in paradise Anneka “priory” Hayden ) foreva in my hart.
it jus made me relalise alot of thingsand got me thinking, there so many yung gurls in fort for such things that in the uk they wudnt be incarserated for and it sadnens me to no that ive left behind some nice yung gurls when you get to no them there jus missunderstood and dont belive they shoud be in prison. but the system out theres twisted. yo.
but i jus wanna continue to pray for the young ones in there. and the peps i meet in der gud or bad cause they all touched me in some way which made me the yung woman i am now.
prison aint no bed of roses but i tell u dis it made me understand myself so much. god does certain things for a reason and me endeing up in forto was one of them.
please if u can send my blessings and upmost respect to mello she was blessed to me and shani and if my lil prison daughter shanice is still there and Ashley please let them no i love dem and miss them. ive been writting dem but with this system whos to say they get my mail.
A.A.B
idk if im the same shanice but i had a prison mom fr uk and if its u can hite me up on facebook ma email is jurhani26@yahoo.com i hve nothing to say about that hell of a place i was 14 when they sent me there just because i didnt want to hear ma aunt which was wrong and it not like i was out there looking man i just loved the street and the funny part apart i was on A student and in the summer of 07 i was there thats were i spent my summer fr july to sept and god see and knw if me neva strong mi woulda madddd RIP ANNEKA I HAD MET ON HONEST FRIEND….
hello my name is baby c and i served time in that god for saking place talk about a shithole i would allow my dog to be in that place i was there back in 2001 to 2003 and lets just say it was the hardest experince of my life im so glad that i was out of that place and i survived apart from the skinky dogs running around making hole heap of noice at night and spunky having sex with all the other dogs. the place was disgraceful man officers beating on imates and welll the food well i rather feed it to the dogs well i tried and not even the dogs liked it!!!!!!! now that’s saying something.
i’m so glad at the time my mum was there to help mi with tolitries and money but last oct i lost my dear mum to cancer and it was the hardest thing i had to deal with R.I.P mum i love you
you can get over this and remember it you that has to make this change in life no one can do it for you im sucessfully working as a midwife and got my degree and i have changed my life around i also had a baby in 2004 he is now nearly six and if anyone ever remembers mi i had a little girl at the time called jurneika she was 9months at the time but she is 9 going on 18 lol
if anyone wants to contact mi my details are khancellereece@live.com love to speak to some old friends
take care
blessings to all
baby c
just sent one message dsont know if it posted succesfully if not my e mail adress is patricia.a.daver@hotmail.co.uk my nane is elisabeth bromley (pat)
i was a inmate in that hole fo 8 months and it was the worst time of my life but i got throgh it and i am here to tell the tale. it is a bad place to be if i did not have the fam and freinds i dont no how i would have got throgh it.some peeps are in ther and thay dont have no one and thay have to do things to get by.i did meet some good peeps prisoners thay were ok but the officers are so curupet its ashame thay will do any thing for money bring in weed/ ciggs /bleaching creems/ anything to make up there wages.i am going back one day to see the good peeps i left behind.
I w there from 2002 to 2005 survivel met some good girls the prison is shit 27 to a dorm 1 loo 1 shower i would like to get in touch with some o th girls in at that time . big up sheldon mello and laura
hi ladies, just a short note to tell you of my experience in Fort Hell Hole, I was stopped at Kingston Airport by a customs officer,who asked if the bags on the trolley were mine ( by the way a porter was wheeling my trolley for me), obviously I said yes, the next thing the man pulled a bag I swear I’d never seen before, off the trolley and starting to unlock the bag. He asked me for the key, I told him it’s not my bag, so therefore I don’t have the key. He then bust open the bag, and found 3 of the biggest jelly coconuts I have ever seen in my life. Then he scrutinised the coconuts and pulled off the top of 1, inside was a bag of what looked like toothpaste, he got an ice pick prodded the stuff, and wiped it on a paper disc, he told me if this paper turns blue, it’s cocaine . The next thing I know the paper turns blue, my head was spinning , How the f***k could this be happening to me??? I said to the man , check your CCTV , you’ll see I only came to the airport with 1 case, no bag, he said ‘ where the bloodclaat you think you der, Foreign’ . Then he arrested me, and took me in a jeep that turned it’s wheels maybe 5 times to the airport police station. there they charged me & took me to Kingston, where they left me in an office with about 25 officers playing dominoes. There I texted my daughter back in England & told her I’d been arrested, she in turn called her grandad (a Jamaican returnee, God Bless him) who got me a lawyer for court the next day. After that they took me to Hell on earth, it is called Central Village police station, and this was going to be my jail, until I was sentenced. As I walked into the police station all I saw & heard was mad women screaming & shouting, they searched me & literally threw me into the dirtiest, smelliest, nastiest place on this planet. The women I have to say were soo good they told me DO NOT take your clothes off, unless you’re going for a shower or else the Chinks will bite me, they also gave me pieces of foam to sleep on. Next day I went to court, met by an illiterate lawyer, who told me to plead guilty, I refused as I was innocent, the court was a farce… the man that arrested me came to see me in front of the officers and said if I gave him £10.000 that day he would lose the drugs for me??? WTF!!! As I didn’t have 10 grand on me, I was frigged.
Hi Sheila,
I also went to prison over there for something I didn’t do. Somebody hid 3lbs of coke in my case and they had the person responsible but they let him go and sent me down. He must have payed the dirty police more money. It has affected me since and messed up my life since I got home. Have lost my dream job over it. Tried to find people to help me in England but people aren’t interested in innocence, just making money.
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After 25 days of going to court, the judge Martin Gayle, asked me about my job in England, I told him my work and he replied ‘oh your rich then?, and he asked me how old are my children, I told him 17 & 18 yrs old, he turned round and said, oh they’re old enough to care for themselves, he then sentenced me to 5 Years, and a J$1 million fine or if it couldn’t get paid another 18 months on top of the 5 Years. I was kept back in Central Village for another 20 days and then I was taken to Fort Augusta, where luckily there was a woman there that’d been in Central Village with me, so she kept the lunatics at bay while I was searched, and shown where I would be placed in Dorm 1.
I recently saw Trevor Mcdonalds programme on the tv and decided I would like to take a few things for the English girls at Fort Augusta.. After reading this I really hope that the things I take over will be enjoyed by them and fellow inmates.. I was looking for an email address of the prison so that I could get a visitors permit. However I will now contact the Embassy in London tomorrow for more information . The stories have been very moving and it just shows how strong we have to be.. God Bless to you all..
I did a yr…back in 2002….and this place is the wickest people i have ever seen..i starved…a walking skeleton…went to sleep crying every night cause i was hungry..they wouldn’t allow the american embassy to sent out our letters home…they didnt give us our letter ontime usaully months later…i witness a girl die cause officers wouldn’t help her…the ONLY!!!!! good thing is that they hAD church services and GOD is what kept me sane, safe, and brought me home!!!!….palm trees?…u make this place sound like a resort…how about the wild dogs that hide by day and come out after inmates are locked away to tourture ea. other for territory?….or the pigs and chickens we raised and couldn’t eat…meanwhile we starving….or how about the prescription from a so call doctor for ICE?????????????…YES ICE…OR BETTER YET THE EVIL SPIRITS THAT WOULD RISE AFTER MIDNIGHT….I WITNESS 2 FEMALES TRYING TO ESCAPE AND THEY RATHER RISK GETTING SHOT THEN TO STAY THERE!!!!!….PLEASE IF YOU GONNA SPEAK ABOUT FORT AGUSTUS SPEAK THE TRUTH DONT GLAMARISE HELL ON EARTH…..GOD BLESS
thank god that place was madd i was there 2011 to 2003 baby c damn i think after dropping down sent to hospital having a fight and coming in a size 20 and leaving 10 the food was outragous and i beeen out 10years and you know what never again i even published a book banged up in hell look out for it about the real place rats lizards food way we was treated and more take care
just stmbled on dis site will b wriyin soon.
I am the daughter of Debbie Kehoe who has recently been arrested n charged for suspision of smuggling cannibis back to england my mother has been set up or used as she dont even smoke the stuff, i am realy worrid and cocerned on the welfare of my mother and how she is going to be treated and fed as wot ive read doesnt sound like its humans that are in jail but animals. i am a young single mother who is struggling to get thru life as it is and now im worrying and trying to save up to go and see my mother as i think she is only saying that she is ok just to stop me from worrying im really ill with worry ive not slept or ate since 24/09/10. i am going without food for myself so i can try n save up as much as i can to get over n see her even if its just for 10mins I NEED TO SEE MY MUM PLEASE HELP ME BROTHERS N HER GRANDCHILDREN IN ANYWAY U CAN IT IS VERY APPRICIATED :(…. ANY ADVICE IS MUCH APPRICIATED , please get back to me at ALEXENTWISTLE1@LIVE.CO.UK (MUMS BEST FRIEND WHO IS ALSO CONCEREND)…. THANKYOU ANY ADVICE IS SO APPRICIATED THANKYOU JAMIE N ALEX XXXX
I knew your mum I was there for 18 months from oct 2010to feb13 2012… how is she god bless and keep well.
Hey rose it’s rasta vinnie from Portsmouth uk , wha gwaan
hi my daughter as just got 2yr and 4,ooo fine, pls can anyone tell me wot, where, how i can send things and has anyone jus come out of fort augusta 2010 thank you
lynn, ive have walked in your footsteps. my daughter has just come home. email me if you need someone to talk to. michelle.plumb@hotmail.co.uk
she has to do two yrs and pay a fine? that doesnt sound right. if it is just the fine or the time GET HER OUT. NO ONE DESERVES TO HAVE TO STAY IN THAT PLACE. I KNOW OUR ECONOMY IS BAD BUT YOUR KID IS GONNA COME OUT OF THAT PLACE MESSED UP BAD!!! I WAS THERE FOR TWO YRS CAUSE MY DAD WANTED ME TO LEARN A LESSON..NO CHILD SHOULD EVER HAVE TO LEARN SOMETHING SO HARSH. GOD FORBID SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENED TO MY KIDS I WOULD DO ANYTHING TO GET THEM OUT…EVEN SELL MY SOUL…YES IT IS THAT BAD
I was there en of 1992 and beginning of 1993. Anyone else?
Hi Wayne i was there from 2001-2003 when i left it was not the best of situations but you make the best of it, Upon arrival there I’ve met some really nice ppl like Karen Daley “MELLO” she a is an awesome person, the wardrases are who there are just another person, i had 2.5 kilos of cocaine, i was sentence to 16mths plus 2 6mths fines, the way it works if you don’t pay the fine you do the time when is 4 mths out of the 6, which means you do 2/3 of your time………..
I think what ppl fail to realized id that you do the crime you do the time wither in Jamaica, America, Canada wherever prison is prison, understanding that its not always the best, but prison is prison………….not a palace…… Seems to me that some of these ppl fail to acknowledge that crime is crime no matter what great or small. and just like else where in the world you go in front of a judge with on attitude, chances are you will not be favored………its not a resort its prison!!! and just like fines are in place in other countries it is in Jamaica too. Seems to me because its a small country ppl should go there do whatever the hell they want and not face the consequence………………ppl be real..
i was wondering can the inmate have penpals because i would really love to write some of them just 4 comfort i knw it would make them feel good to knw that we still remember them 🙂
ex imate
you can write to them as long as you know there details letters are the best thing when u in the inside i have a few people i still write too
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hi hun, i was wondering when you came out? my gal is there she got 2years in september 2010 plus a fine of 4000, am so worried about her in there i want to know how they trear you and etc? i write and email the church, she comes out in june 5th 2012 i just cant wait, pls could u let me no, thank you xx
hi its vanessa yea i was in dorm 10 i had my baby in there im sure you did too? woow how are u both doing
Can someone please give me further information on what hard labour is at Fort Augusta? Or how do you find out about early parole or if it’s always given and on what conditions? My friend was just sentenced to 21 months, 15 if the fines are paid. Is it likely that she will still only serve 2/3 of the 15 months? Also, can someone offer more specifics in terms of items inmates can receive? I sent a package to the church with books and crosswords and toiletries. Anyone with further information on the process and treatment of foreigners it would be a blessings. thank you.
hard labour is nuttin you dont have to work but i was a ex inmate there in 2001-2003 and i done 16months out of a two year sentance you dont get porole they dont know what that means and parcels use the church they are good toiltries walkmans batteries operated no electric in dorms there are 10 dorms with 36 woman to a dorm and one shower 2 toilets wake up at 6am and back in the dorm at 3pm till next morning you can have packet food tins no razors not allowed writing paper pens photos of family and clothes underwear shoes flipflops vests pjs no other clothes as u wear uniform dress so just certain items you can also send money from home and english or american embassey comes once a month and if she is britsh she get 3800 dollers a month about 38.00 its not a lot but it helps if you need to buy something from the shop they have and thats limited to things shit really lol i hope this helps you tell your friend keep her head down keep away from trouble and remember this saying see and hear blind and death it got me thru take care
baby c ex inmate 2001
whats the name of the woman that got lost in fort agustos
Wow so the place is the same I was there in the 80’s It was bad, I could’nt get a phone call in to call my family, I was from Brooklyn N,Y I was with my cousin we had weed on us we spent 10 days in the town jail sleeping on concrete with about 15 women, the other cells were filled wit guys, the women said the guys were sweet on me, because before I got there they would throw waste on them in the mornings on the way to the showers. the judge gave me a 2yr sentence plus fine, I remember when I arrived the women were in the yard doing count off. I remember the bugs in my food, the chicken backs, the cornmeal poridge, The beatings from the guards, one bucket bathe and piss and everything else in 1 spoon 1 bowl 1cup 2frocks 1 beanie 1 sheet hair must be braided or you get 2 licks (hit with a police stick) hands on the wall and beat beat beat the songs after…. well I stayed in the hole with Maxine , Anne, Tat, Mad Maggie I wish I could find them now it was a true experience God Bless Them all. LISA…
I remember Mad Maggie ,and Annie .
does this mean visitors can attend the classes that the inmates are having?
baby c
2001 to 2003
well what can i say i be out of that place for 10years this year the day i got released my suitcase was missing no clothes nuttin gone bwoy glad mi family sent me outfit lol or i be going home in the dress they provide and hat lol what was that all about with strips i sew mine short and made frills around the hat fashion statement lol and let me tell you that place was the most outragous place woman fighting woman i had a few lol but the whole prision was a joke the doctors was cowboys as i dropped and when they took me to hospital told me there was nuttin wrong with me but when i got home that was a lie !!!! the visits well be on your good behaviour unless u want licks lol i was glad to receive visits and money and english embassey helped a lot and stella maris church for me parcels form home was lush beacuse cake soap not do it for me im white me not need to bleach lol dove all the way !!!!!!!! apart from i sunbathed all day in the place with no roof and got a tan for 2years and did not eat the food turkey neck and chicken back and the kitchen with all the flies was nasty fuck that i lived on bun and cheese and come home a size 10 lol but you know what that sentance really kicked me up the arse and im glad i got the chance to experince it and im now going to publish the book of my time in this place the real prison story not no joke ting all true and facual things that will make you grin your teeth look out for it banged up in hell 2011 by khancelle reece
well take care all and remember dont look back it not worth it
stay blessed alll
so sorry you girls had it so hard over there someone should write a book, my name is Teleia and im looking for a friend that i went to walton high school in the Bronx NY her name is suzette Brown and if anyone has any information on how i can get intouch with her i was told she was locked up in jamaica but im not sure what prison
I spent 6 months in Fort Augusta in 88/89 ,it would have been a lot longer but I was able to pay my fine. At the time I was there it was supposed to a temporary jail for the woman but did not turn out that way. It as brutal and horrible but at the same time I did a crime in their country .Did I expect that there was a special prison just for me and other foreigners? Of course I did,silly foreigner. I was placed in the Barnett Street jail till my date then transfered to Fort Augustus.
Whats the number for the church and the prison,my mom is there and cant get to talk to because I’m in Canada and it sad.
Hi Debbie
Were you able to get the address or phone # for the church that will help if we send a package.
Dianne
I need to call her and wish her happy mothers day.
Just read everyone’s comments..took me back..everything is so true..!I was there with my friend in 97-98..it was haaaard times..we spent a month in mo.bay jail house..conditions were appauling,lying around on concrete floor with around 15 women and cochraoches crawling arnd everywhere,there was a toilet in one corner that had never seen bleech before..the stench..The wardens wud bring some slop to you,a couple times a day..which looked like worms in a bucket..me and my friend refused to eat,so we managed to hussle food with very little money that we had left!They used to let you out once or twice a day(If they were feeling generous) to stretch your legs,but they watched you come out for a sec and then shoo you back in your cage..so the exercise was pointless..(The wardens names at the time were Rumface and Red)We spent our days smoking balls of ‘roses’ as they called it..In total we spent a month there ..then it was time for Fort Augustus’…
Once we came thru the big gates of Fort Augustus..it was like a scene from an old movie..we signed in and were given one uniform along with hat and belt,a plastic bucket and bowl and small pitcher but no spoon ..we arrived on water day..two inmates who were from England came over to us and started giving us the low-down on what we needed to know..The worst thing of all was the water situation.Maybe twice a week the water would get turned on which meant all inmates had to fill up their plastic bucket,pitcher and any plastic bottles they had just so that you had enough water to drink and bathe..however it wasn’t all plain sailing..as water day would turn into a riot,as scuffs and fights would break-out..Then the head of F.A would lock off the water pipes on purpose to teach us all lessons..as if we didn’t have enough to contend with!Then there was the bigger drama still…If you wanted to use the toilet,you had to have Sea-water..You had to use the sea-water which came out of a crack in one part of the old fortress..this could only be done during the day,when the wardens let you out for an hour or so.Then there was the awful food of chicken back..which had no meat on it with a bit of rice..crackers and boiled water..if we were really lucky we would get a form of watered down hot choc drink..oh and liver..There was a bloody pig-pen inside the prison grounds..and on water days,the pigs would get their water before us..then sometimes late at night they would slaughter them..all you could hear were pigs being slaughtered and mad dogs running around at night..You never saw the dogs in the day…!!The conditions were appauling but the best thing of all was the british commision,they would come once a month without fail..bringing you news of home,letters,money(which would be put on to your book of allowance,where you could buy your own things from their tuck shop) and they would even do food and toiletry shopping for you..All theese things mattered in a place like that..it gave me much comfort in knowing they were coming every month until my 6mnths were done..!My release day was the happiest in my life…the feeling of Freedom and to be able to come out of those gates knowing I was out of there and totally free..!
iv been reading all these storys of all u poor woman who have been sent to prison there i can only imagine wat u all went through my heart goes out to u all i have a friend who has been sentenced to 2 years for trying to bring drugs back to england mad mad mad thats all i can say but i guess we all make mistakes in life u all be happy now and be safe xxxxx
Loranza and Tina from 1999 to 2000, I was there too. My name is Mary, white woman from Florida in the dorm with Pat, Shakira, and Mary lynch. I am tall and walked the track with blondie from Chicago and anjeanette from Miami. Used to cook in da kitchen for officer Mrs Ford. I been thinking about starting a charity to help the women there all these years later. Anyone interested? Email me at :
mass.appeal.ent@gmail.com
Fort augustus was the most terrible dirtiest prison EVER. i was placed their unjustly. and itis the lowest poorest place i have eer been. they stole my guci bag and ALL my jewlery. and it wasnt een an inmate it was the POOR people who work their who cant even afford a 99 Cent hamburger at McDonalds ! ive never seen a place so DIRTY and NASTY ! The most un-appealing place to ever go to ! YOU CAN KISS MY BLACK ASS YOU POOR ASS PEOPLE
i’m trying to find out about 2 21 year olds !! Iman Ali & Hoda Mohamed from Toronto Canada they were sentence to St Disgustist if you know about them please let me know how they are doing Thanks
I know themi was on remand with them and on bailfor 8 months, I was locked up with lucky and faith, they have facebook… cheak out their names hope u find them.
hiii my mum is in there 1 yr left could someone plz let me know the address for the church plzzzzz email me at sweet-like09@hotmail.com
Wow ladies we r all blessed to b able to live to tell about this ratchet horrible place called fort Augustus. I know I’m no angel for what I did but no one and I mean no one should ever be treated with such degrating and humility. I was there in there from dec 91 til aug 92. An I must say that shit was ruff! I mean I still speak of it til today to anyone I know who even thinks of trying to go to any country to transport drugs. It’s noting nice. But then again prison isn’t suppose to be nice. If u do the crime prepare to do the time. Especially if ur on a 3rd world country where u have no say so as a foreigner as they called us. I was in dorm 5 with crazy ass Laurna, she was the most wicked theif scheming female I’ve ever met! Her gay girlfriend lil dred was the sickest chic in there! I stood next to them when I watched her catch a white bird then she cracked the neck of the bird then she drank the blood of the bird! She walked around the prison with it for every one to c what a wicked woman she was!!!! All I seen was a devil in here! I was there when a female from the Bronx in cell 6 was beatin and raped and no one I mean no one helped her. There was noooo running water a lot of times. We had no toilets but a shit box witch needed water from a bucket then u would have to sweep it out with the shit broom! They fed us chicken backs! Basically food I would never feed anything that’s living!!!! There was no phones around. The us embassy wAs a big joke no help what so ever!! Een though the experience was a nightmare from no return. I’m glad to be an American with rights in my country!
hi my name is baby c !!!! was there 2001 to 2003 wow 12 years today that i was in this hell hole this place is a place i never want to experince again rats and the place was dirty and the kitchen was swammin with flys and we had to eat that food not me i lived on lasco and bulla i refused to eat there food !! 10 dorms to this place but the best dorm was 5 with mello in there and the beating of the drums we made our own enertainment .
there was always a saying and to this day i still use it see and hear blind and deaf in that place u had to think like that or your arse was beating on a regluar basis the day i was finally released from there i cried like a baby i had to sleep with one eye open that place i can honestly say it shit me up i even had a few fights to protect my tings and life but i think that place is uhuman and needs to be shut down for years i had nightmares and still till this day i have a little thought about this the only thing that got me thru this is my daughter at the time she made me strong she is 12 now and i had other chilldren and finally had a new baby girl three months ago and finally settled down and got on with my life to the best of my advantage listen a word of of advice dont be stupid and get caught up in fuckerys because spending time away from your family is heartbreaking and there is always someone that feel more pain then u keep the faith and bless up
hi baby c just chanced upon this web site and blow me down with a feather i never expected to recognise anyone i guess that place stays with us all,well im glad life has been kind to you so sorry for the loss of you mum…hope your feeling better everyday well i guess id better tell you who i am eh its elisibeth bromley(pat) so really nice to chance upon you, i dont think anyone who hasnt experienced that hell hole can fully understand some of the horrors in this day and age its hard to beleive beatings no doctors are a daily part of prison life in fort augusta…so glad im home in one peace do you remember the lady in her 30s who had a miscarridge and they wouldnt take her to the hospital the woman had five babys at home when morning came and it wasnt so inconvienent for them they opened the dorm where the prisioners were doing all they could to try keep the lady alive the prisioners carried her to the kitchen opposite her dorm and laid her on the table it was horrendous she was grey in colour and died before the ambulance came in a prisioners arms truely horific they took her to hospital and pretended she died on the way to hospital to try and save there skin id been there two days when that happened and had a birds eye view as i was in dorm 9 and she was in 10 iv never been able to forget it and thats just one thing the place is evil and the majority of people are the same any way you a midwife how wonderull i bet its brilliant any way baby c do you still live in birmingham as im comeing up there on 25th sept it would be great to catch up dont you agree…anyone reading this that is even concidering doing wrong think again theres alays other way to make money contant me on patricia.a.davey@hotmail.co.uk look forward to hearing back…peace to you and your familyxxxx
07557969621 call me baby c
ven that mumpie beg u a ciggerate now lol and larua davis damn she was something else crazy is a understatement
Aww she was sweet. Any one know bout lil old mad Jenny?
I left in feb and she was still there fighting strong…. gotta love jenny.
My cousin Siobhan is in there can any 1 tell me ,
.if they know her
.how she is
.and any thing else.
She was sentenced from march 2012
As reading all this is worrying
Discovered this page by accident. Can’t believe the officers there haven’t learnt a thing. I was there from 1999 to 2001 – I was known as ‘British’ – Can someone tell me if mumpy is still there – and Lara (always fighting and cussing Lara) – What about Carol in the isolation dorm (is she still there)???? – No matter how many years has passed – You can never forget that hell hole!!! Final question: Are inmates still made to sign at the tuck shop (what a fucking palava)…..
I was there in 2009 and Jenny was alright. I use to take care of her. She got me through, God bless her soul. The juveniles use to hassle her but she was loved there. People were always taking care of Jen Jen.
This next post is for the wannabe drug traffickers. When you sleep at night the rats will crawl out of their holes and all over you while you sleep. The mosquitoes will eat you alive and you will either sweat to death at night hiding under the sheets or get eaten by the Mosquitos. Or both. Don’t forget the cockroaches. When you first go in there you will have to keep your head down, see nothing, say nothing. A young juvenile was raped while I was there, another tried to hang herself, and another ate rat poison. Food is rice, kidneys, chicken back. No medical help in there. Water always running out or stopping. There are bullies there when you first get in there, it will be hard if you are not accustomed to prison, it is frightening. If you are white, the wardresses will be hard on you at first. You will get one phone call once a week for two minutes. Pray your calling card works. There were a lot of dorm raids from outside police on a regular basis and we use to get stripped searched, bedsides torn apart. It’s hard. Then you will come home with a drugs trafficking conviction. You will be unable to ge a lot of good jobs, especially those in the travel industry. Can’t freely travel to the States, Canada anymore. Drug Trafficking is called moral turpitude and they don’t want drug traffickers in their country.
From what I could see the people paying the mules did not help them despite promises. They threatened the mules with their life if they talked. They would promise to put Certain amount of drugs in the case and then put much more and the mules would get Longer sentences. Foreigners always got longer sentences then locals. Police are very corrupt. Also, people setting up mules would deliberately have them caught to get other mules through as a diversionary tactic.
I was set up and I never knew I had drugs in my suit case. I did time for something I didn’t do and it wasn’t easy. Don’t do it. There’s always a way in your life to make things better. Don’t put yourself in a life ruining hell of a situation thinking you will make a quick buck. You won’t. Knock on the devil’s door and he will answer.
Finally, I want to thank the good inmates that were friends to me in my darkest hours. If anyone had Diane Carey’s number please respond to this post.
If you know someone in there, best thing you can do is send them money through Stella Maris. Money talks in prison. Send letters and photos on a weekly basis. They mean EVERYTHING. You can send e mails through Stella Maris too.
If you want to take a great deal from this article then you have to apply such
strategies to your won webpage.
It’s been 13 years I was released from this place I just want to shed some light on This prison I served two years hard labour from 2001 to 2003 I come in as a big girl and come out looking sick this place was not a nice place Beleive me woman fighting with weapons and slicing each other faces it was a nasty place not a dream 34 or 40 woman to a dorm which held bunk beds u had some crazy bitches in there Beleive me the food well I starved my self and lived on lasco milk and bread because I refused to eat the turkey neck and chicken back and let me say the turkeys was killed my inmates please nasty there was flies every where in the kitchen so why the fuck would u wanna eat that shit the only thing that got me thru was the old laundry room me and some English gals cleaned it out and used it as a sunbathing room lol least we was away from drama’s the officers was currup and had there favioutes when I was there they had miss brown I Beleive they called her Luthether she was the fucking devil u locked up from 3pm till next morning no electic no tv nothing one shower two toilets in the dorm u have to make your own enertainment but I survived that’s Awful place and glad to be away from there so please as ju cure says prison is not a bed of roses Beleive me this place was fucking hell glad to one be alive and free that night before I was released I stood on the freedom rock and screamed at the top of my voice thank fucking god I’m free I’m free
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Hey Kev,
Fi you know if Lara is still in there? And if the woman who was locked up in side cell is ok? Is shotta lee, mello and dainty there? i think about them women all the time, they are always in my prayers send my love and light to them all.
This opened my eyes to the poor quality of life in prison. These stories should be made public, it will no double help to control crime as no one would want to undergo this lifestyle. Sadly though, if u do the crime then the time is yours. I have a cousin and auntie in law going there tomorrow. All I can do is pray their strength and help them with whatever they need to make their stay a little more bearable. God bless the founder of this page. Look out for Lavern Tomlinson and Maryann Walker. Thx For the advise ladies
Oh my dear sweet God in heaven only he knows all truth, i was also there in sep 2008-2009 I was on the Trevor McDonld show about the prison I AM CONFINED TO A WHEELCHAIR and I went to prison i WAS GULITY of the 3 POUNDS OF HERBS but i KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE COKE that my sister ex boy set me up with and because I was guilty of the herbs the judge said I was GUTILY of the coke and SHE fined me half a million dollars 5,000 english money AND sent to serve 9 months but I did SIX months through powers I was really blessed not to get a worst sentence saw the judge 26 times lost half my body weight got sentenced 1 year later and had to stay in J.a by myself while my mother left to go back to England to look after my five children it was the worst time of my life I thought ending up in this wheelchair was the worst but prison beat that i never knew women could be so wicked to one another bad mind bad ways it was HELL and i LEARNT TO LOVE MYSELF in that place I learnt that people have disabilities that you can not see but because you can see mines I GOT JUDGED by every one in a negative way even when I tried to help seeing the young girls raped was an in justice I got raped and jumped out of a window to get away from the rapist who wanted to rape me again and broke my back and damaged my spinal cord and never walked again and confined to a wheelchair that was a sentenced and the rpist got away because the police decided to beat him up and he proved it but I could,t prove that he raped me because they didn’t take no dan and he was set free so I got two INJUSTICE DONE TO ME. Then to go to prison and hear big woman raping little girls made me sick and it cause a big riot and two days after the riot Trevor came to do a story on prison life I wrote him a letter detailing what happened to cause the riot and I Had to hid and give his assistant I was SHITTING MYSELF JUST IN CASE SHE MADE THE OFFICERS saw my friend Iris tried to help the young inmates the night of the riots by giving them some food in they cell and got a beating the next day by other inmates while the officers look on as if they give the go ahead and no officer stopped them from beating her. That place was HELL on earth the officers apart from maybe two Ms Williams and I can’t remember her name her husband was very sick they were the best but the rest were like the worst inmates men woman I called them no heart cant you JUST IMMAGE THE MENS PRISON what they have to face only God KNOW to all ex prisoners of Fort Augustus do sometime good and postive with your lives love your children and love ones and give by doing something good to some one be strong tell people your story it may stop some one from going to prison big to ex prisoner outta road making a difference from Angel
Its not my first time to go to see this website, i am visiting this web page dailly and obtain nice data from here daily.
hi,
I’m Tammie Jones aka MUSH. I was there from 2000-2002. When i was there we had a sports day, after that i got nicknamed white lightening…i won most of the races, my co dee was Corrine, both from England.
Shout out to Mello and Shotta lee.
Sharron, was there when you were there.
I’d got put in dorm 5 awaiting trial lockdown dorm with Marva, Mello, 16, Dionne and Shotta lee. The experience of doing 2 years in this place has changed my life forever, IO will never forget the stories and the people i met in there, you’re in my thoughts daily. ??If there’s anything i can do to help or support the women out there i would love to
help.
For the last 6weeks of my sentence i was put in dorm 9 where i bucked up on millie (step areobics instructor) vanessa(piercing blue eyes)
We used to do step aerobics in the dorm on breeze blocks and her wind up radio.
I also have fond memeories of getting completely slaughtered on prison hooch with pat standing my top bunk screaming oasis.
(i was in dorm 3, the officers were trying to change around the dorms and i didnt wanna go in the dorm they put me in, so i went to the grills of dorm 5 to speak to shotta lee on how to get put in their lockdown dorm…. shotta lee replied hit an officer or pretend to escape…..with that i pretended to escape….cue sirens, guns, whistles the whole shebang.
there i was dorm 5, with mumpy, miss ken, mello and dionne powell.
If anyone can remember me or is in contact with anyone i have mentioned or can think of anything i can to do to help…please get in contact…..
tam.89@hotmail.co.uk
(+44) 7788423394
01425 511588
My journey at fortaugusta for them 2 years will always be with me after time i just seemed to have focused on some of the good times u do manage to get and the friendships u make with people but i gotta say since coming across this site and reading all the stories it has brought back some feelings i thought had gone. I phave been thinking of my time in that shithole all day and sime if the times were worse than a horrorfilm but i survived the 2 years. On the plus side it did have time to refelect on my life at home and at the time i was a herion addict with my life fucked up but since leaving fortaugusta on the 5th june 2002 i have been clean off of that shit since the day i got remanded. Does anyone know if shattalee and mellow and marva are stil in there? And has anyone got a number for the church we can send things to the stella maris church on 62 shortwood road kingston 8 as the number in here that i found is disconnected ??anyone heard from a dion powell she was in dorm 5 with me. Now i thought about it all day im remembering everyone? What about diane who was the top dog when i was there especially in door 1 the recieving dorm. Sooooooooooo many memories be great to get bk in touch with some of u all. Were all lucky enough to have survived that hell hole cause some of us didnt. A life changing experience that will never be forgotton ever! I have 2 daughters of my own now and i would never ever want them to have to experience such a life lesson as fortugusta!!!!!!!!
wow
I have a friend who was here and she talks about it here and there but these stories I am reading are truly terrifying. you ladies are truly amazing and strong women, this prison sounds like its stuck im time. you’re not evening granted basic human rights. we can only hope thos prison has moved on from all the dark hours I have just read but I fear this os not the case. some serious amazing book material you ladies have,try and gain something positive from your time and publish your stores. well done ladies. u made it out alive and have some horrendous life experiences to share. xxx
I am a ex inmate to and trust me we was always told what we can and can do everything was set up for your visits when the British embassy come we got told to be at are best behaviour and when the church come the same thing when I was there 10 years ago I was a shit hole we got food like turkey neck or chicken back and liver and on a Sunday rice and chicken of u can call it that we never had computers and the library was never open all we had was church the only place I ever liked to be all we did was lie out side and sun bath I sat o. Freedom rock most the time or on my cell we could not talk at night when the tv was on on we got picked on if we never clean the look or bathroom the way the dorm leader wanted it we would get called dirty goncrows and all sorts it was hard trust me I was only 26 at the time and trust me prisons o we hear are way better if they made u live like we had to in there I know the prisons would be half full they get every thing they want here I. Prison it’s like home from home but one thing g I can. Say is I made some good friends in there and we are still friends to this day
Cant believe this rubbish if its written and on the net it must be true load of rubbish even tv tried to make this shit hole look good total lies
another thing i would like to add is what a great service the stella maris church do at Fort Augusta!!! Every thursday they would bring extra pampers and formula and anything a babymother would need for her baby! They also baptised a few of our babies in dorm 10! i have the photos of us all with our beautiful babies. I miss my Fort Augusta friends. Big up Christine Barnes and baby Platinum! Ashanie is 12 now and a credit to me! One great thing came out of Fort Augusta and that was the knowledge it gave me!!! Big up all the babymothers of dorm 10 2002-2003 and even now.
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