http://simonwillison.net/2017-10-05T13:49:14+00:00Simon Willison2017-10-05T13:49:14+00:002017-10-05T13:49:14+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2017/Oct/5/prison/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="http://prisonism.co.uk"><p>Learning a language behind bars is a good way to meet foreign nationals and hear interesting stories about their lives back home and how they ended up doing porridge. I learnt a bit of Spanish with a 70 year-old Columbian grandfather who’d hit hard times and tried to bring a suitcase full of cocaine through Heathrow. He didn’t speak a word of English before jail and had learnt it all from the Cockney geezers on the wing. As a result he didn’t understand basic outside world vocabulary such as ‘traffic cone’ or ‘coat hanger’, but he did talk about ‘avin a bubble with his china plates’</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="http://prisonism.co.uk">Carl Cattermole</a></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/prison">prison</a></p>