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DAY 1.
Well not so long ago i was convicted and sent to prison for 12 months for the cultivation of cannabis and here is my testimony.
Well i was at court at 9am and was waiting until 5pm before i was put before the courts i was not really nervous until i got into the courtroom and in the dock.
The judge came out and i was made to stand i had a court officer to my right and to my left and my family over in the public viewing area to my left, well as the judge was speaking all i was thinking to myself was "please jesus please jesus not prison please jesus but i do deserve it so your will be done" and whilst i was saying this to myself i heard the judge say "mr taylor you are indeed guilty of producing cannabis and have admitted doing so,you have let yourself and your family down also due to the amount you had i will not consider a suspended sentence therefore mr taylor i am sentencing you to serve 12 months in prison and you will serve 6 months of this...take him down"
So i gave a thumbs up to my family and the court officers took me through the back handcuffed me and booked me into the downstairs cells,they made me feel better by giving me a cup of tea and then soon afterwords put me on the bus to H.M.P preston remand prison.
When i got there they booked me in gave me a prison number,shower and prison clothing,i was not really feeling much then apart from whats coming next so they escorted me into the first night center and put me in a cell on my own that had a camera so they could keep a eye on me and soon after a officer came along with everything i needed plus i could buy some tobacco and suger aside from the "brew pack" they gave me but i was so tired i just went to sleep on my bed and awoke for day 2.
Day 2.
I awoke at around 7.30am for morning meds and applications (i didnt use any but we had 15 mins at the same time every morning for which we all had to be up and awake because all the cells were unlocked) and i was told to pack my things as i would be moving to general population and now i was getting nervous.
So they moved me to A wing which was induction wing into general population,they put me in a cell on the 3rd tier on my own left the cell door unlocked and left me be.
Well i had 3 ounces of tobacco on me 2 ounces they let me bring in plus 1 ounce they allowed me to buy so i left all my things in my cell and wondered off just a short walk away to use he phone to call family and when i returned to my cell all my tobacco was stolen...my heart sank! and thats when it really started hitting me that i was there for 6 months.
So i couldnt really do much and the officers came and locked us all up for "bang up" and i was saying to myself "come on wesley you are gunna have to quit smoking and get on with this and at this time i was paceing my cell.
So around 4 hours later my cravings were really kicking in and i was feeling mega down and i mean really bad not only had i been taken out of my daily routine, i couldnt smoke didnt want a drink because i would smoke and could not relax and then i saw my BIBLE which i brought with me,i took hold of it and prayed to god to pleaseeee help me get through this and would it be possible to be given a verse to read that would put me at ease and help me relax... well i opened the bible and right there in front of my eyes was PSALMS 69:33 "The lord listens to those in need and does not forget his people in prison" after i read that oh my days it was like a weight off my shoulders i was saying aloud "thank you god thanks so much i needed that" and then i prayed some more and then led down on my bed and started reading for the first time right from Genesis 1 and eventually fell asleep.
DAY 3
Well i awoke for morning unlock i prayed for god to help me through the day and during association i managed to get some tobacco and i thought "yea i can do this with gods help" and all through the day as we had 23 hour bang up i just read my bible.
DAY 4 THROUGH TO WEEK 3
Well all through them weeks i just concentrated on reading my bible and getting moved out of remand to my designated prison to serve my time you see i was a CAT-D prisoner which meant i could go too a open prison.
Well week 3 comes along and i get a transfer letter through my door telling me im going to H.M.P haverigg a CAT-C prison with CAT-D facilitys so i was thanking god and happy and vibrant and ready to rock n roll when a officer knocks on the window and says "i hear your going to haverigg" i said "yea thats right" he replies "i hope you have took your streamers lad" and i just shrugged that off as sometimes the "screws" officers would throw a dig at us but i just shrugged it off.
Well i went to sleep woke up and was told to pack and was escorted to the bus and was transferred 75 miles to H.M.P haverigg and was taken to the induction billet now i was thinking i was going straight to CAT-D but i had to spend the first night in CAT-C in my own cell so i followed the officer who said on the way "strictly hide your tobacco and if anyone on this wing asks you if you smoke say no" then put me in my cell left it unlocked and wondered off and as soon as she was out of sight everyone was asking me for tobacco and it was getting really tense so i stuck to what the officer said and just said i dont smoke to which of course i was called a liar threatened that at tea time they would come "see me" so i just locked my cell from the inside covered my window and prayeddd my heart out to get moved to the CAT-D wing and to protect me.
Well tea time came i plucked up the courage to go collect my tea then went straight back to my cell locked the door and after a few bangs on my door and some shouting and me refusing to open the door nothing really eventful happened i just prayed read my bible settled in and went to sleep.
Well the next day i woke up and as soon as i got out of bed there was fighting right outside my cell window and im thinking "great.. now i know what the officer at preston meant... so i said a morning prayer and when the officer came and unlocked me i was told straight away "i have some good news for you,theres some space in the CAT-D and your moving now" i was thinking YESS! you see this CAT-D was a big think it was for extremly privilidged prisoners so i said thank you god sooo much and was moved across to my new home for the time being.
The people were nice the gaurds were nice and i settled in and read my bible everyday for most of the day apart from when working or eating or playing the occasional game of pool
and prayed all the time and time flew by.
NEAR THE END OF MY SENTENCE.
Well because i had behaved kept to the rules got no warnings i was told i was eligible to be released early and i could do the rest of my time under house arrest from 7pm-7am but it was not garanteed because it wasnt a privilidge it was a bonus and not everyone was accepted.
So i put my application in and prayed everyday to be released early but if not then i would be fine and power on through it and a couple of weeks later my app came through and i was told i was to be released in a few days and at this time i had served just short of 3 months so i was again in my cell saying "YESSS thank you god you have stuck by helping me right through this sentence and i will! so things right and turn my back on sin"
Well my paperwork had to be signed by the governor and thats why it would take a few days and at this point i was at revelations in my bible and nearing the end and 3 days passed by and still no paperwork hmm so i enquired and asked the officers and they said "dont worry it will come" so i relyed on that and just waited my proposed release day had passed but i was fine with that as the govenor was extremly back logged with paperwork.
So i carried on reading my bible and 3 days later i finished it so i put my bible down went out my cell and "officer smith" shouted to me "taylor your going home in the morning make sure your cell is left tidy and the key given to the morning staff" i then jumped for joy! said once again thank you to god said my goodbyes and gave my stuff away to my friends and in the morning i was released!
So to sum everything up i should of received between 2-4 years sentence and i was in the dock praying for leniency and i got 1.
Then all my tobacco was stolen and after i prayed god shown me the verse psalms 69:33.
Then i was transferred from a very rough part of the second prison after praying the very next day to a very rare place in CAT-D which usually took months.
Then i didnt finish my bible so i believe god wouldnt allow me to leave until i finished it lolz my paper work was 3 days late and then when i finished my bible the paperwork appears signed.
So here is a little about myself i am 31 years old and i live in the U.K ive always wanted to get right with the lord but never actually did anything infact i went down the wrong path and did some very bad things in my life some would say vile.
But regardless of all i have done which once included my denied god which i deeply regret but regardless god answered my prayers and stuck with me right through from court straight through to the end and i KNOW he exists... jesus come into my life and has been pointing me in the right direction i KNOW he has a plan for me so i offer my life i no longer want money or anything earthly all i wanna do is get right with the lord and his will be done.
So no matter who you are or what you have done if you ask for forgiveness and mean it YOU WILL BE FORGIVEN... thats what jesus died for! to save us and serious WHOEVER you are just pray and be sincere i did and look what happened by all rights in my mind i was not worthy of forgiveness so i sincerly say to anyone who does not think that they can get to know jesus.... YOU CAN! i still struggle with temptaion everynow and then no one is perfect but i just pray and i overcome it with the help of jesus.
AMEN
Well not so long ago i was convicted and sent to prison for 12 months for the cultivation of cannabis and here is my testimony.
Well i was at court at 9am and was waiting until 5pm before i was put before the courts i was not really nervous until i got into the courtroom and in the dock.
The judge came out and i was made to stand i had a court officer to my right and to my left and my family over in the public viewing area to my left, well as the judge was speaking all i was thinking to myself was "please jesus please jesus not prison please jesus but i do deserve it so your will be done" and whilst i was saying this to myself i heard the judge say "mr taylor you are indeed guilty of producing cannabis and have admitted doing so,you have let yourself and your family down also due to the amount you had i will not consider a suspended sentence therefore mr taylor i am sentencing you to serve 12 months in prison and you will serve 6 months of this...take him down"
So i gave a thumbs up to my family and the court officers took me through the back handcuffed me and booked me into the downstairs cells,they made me feel better by giving me a cup of tea and then soon afterwords put me on the bus to H.M.P preston remand prison.
When i got there they booked me in gave me a prison number,shower and prison clothing,i was not really feeling much then apart from whats coming next so they escorted me into the first night center and put me in a cell on my own that had a camera so they could keep a eye on me and soon after a officer came along with everything i needed plus i could buy some tobacco and suger aside from the "brew pack" they gave me but i was so tired i just went to sleep on my bed and awoke for day 2.
Day 2.
I awoke at around 7.30am for morning meds and applications (i didnt use any but we had 15 mins at the same time every morning for which we all had to be up and awake because all the cells were unlocked) and i was told to pack my things as i would be moving to general population and now i was getting nervous.
So they moved me to A wing which was induction wing into general population,they put me in a cell on the 3rd tier on my own left the cell door unlocked and left me be.
Well i had 3 ounces of tobacco on me 2 ounces they let me bring in plus 1 ounce they allowed me to buy so i left all my things in my cell and wondered off just a short walk away to use he phone to call family and when i returned to my cell all my tobacco was stolen...my heart sank! and thats when it really started hitting me that i was there for 6 months.
So i couldnt really do much and the officers came and locked us all up for "bang up" and i was saying to myself "come on wesley you are gunna have to quit smoking and get on with this and at this time i was paceing my cell.
So around 4 hours later my cravings were really kicking in and i was feeling mega down and i mean really bad not only had i been taken out of my daily routine, i couldnt smoke didnt want a drink because i would smoke and could not relax and then i saw my BIBLE which i brought with me,i took hold of it and prayed to god to pleaseeee help me get through this and would it be possible to be given a verse to read that would put me at ease and help me relax... well i opened the bible and right there in front of my eyes was PSALMS 69:33 "The lord listens to those in need and does not forget his people in prison" after i read that oh my days it was like a weight off my shoulders i was saying aloud "thank you god thanks so much i needed that" and then i prayed some more and then led down on my bed and started reading for the first time right from Genesis 1 and eventually fell asleep.
DAY 3
Well i awoke for morning unlock i prayed for god to help me through the day and during association i managed to get some tobacco and i thought "yea i can do this with gods help" and all through the day as we had 23 hour bang up i just read my bible.
DAY 4 THROUGH TO WEEK 3
Well all through them weeks i just concentrated on reading my bible and getting moved out of remand to my designated prison to serve my time you see i was a CAT-D prisoner which meant i could go too a open prison.
Well week 3 comes along and i get a transfer letter through my door telling me im going to H.M.P haverigg a CAT-C prison with CAT-D facilitys so i was thanking god and happy and vibrant and ready to rock n roll when a officer knocks on the window and says "i hear your going to haverigg" i said "yea thats right" he replies "i hope you have took your streamers lad" and i just shrugged that off as sometimes the "screws" officers would throw a dig at us but i just shrugged it off.
Well i went to sleep woke up and was told to pack and was escorted to the bus and was transferred 75 miles to H.M.P haverigg and was taken to the induction billet now i was thinking i was going straight to CAT-D but i had to spend the first night in CAT-C in my own cell so i followed the officer who said on the way "strictly hide your tobacco and if anyone on this wing asks you if you smoke say no" then put me in my cell left it unlocked and wondered off and as soon as she was out of sight everyone was asking me for tobacco and it was getting really tense so i stuck to what the officer said and just said i dont smoke to which of course i was called a liar threatened that at tea time they would come "see me" so i just locked my cell from the inside covered my window and prayeddd my heart out to get moved to the CAT-D wing and to protect me.
Well tea time came i plucked up the courage to go collect my tea then went straight back to my cell locked the door and after a few bangs on my door and some shouting and me refusing to open the door nothing really eventful happened i just prayed read my bible settled in and went to sleep.
Well the next day i woke up and as soon as i got out of bed there was fighting right outside my cell window and im thinking "great.. now i know what the officer at preston meant... so i said a morning prayer and when the officer came and unlocked me i was told straight away "i have some good news for you,theres some space in the CAT-D and your moving now" i was thinking YESS! you see this CAT-D was a big think it was for extremly privilidged prisoners so i said thank you god sooo much and was moved across to my new home for the time being.
The people were nice the gaurds were nice and i settled in and read my bible everyday for most of the day apart from when working or eating or playing the occasional game of pool
and prayed all the time and time flew by.NEAR THE END OF MY SENTENCE.
Well because i had behaved kept to the rules got no warnings i was told i was eligible to be released early and i could do the rest of my time under house arrest from 7pm-7am but it was not garanteed because it wasnt a privilidge it was a bonus and not everyone was accepted.
So i put my application in and prayed everyday to be released early but if not then i would be fine and power on through it and a couple of weeks later my app came through and i was told i was to be released in a few days and at this time i had served just short of 3 months so i was again in my cell saying "YESSS thank you god you have stuck by helping me right through this sentence and i will! so things right and turn my back on sin"
Well my paperwork had to be signed by the governor and thats why it would take a few days and at this point i was at revelations in my bible and nearing the end and 3 days passed by and still no paperwork hmm so i enquired and asked the officers and they said "dont worry it will come" so i relyed on that and just waited my proposed release day had passed but i was fine with that as the govenor was extremly back logged with paperwork.
So i carried on reading my bible and 3 days later i finished it so i put my bible down went out my cell and "officer smith" shouted to me "taylor your going home in the morning make sure your cell is left tidy and the key given to the morning staff" i then jumped for joy! said once again thank you to god said my goodbyes and gave my stuff away to my friends and in the morning i was released!
So to sum everything up i should of received between 2-4 years sentence and i was in the dock praying for leniency and i got 1.
Then all my tobacco was stolen and after i prayed god shown me the verse psalms 69:33
.Then i was transferred from a very rough part of the second prison after praying the very next day to a very rare place in CAT-D which usually took months.
Then i didnt finish my bible so i believe god wouldnt allow me to leave until i finished it lolz my paper work was 3 days late and then when i finished my bible the paperwork appears signed.
So here is a little about myself i am 31 years old and i live in the U.K ive always wanted to get right with the lord but never actually did anything infact i went down the wrong path and did some very bad things in my life some would say vile.
But regardless of all i have done which once included my denied god which i deeply regret but regardless god answered my prayers and stuck with me right through from court straight through to the end and i KNOW he exists... jesus come into my life and has been pointing me in the right direction i KNOW he has a plan for me so i offer my life i no longer want money or anything earthly all i wanna do is get right with the lord and his will be done.
So no matter who you are or what you have done if you ask for forgiveness and mean it YOU WILL BE FORGIVEN... thats what jesus died for! to save us and serious WHOEVER you are just pray and be sincere i did and look what happened
by all rights in my mind i was not worthy of forgiveness so i sincerly say to anyone who does not think that they can get to know jesus.... YOU CAN! i still struggle with temptaion everynow and then no one is perfect but i just pray and i overcome it with the help of jesus.AMEN
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