#218. Charlie Bronson's Prison Officer - George Shipton
Eventful Lives Podcast
Dodge Woodall
5 • 857 Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2024
⏱️ 108 minutes
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Summary
George Shipton is an ex Prison Officer who is also known from Channel 4s hit series 'Banged Up'.
George is a proper character, and talks through working the toughest prison in Europe, dealing with riots from the IRA and Al Qaeda.
He also worked closely with Britain's Most Notorious inmate, Charlie Bronson.
This is The Eventful Life of Mr George Shipton
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| 0:00.0 | I've been in with some really horrible, tough, crazy people, Charlie and people like, I've never been this scared. |
| 0:06.9 | Why? |
| 0:08.3 | Have you ever been in a prison where it's massively kicked off or it's out of control? |
| 0:12.4 | Oh, mate, yeah. |
| 0:13.1 | Used to get it all the time in the unit with the IRA. |
| 0:15.5 | Do not have sympathy for these bloves because they will shove it right up your ass. |
| 0:19.1 | Have empathy. |
| 0:20.0 | That's a different thing. |
| 0:21.0 | That's a... |
| 0:21.7 | That could be me. |
| 0:23.3 | I spent a lot of time with Charlie Bronson. |
| 0:25.3 | Charlie only responds really to a certain type of officer. |
| 0:28.5 | You've got to take a few risks, which I did on a couple of occasions. |
| 0:31.9 | There was one occasion where we were going out on the yard. |
| 0:34.3 | I want to go and take the piss out of him and he's going to take the piss out of me and we're going to have a good laugh and my mate Sean behind him is there and he's looking to be going |
| 0:43.3 | the Charlie's looked at me and gone oh oh you know what you've done now don't you've made everyone |
| 0:48.9 | age you and I love that I never was nervous with him. |
| 0:56.6 | I was respectful and he was respectful. |
| 0:59.8 | 90% of a prison officer's job is de-escalation. |
| 1:01.7 | People don't see that side. |
| 1:03.8 | I would be remiss if I didn't tell you. |
| 1:05.7 | One of the most famous stories in Belmarsh. |
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