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Sunday, August 20, 2006

SUNDAY BRUNCH:

This in the Herald on Sunday today,

JAIL BLOG CURBED
Stephen Cook

FOR NEARLY six weeks, inmate Tim Selwyn has waxed lyrical about daily life in prison. The current affairs newsblog www.tumeke.blogspot.com has featured his musings from behind bars about prison yard violence, his attitude towards the judiciary – and even claims that “bent cops” have been stealing cannabis from prisoners.

Now, after initially sanctioning the prison blog, Corrections has decided it is time to rein Selwyn in. Last week the department wrote to Selwyn – in jail on sedition and fraud charges – advising him that his blog could pose a threat to prison security and that in future all outgoing letters would be read by prison staff.

Any letter that posed a threat to prison security would be withheld by the prison.

Website owner Martyn ‘Bomber’ Bradbury was disappointed with the decision.

“I think it is a bit ridiculous. They obviously are scared of Tim showing the country what life is really like in there,” he said.

26 Comments:

At 20/8/06 9:29 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dunno, maybe you forfeit such rights when you receive a criminal convictiction...

 
At 20/8/06 10:57 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Are they really within their rights to do this? Maybe someone should do something. Oh, wait, New Zealanders don't give a shit about anything enough to bother taking actual action!

 
At 21/8/06 9:59 am, Anonymous Anonymous said...

At least Bomber got his name in the paper.

 
At 21/8/06 12:31 pm, Blogger karlos said...

I haven't read Tim's letters in detail. I don't imagine life in prison is very nice, but I don't think it's supposed to be.

In the ideal world, people wo commit crimes get rehabilitated or have what ever injustice caused their outburst dealt with. But this is not the ideal world and will never be.
In this world, if you throw an axe through anyone's window, you don't deserve to roam the streets. There's no need for violence and intimidation like that. If Tim have greivances, then they should be addressed in peaceful non-violent ways.

Does he have the right to send letters to Bomber and have them published on the Internet?
Yeh, sure he does. They both have a right to do this. But in this world, you do lose some rights when you go to jail.

Doesn't this raise the issue of our retributive justice system, not so much civil rights?

 
At 21/8/06 1:58 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Gee not sure if I can match the eloquence displayed here.

About time this will at least stop whining Timmy, and his charming supporters from embarrassing themselves further, for now anyway.

As for Timmy knowing what its really like in there - give me a break, his delusions are getting worse.

In the meantime how about a victims blog – their pain and punishment never ends. There is no compensation for their losses whether it’s the theft of a wallet or their death, there is no support for their pain (OK the dead ones pain is over). We are all victims of a criminal society one way or another perhaps we need to look at our priorities.

There is support here for smacking children being made a crime (I have to say on balance I am also a supporter) if ‘revenge’ and ‘punishment’ as supposedly so bad what would be the outcome of a smacking trial with a guilty verdict, an hour talking things over with a (christian volunteer) stupid woman in a cardigan perhaps, think I would rather go to jail.

 
At 21/8/06 3:59 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I dont think tim and Bomber are suggesting crimes should go unpunished - I think the real issue here is that while Simon Power is cruising up and down the country convincing the that prisons are like Her Majesty's Hotels, Tim is offering an alternative perspective to the goings on in there. Who is telling the truth? The crim or the polititian? Anyones guess really - I'm keen to hear both sides of the story thanks.

 
At 21/8/06 6:44 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said...

why doesnt he use a cell phone to phone his blog to you.. like so many inmates have cellphones

 
At 21/8/06 6:53 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ever wonder why we have such a problem with crime in this country?? simple reason is that to be imprisoned you have to amass a huge number of convictions before the justice system will imprison you. They say our prisons are too full so we must be doing something wrong...fact of the matter is we need more prisons and need to be less lenient in the first place so hardened crims do not eventuate in such numbers.Sure a first or second time offender (depending on the seriousness of the offence)can be dealt with by way of community work, but serious offences eg sex, violence, need to be taken seriously and a clear message sent.

 
At 21/8/06 7:02 pm, Blogger Hated By Most said...

Anon 21/8/06 1:58 PM No one has ever said that the victum should be forgotten, I am sure that you
realize this in that peanut brain of yours. We all feel for the victums in any case, like Bomber had said in another post that maybe there should be more for the victum support, etc etc

But in Tim Selwyns case, the victum was a window and your good old Aunty Helen sad to say but the charge of sedition was bull shit, should I be concerned for her because Tim Selwyn stood up for me and my rights over the seabed & foreshore, like Hell I would. To tell you the truth I dont even know the man I have ever met him, but the Mana for what he had done. I will be there to suport him always.

 
At 21/8/06 7:05 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said...

perhaps anonymous above should have become literate whilst inside...especially if it's the holiday he says it is

 
At 21/8/06 11:14 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said...

exactly-you went inside and now don't ever want to go back so you abide by the law and society has one less fucker to worry about. more people realise this the better we are as a society.

 
At 22/8/06 6:22 am, Blogger Hated By Most said...

Anon 21/8/06 11:14 PM the society you live in, is a fucked up one and the only thing you will get from me in your society is my middle finger stretched high into the air.

so he abides by the law, Helen clarkes law ?... certainly not Crown law.

 
At 22/8/06 7:07 am, Anonymous Anonymous said...

6000 hits a day

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHA

Happened once didn't it boomer?

You are doing a great job of fucking up Tims blogs.

Keep up the good work.

AB

 
At 22/8/06 7:23 am, Anonymous Anonymous said...

...
Hey AB, hadn't heard from you since you were telling us how Israel would kick Hizbollah, how did that all work out for you? We are all surprised that you are back

 
At 22/8/06 10:39 am, Anonymous Anonymous said...

msth8d..frankly i don't care about what happened to aunty helens office or to her. i was talking about real offences eg violence/sex types/big fraud. do you think anyone else would have gone to prison for smashing a window? ofcourse not, but what helen wants goes...

 
At 22/8/06 11:24 am, Anonymous Anonymous said...

WTF, all letter's are read by the screws before they leave prison.

As for the bent cop saga - that reminds me of a mate who was standing in the court dock on charges of cultivating cannabis. When the police read out the statement that he was growing 7 pounds, my mate informed the judge that the number of pounds he was growing was more like 14.

 
At 22/8/06 4:04 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said...

freedom of speech is of importance how else would we be educated

 
At 22/8/06 10:30 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well Boomer - If I remember rightly it was you and your shortlived mate Brewer crying about how the IDF were kicking a bit of Lebannese arse. I made no claims of the Hez getting caned just that Israel were right in what they were doing. Didn't hear of Hez refusing a ceasefire did you??

So tell me Boomer - how many times has this site received 6000 hits in one day ?
Tell the truth,its just us big boys and girls here now, theres no one you need to impress.

Also I haven't seen a single word on your(oops - Tims)site re - captured fox journos - you know your good mates in Hamas sat in their offices while DIRECTLY across the road 2 carloads of armed men kidnapped 2 journos out of their truck. Amazing what those peace loving Hamas dudes let happen outside their own headquarters isn't it?

He He - Good to see you've moved to the imperial 'WE' Boomer. Moving further into the realm of tossers.

Seems I'm not the only Anti Boomer out there. Am I surprised??

Hell No
AB

 
At 23/8/06 7:26 am, Anonymous Anonymous said...

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Sigh - kids please play nicely in the sandpit - we try and allow a place where ideas can be debated. AB - so nice to have you back, even though you conveniently gloss over your last debate loss with ‘you and brewer said the IDF were hurting the Lebanese’ silliness. Come on AB, you were horribly wrong over the Lebanon war, and I think that’s why you debate pointless issues rather than the argument at hand. Simply disliking me and using that as the point for writing here is a little childish mate. As for this snide little ‘how many times have you received 6000 hits in a day’ – I think you are referring to the TV3 news report, they asked what’s the highest hits this site has ever had and I said 5704 hits in one day, they said on TV3 up to 6000 hits. I didn’t say we get that every day, that was the highest we ever got, your attempt to link that into meaning more suggests how pointless your argument actually is. I have written about the Fox news reporters, I stated that it seems who Wigg worked for was the point of the kidnapping, I mean even when you do try to launch a point, you’re wrong, I have written about Wiig, and you state I haven’t!

The Imperial WE says you need to try a little harder AB, all that bitterness makes your posts a bit sad.

 
At 23/8/06 8:34 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Good to see you're learning boomer - still a decade away at least but....

Debate ??? Is that what you call it?

You know Boomer I'm a little surprised that you even use a computer. I mean a large proportion of the software and hardware that makes your little fantasy world go round comes from your arch enemy Amerika.
I would have thought a boy with your convictions would never bend his morals and support the corporate
enemy. Just goes to show doesn't it?

Been shining up your TV award nomination lately Boomer? They do tarnish so quickly don't they? My mother uses vinegar on my Hockey trophies - might work for nominations too.

Anyway poor old Tim aye? Stuck in prison for crimes he did commit. I mean really....makes you want to axe someones windows doesn't it?

AB

 
At 23/8/06 9:51 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yawn!

AB you are so boring!!!!

NEXT!!!

 
At 24/8/06 7:56 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anon - Boring -maybe, but right too.

Are you boomer? or one of his little helpers?

I know boomer won't reply to my comment above as he has no answer to it.

AMERIKA makes his shit and he still uses it even though he professes to think them Satan.

NEXT.

AB

 
At 25/8/06 10:25 am, Blogger Hated By Most said...

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At 25/8/06 12:40 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said...

The least you could do is put the SST HOS straight on Tumuke's 'ownership' Bomber.

 
At 29/8/06 1:01 am, Blogger Hated By Most said...

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At 29/8/06 1:09 am, Blogger Hated By Most said...

AB is it fucking lonely where live? and that space that exist between the ears has NASA come up with a name for it yet.

So now all of a sudden we are friends, when the fuck did this happen?

So you've seen my blog good for you, nice to know that theres some activity happening in there, you should tell your doctor about it, just in case your on the wrong medication.

I would comment on your piss ass attempt to make something out of nothing. But whats the point.
Though I am sure that if I pointed a shotgun at you and took your stuff, you'd be wanting it back too.

But your not worth the time nor the effort, but I will say, when reading your comment, you do reminded me of a universal truth AB,
"That a big Mouth and a small mind are usually found together"

 

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