Duke:
I was happier in prison. Now I've gotta finish MY time with a bunch of snotty young hooligans.. two years of this lot before I retire.
Archer:
How long you done?
Duke:
A long time.
Archer:
That's a hefty sentence, Mr Duke. One way or another, in prisons.
Duke:
Public service, Archer... haven't you realised that some of the lads actually LIKE being in here?
Archer:
Uh, yeah, it's called institutionalised.
Duke:
They're secure.
Archer:
Ah well, in here you act, you're punished and you're free.. but outside, out there, you act, you get punished by your own guilt complexes and you're never free.
Duke:
And what little book did you get that from?
Archer:
his one. Certainly not from what's on offer here... Mr Duke, I er... I don't wish to underestimate your lifetime's work, but, er.. the punitive system does not work. I mean, my experience of borstal convinces me that more criminal acts are imposed on prisoners than by criminals on society.
Duke:
Convinces you, eh? Fancy half of that mob charging up and down YOUR street? Fancy YOUR mother tackling that lot on the rampage? No you bloody well don't.. so what do you do about it, eh? Come on, what do you do about it?
Archer:
I'd talk about it first, like we are.
Duke:
Talk's bullshit, you lock them up!
Archer:
I'd also consider what happens to their guardians..
Duke:
Watch it, lad.
Archer:
No come on, I'm serious Mr Duke.. well, take yourself..for a weekly wage you have been locking up men and boys for most of your working life, right? Now, hanging down your leg is a chain, your key-chain, and the length of that chain indicates the time you have spent in the service... right, you may not have been fortunate in terms of promotion, but the length of that chain gives you rank over other officers of.. similar rank only.. but at the same time it acts as a constant reminder that although you have spent your life in the prison service, you are still only a basic officer... now, who gets the stick for that? Us. Who pays for that daily humiliation?
Duke:
Stand up, Archer.. and wipe that fucking grin off your face before I knock it off.. name and number!
Archer:
4721, Archer, sir.
Duke:
I give you my fucking coffee, and think you can sit there and have the piss out of me?
Archer:
No sir, I didn't... I, I never get the chance to express myself.
Duke:
Then it's as well you don't, lad!
Archer:
I was only concerned with men being stripped of their dignity, cons AND screws.. we aren't much different in here, you know!
Duke:
You're on report for insolence.
Archer:
Yes, sir.
Duke:
STAND UP STRAIGHT!

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