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If U went 2 jail... (it cant be that bad)

I don't think I would cope very well at all - the loss of freedom to do the most simplest things, the loss of seeing my son and doing stuff with him, the potential violence and ass-raping all frighten the shit out of me.

But also, once you do get out - having the stigma of someone who's served time.
 
And yeah, btw, it CAN be that bad. Ever had any of your freedoms taken away from you? Ever been "Grounded" by your parents, or spent time in detension at school? Multiply that by 10,000 and you might get some kind of idea of what it's like to be a prisoner.
 
Being in prison CAN be that bad... actually IT IS that bad. Two of my very closest friends are currently doing time and trust me its not a very easy thing to do.
Yeah, you get jobs in prison... but you get paid about 35.00 a month (and thats with a GOOD job) and you work 8-12 hours A DAY. You are still forced to buy all the things that you need to get by (soap, razors, paper, pens, shampoo etc..) and its not like they sell them to you at some discounted rate either, you are forced to buy them from the 'comminsary' at the same prices that you would buy them out here. Most buy their own food, cause what they serve you is serious slop. So yeah, you get paid... but they pay you cents an hour. So... its nothing.
As far as the 'ass-raping' thing. You all have been watching way too much TV. As homosexuality is present in many prisons, most of them keep to themselves. They don't go around raping the small guy... I am sure that it happens, but the more threat would be the violence.
You have all your pride ripped from you, and you are reminded everyday that you are nothing to the world by the fucked up officers that walk around badass, when really I (and I am a smaller girl) could kick their asses. Your stripped of your rights, you get nothing. Nothing. you wait for visits... (which suck), and your family gets burdened by having to spend 25.00 on a 15 minute phone call... You'd be surprised how much you could write... or how much you would pick up drawing, or poetry.
You could NEVER know exactly what prison is like until you've done time.

On the brighter side. One of my friends, who was sentenced to a 20 year drug and assault charge back in 1995 (he was 16), is getting out in 14 months. 1 down 1 to go.

~Heather
 
My boyfriend was sentenced to a 3 year jail sentence (australian jail), and I can agree that it isnt as bad as the media depicts it to be, though I would not want to go.

My boyfriend was absolutely beyond petrified to go to jail, and once in there ( minimum security- sentence was Aggravated Driving which caused death), its not all that bad. Bad side? It sucks your spirit right out of you. You have no rights. You get told when to wake up, when to go to sleep, what type of work you do (earning around $20 a week), and the officers treat you with little or no respect (even if deserved), though they are not treated harshly in a physical sense, and the inmates have a room to themselves, with tv & a sink & toilet, and showers are cubicles in a big room, so you maintain your privacy. You can sit in your room all day long and watch tv and not come out if you want to. Though if you chose to do your 'time' that way, you will sink further n further. For my Boyfriend, he was as productive as possible- he keeps to himself, and doesnt sink into the mind games that the officers Try to play with you, and with that, the officers leave him by, as does fellow inmates.

For him, he says its all about being as 'comfortable as possible' and its not as if he is in fear of his life day-to-day, he is just VERY VERY bored, sometimes I think they create so little to do, that its the boredom that deters people from wanting to go back.

I cant say my boy's time has been 'easy'- but people perceive jails as an ass-raping nightmare.. there is no such thing where my boy is, and whilst that might exist in Maximum security prisons, its generally a myth. My boy has lost his freedom, his rights, and 3 years of his life for a crime I dont think he needed to be incarcerated for (but thats another story).

I have spoken to lots of people about to enter their jail, and seeing what my boy and other inmates have gone through, its not as bad as the tv makes it out to be, but it is certainly a place I would never want to visit.
 
If I had a short prison sentence, I'd keep to myself mainly. Do as I'm told, keep myself together mentally, workout, and basically try not to make any waves.

If I had a long sentence... I really don't know. Probably the same thing, but try to make some friends as well so I don't completely lose my mind. If drugs were available, hell yes.
 
if had to be incarcerated (god forbid),

i'd go to an 18th century debtors jail in london (with built in casinos, drugstores and brothels) or a Dutch jail.
 
ive never been to a state or county prison.... i was in a military prison for 7 months tho 2002-2003.... and let me tell u it sucked. You think its hard in the worlds prison? try the military brig and then tell me what u think. I dont even like talkin bout it.........
 
PawpNLawk said:
ive never been to a state or county prison.... i was in a military prison for 7 months tho 2002-2003.... and let me tell u it sucked. You think its hard in the worlds prison? try the military brig and then tell me what u think. I dont even like talkin bout it.........
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Damm dude......thats rough.....Leavenworth

Fuck.......i know thats gotta suck way more than reg prison....I had a freind who spent time there.....Well i met him soon after he got out. He was a cool guy. Ex marine sniper ( he actually was in marine sniper school, the most hardcore sniper school in the military, and he went AWOL and was hiding for 6 months until he was found). He was a very mellow guy but i had the unfortunant experience of being in his presence when he flipped out from a fight we almost got into. HE got side swipped by a car full of 4 HUGE black dudes who obviusly had somekind of weapon on them. I luckily got him to back down as they got back in their car and left. Then he just flipped after that. HE never talked much about his experience in jail except for that one time. He wouldnt stop taliin and crying about the time he spent there. HE wasnt making much sense but was talking about gruesome brawls he got into and random crap. How the guards would fuck u up......BAD!!!

He asked me later that nioght if i wanted to drive around the city looking for fights so we can fuck some people up. I mean i saw this total pent up anger totally unleashed......scary stuff.....He was a diff person after that one occasion......

I mean i dont think jail was the sole reason he was fucked up but i could def tell it had a big influence.

Anyways.......I thinnk the biggest fear i would have is the violence. I mean u would always have to be on ur toes. Cuz on the inside u cant be looked at as no bitch. Thats when u get fucked w/. You cant have any fear.....or u will be fucked w/ . Bottom line. ITs survival of the fittest......either u bitch or be bitched.

I really hate violence. But i think if i went in......that place would really fuck me up......Id have to be hard ass mofo..........It would change me forever.......And thats a experience i wish to never live.

Not to mention when u get out u will be known as a felon or ex con. Life would suck on the outside as well.

So for those who think prison wouldnt be that bad.........Wake the fuck up and hope u never get urslef in any type of trouble in which u would be sent there

Just my 2 cents
 
PassMeTheVicks said:
I mean, they let you have jobs inside of prison. I suppose you get paid right?
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You are fucking joking, right? You are working to help the prison run smoothly, by doing laundry, etc, so the taxpayers don't have to HIRE someone to take care of it. You are essentially earning your room and board.

WTF?! Did you think of prison as a vocational school?!
 
i was locked up for 7 months for doin Meth and 3 counts of X.... plus two other charges they decided to stack on top of it..... pain in the ass military
 
blood on my knife or shit on my dick?

I would probably kill myself before going to prison. Even the thought of it gives me the chills.

I would not last.
 
its all relative. i wouldn't survive longer than a week in golbourn super-max, but i recently heard from my friend in Cooma min security and he is quote: 'loving it'. He plays pool all day, doesnt have to cook for himself or wash his clothes.
super-max = death.
min security = better than your current life.
 
I spent a couple of months in remand (maximum security) at Westbrook juvinile. It was for 15 - 17yo's and though I commited my various crimes when I was 14, When the pigs charged me with breaching my bail conditions (totally trumped up charges I was later found innocent for) I had just turned 15.
I was absoluely shitting myself when I went in. The first couple of weeks were ok I guess but then I became known as an easy mark as I was the youngest person in there and wasn't very confident so I was bullyed alot, assulted a couple of times.
It was more the fear of violence towards you than the violence itself that sux.

Then there was the absolute abject bordom. We were in this courtyard all day every day locked out of our cells with only meals and a one hour trip to the gym to break up the day. All we did was smoke smoke smoke.

Also, I was waiting for a bail hearing and it kept getting cancelled, 3 times in all before it was heard and I was granted bail. That was soul destroying.
When I was finally granted bail and shoved on a bus to go back to the redneck town I lived in I remember the strangest thing about being out was having money.

I guess it changed me for the better though. Made me alot tuffer, always stand up for myself since then. Also there was other nasty personality traits I lost.

If I was sent to prison now I would always be assertive and the minute somebody laid a finger on me in anger (it is usally the people at the bottom of the pecking order looking to move up) I would punch them in the nose. Even if you had shit beaten through you, you still have respect. That is what makes it bearable.
 
so... theres no chance of spending 20 years digging your way out with a rock hammer (shawshank redemption)?
 
Man I don't know... I most definatly do not plan on going to jail

if it was a short sentance in min security, I'd go in and try to make the best of it. Have my family send me tons of books and cartons of cigarettes. I'd sit and smoke and read.

If it was a longer sentance in maximum security I'd try to do that bootcamp program and get out in 6 months. If I can't then I'd have some serious consideration to do wether I'd want to live or not. :-\

Life sentance = me commiting suicide
 
^i was gonna try that boot camp program but it takes forever. And they can do pretty much anything they want to you there, its ridiculous. the idea of goin just scared me.
 
phactor said:
Man I don't know... I most definatly do not plan on going to jail
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LMAO!!!

Do you think anyone plans on going to jail? Get serious...

If your going to commit the crime, you better be prepared to do the time, plain and simple.
 
im just wandering, in the commissary do they have shit like...cough syrup ;), aspirin, tylenol, etc or do they make you get it from a nurse, or just refuse to do anything about you at all unless its a serious illness or problem?
 
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