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

^ as far as the prison i was at.... u were able to make an appointment to see the doctor.... and then they prescribed medicine to you ....
 
i was in county for a short while. not a long time but every day is the same so i got to know what its like.

All the stories about ass-raping and such are exaggerated but not entirely untrue. In county this does not happen. It is when you go to state and federal prison with the real hard-asses and sociopaths that you have to worry. I was told in county that if I went upstate that nasty nate would think i have a pretty cute ass. Apparently the best way to avoid getting raped is to do just that, avoid it. Dont run your mouth or put yourself in a situation where it is possible that you will be assaulted. Dont accept "gifts" from people like cigarettes, candy bars, or pot. However, if they really want to get to you they eventually will. Then your only option is to fight and win, and in most cases they will be coming for you with 3 large guys against just you. But, it isnt something that will definately happen. What you want to do is stay in county prison with guys who cant pay child support or have too many dui's or sell pot.

Yes it is very boring and yes it is about being as comfortable as you can. I basically watched TV all day and tried to sleep as much as possible. You might think that this isnt so bad but it is. I didnt even get my own cell i was put in a room with like 20 other guys on bunk beds. Its hard to have conversations because everyone is bitter about being in jail and you obviously dont meet too many dynamic personalities in there. I also shared a single toilet with all these guys. They had a bottle of disinfectant that you sprayed the toilet with before you used it.

The food was absolute shit. They didnt give you any real meat, everything "meat" was processed soy and made you shit like crazy. They put additives in the food to lower your sex drive, and alot of the time you didnt get enough. Not that you wanted to eat what they gave you in the first place. Everyone gets their own food from the commisary and hoardes it like its their stash of dope. No one is going to give you a fucking cheese curl if you are down on your luck.

When I first got there I was put on the intake block where they lock you down for about 22 hours out of the day and you cant do really anything except look at the wall and wash your socks in the sink. I actually didnt mind this so much because i didnt have to deal with 19 stinking and stupid men all day, but there was no tv or books.

It is a little bit maddening when you start thinking about the fact that you are locked in. Most people are not confined against their will in their life, and it is this state of confinement, a total lack of free will, that is the worst thing about prison for me. that and the fact that i slept with two inches of plastic matting between me and a steel slab. that gets on your nerves because you cant really ever get comfortable.

mostly though its not extremely good or extremely bad, its just time. i always felt better at night because the day had passed, which didnt make any sense because i knew in the back of my mind that i would just get up and do the same thing the next day and the next.

I guess to sum it up it would be like groundhog day with cigarettes and bad food and and uncomfortable bed. Not terrible, but enough to know you want to leave and not come back.
 
Yes, you are able to get certain things for headaches, and such in prison.
I have a comminsary list on my computer from a supermax facility in Massachusetts. (thats where my friend is at) This is the meds they are allowed to purchase themselves.


Pharmaceuticals/Vitamins
0612 Advil 2-pack $0.41
0675 Halls Cough Drops $0.63
0663 Kaopectate $4.73
0635 Liquid Antacid $2.81
0640 Tums $1.70
0680 Vitamin w/o iron 90ct $2.06
0572 Sudafed $0.21
0645 Alka Seltzer 2 pack $0.44
0647 Alka Seltzer Plus Cold Relief 12ct $4.41

As far as if you need to actually see a nurse, you have to put in a request... and where my friend is usually by the time its approved and he is taken to see her... he's already feeling better. So its useless.
 
Full List

Ahhh, what the hell. I'll post the whole comminsary list. Stay outta prison or this WILL BE your grocery store. Behave!

Sousa-Baranowski Correctional Center

Pouched Seafood
6197 Bumble Bee Albacore Tune 3oz $1.43
6826 Fresh Catch Chuncklight Tuna 4.23oz $0.95
6180 Fresh Catch Crabmeat 3.53oz $1.32
6190 Fresh Catch Fish Steaks in Oil w/Green Chilies 3.53oz $0.06
6189 FC Fish Steaks in Spicy Mustard 3.53 $0.64
6178 FC Mackerel 3.53oz $0.85
6191 FC Salmon Flakes in Oil 3.53oz $0.85
6181 FC Sardines in Hot Sauce 3.53 $0.64
6179 FC Sardines in Oil 3.53 $0.64
6183 FC Smoked Baby Clams 3.53oz $1.70
6192 FC Smoked Oysters 3.53oz $1.70
6719 FC Kippered Snacks 3.53oz $1.00

Pouched Chili, Meats & Meals
6314 Beef Salami 5oz $1.26
6313 Beef Summer Sausage 5oz $1.26
6176 Brushy Creek Beef Stew 11.25oz $1.11
6172 Brushy Creek Chili w/no beans $1.11
6173 Brushy Creek Chili w/beans $1.11
6174 Brushy Creek Hot Chili w/beans $1.11
6195 Brushy Creek Chunk Chicken 3.6 oz $1.32
6196 Brushy Creek Beef Lasagna 11.25oz $1.11
6194 Brushy Creek Sloopy Joe Sauce w/Beef $1.32
6647 Hormel Vienna Sausage $1.18
6297 Peppered Beef Jerky $1.05
6289 Terryaki Beef Jerky $1.05
6320 Six Gun Beef & Cheese 1oz $0.97
6311 Splendore Sliced Pepperoni 3.5oz $1.45
6309 Splendor Hard Sliced Salami $1.45

Coffee, Tea, Sugar, Creamer & Cocoa
2094 Bigelow Green Tea $2.98
2034 Bigelow Earl Grey Tea $2.13
2004 Keefe Colombian 3oz Coffee Clear Resealable $2.28
2011 Keefe Decaf Clear Resealable $2.44
2071 Keefe Hot Cocoa Clear Resealable Bag 10oz $1.16
2021 Clear Reasealable Non Dairy Creamer $0.88
2070 Keefe Single Serve Cocoa $0.14
2028 Keefe Tea Bag 48ct $1.34
2040 Nescafe 4oz Clear resealable Coffee $2.28
2093 Clear Reasealable Sugar 12oz $0.90
2083 Sugar Twin 100ct $1.32
2005 Taster Choice Regualr Single Serve $0.20
2038 Keefe Instant Expresso Dark Roast $2.04
2014 Keefe Instant Cappuccino French Vanilla $0.20

Drink Mixes & Juice Concentrates
2088 Carnation Nonfat dry Milk 3qt box $2.98
2240 Cranberry Juice Concentrate 3oz pouch $0.43
2245 Kiwi/Strawberry Concentrate $0.43
2241 Orange Juice Concentrate $0.43
2247 Sugar Free Banana Strawberry $0.43
2304 Peach Mix $1.48
2312 Country Time Lemon Berry $1.48
2309 Country Time Lemonade $1.48
2320 Keefe Orange Breakfast Drink $1.31
2332 Kool Aid Cherry $1.48
2333 Kool Aid Grape $1.48
2331 Kool Aid Tropical Punch $1.48
2048 Nestea w/Lemon $1.40
2042 Gatorade Orange 1qt bag' $0.69

Beans & Rice, Hunan Vegetables
6711 Hot Chili Flavored Refried Beans& Rice $0.71
6186 Hunan Chicken & Vegetables $0.94
6184 Hunan Vegetables $0.94
6701 Picante Black Bean Dip $0.82
6709 Red Beans & Rice $0.82
6700 Refried Beans $1.39

Bagels & Tortillas
6612 Individual Cinnamon Raisen Bagel $0.38
6600 Flour tortillas $0.61
6610 Plain bagel $0.38
2424 Loaf of Wheat Bread $1.05

Rice
6061 Bago Noodles & Cheese w/ Jalapenos $0.45
6052 Yellow Rice $0.40
6048 Pre-cooked Brown Rice $0.84
6047 Pre-cooked White rice $0.77
6045 Spaghetti Style noodles (fresh) $0.38
6057 Oriental Rice $0.40
6055 Spanish Rice w/Cheese $0.40

Bagged Candy
4146 Atomic Fire Balls $0.49
4100 Butterscotch Buttons $0.49
4152 Digby's All-stars $0.46
4135 Assorted Jolly Ranchers $0.60
4154 Orange Slices $0.48
4120 Rootbeer Barrells $0.49
4145 Starlite Mints $0.49
4155 Sugar free Wild fruits $0.49
4156 Vanilla Caramels $0.56
4117 Twizzlers $0.77



Peanut Butter, Sauces & Spreads
6256 Squeeze Bottle Mayo 15oz $2.20
6426 Squeeze Bottle Salsa 15.5 oz $1.47
6261 Ketchup 14oz $1.16
6410 Grape Jelly 12oz $1.54
6453 Grated Italian Cheese 3oz $1.13
3500 Honey $2.39
6452 Jalapeno Cheese Spread 8oz $1.47
6417 Peanut Butter 18oz $1.76
6450 Sharp Cheese Spread 8oz $1.47
6267 Soy Sauce $0.54
6306 Squeeze Pizza Sauce $1.55
6509 Squeeze Regular Picante Sauce $1.49
6294 Italian Pasta Sauce $0.43
6249 Jalapeno Cheese Squeezers $0.41
6428 Cheddar Cheese Squeezers $0.41
6422 Cheddar Cheese Bar $1.25
6411 Strawberry Jelly $1.83

Spices
6258 Garlic Powder 2.5oz $0.90
6664 Goya Adobo 6oz $0.98
6275 Onion Powder $1.25
6666 Sazon $1.05
6282 Salt Substitute $2.68
6283 Ground Pepper $1.34
6507 Jalapeno Pepper Slices $0.31

Nuts & Chex Mix
6205 Cashews $0.95
6241 Mixed Nuts $2.42
6210 Planters Peanuts $0.27
6214 Sunflower Kernels $0.46
6213 Health Mix $0.77
6217 Tropical Blent $0.77
6212 Spicy Cajum Mix $0.77

Breakfast Items
6380 Single Serve Raisin Bran $0.60
6382 Single Serve Total $0.85
6383 Single Serve Frosted Flakes $0.60
3252 Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pop-tarts 6pk box $1.39
3251 Strawberry Pop-Tarts 6pk box $1.39
6520 Instant Oatmeal $2.21
6401 Granola Bar $2.54
3226 Chocolate Iced Donut $0.48
6404 Chocolate Chip Granola Bar $2.54

Pickles & Popcorn
6500 Hot SS Pickles 7.94oz $0.49
6501 Mild SS Pickles 7.94 $0.49

Toothpaste & Dental Products
514 Aim 2.7oz Toothpaste $1.82
530 Close-Up 2.7oz Toothpaste $1.60
522 Colgate Clean Mint 6.4oz $2.16
519 Colgate Tartar 2.7oz $1.29
515 Colgate Total $3.18
507 Colgate Clear Winterfresh Gel $2.11
500 Crawford Mouthwash $1.05
596 Denture Cup $1.59
595 Effergrip $3.00
580 Plastic Toothbrush holder $0.33
535 Sensodyne 4oz $4.89
549 Colgate Classic Toothbrush Soft $0.72
548 Toothbrush Medium $0.06
594 Efferdent Cleanser $5.67
544 Dental Floss $1.43

Shampoo & Hair Care
0076 Alberto VO5 Styling Gel $2.32
0051 Blue Magic Bergamount $1.35
0007 Balsam Shampoo $0.86
0008 Conditioner $0.86
0035 Dark and Lovely Detainer $2.75
0038 Dark & Lovely Conditioner $2.99
0091 Head and Shoulders 6. 8oz Shampoo $3.01
0022 Heritage 11oz Dandruff Shampp $1.96
0046 Pro 29 3oz Hair Gel $2.13
0055 Pro Glo 4oz Promade $1.43
0063 Pro Glo Curl Activator $1.82
0016 Suave 15oz Conditioner $1.46
0015 Suave 15 Balsam Shampoo $1.46
0010 VO5 15oz Shampoo $1.49
0011 VO5 15oz Condtioner $1.41
0025 Heritage Baby Shampoo $1.56

Soap
398 Clear Dial Bar $0.34
439 Heritage Clear Deodorant Soap $0.56
446 Dial Soap Pure and Natural 4.5oz $0.51
490 Soap dish $0.31
440 Dove Soap $1.28

Paper, Postage, Stationary & Cards
1115 Anniversary Card $0.64
1305 Aviator Pinochie Playing Cards $1.31
1300 Regular Playing Cards $1.31
1091 Bic Black Pen $0.17
1092 Bic Blue Pen $0.17
1100 Birthday Card $0.64
1050 Book of Stamps $3.57
1016 Three Cent Stamps $0.03
1080 Colored Pencil Set $1.07
1026 Envelope Clasp 9.5 * 12.5 $0.15
1013 Envelope Large #10 50 ct $1.04
1012 Envelope Small #8 100 ct $1.04
1110 Friendship Card $0.64
1105 Get Well Card $0.64
1101 Juvenile Birthday Card $0.64
1001 Large Stamped Envelope $0.44
1060 White Paper 8.5*11 $0.67
1062 Yellow Legal Pad 8.5*14 $0.89
1077 Penicl $0.09
1048 Post Card w/Stamp $0.28
1102 Sympathy Card $0.64
1121 Seasonal Card $0.64
1123 Spanish Bday Card $0.64
1124 Spanish Friendship card $0.64
1016 Stamp Air Mail $0.80
1120 Thank You card $0.64
1065 Typewriter Paper 200ct $3.14


Snack Cakes
4019 Chick-o-stick $0.14
3028 Banana Moon pie $0.37
3214 Brownie $0.43
3026 Chocolate Moon Pie $0.37
3260 Coffee Cake $0.47
3014 Fig Bars $2.02
3261 Honey Bun $0.57
3270 Chocolate Cream Filled Cupcakes $0.69
3248 Iced Cinnamon Roll $0.48
8226 Jumbo Chocolate Iced Donut 3.9oz Individual $0.52
3023 Keefe Choco Chips and Cremes $1.00
3245 Dunking Sticks $1.09
3231 Oatmeal Cakes $1.00
3230 Peanut Butter Wafers $1.01
3236 Swiss Rolls $1.11
3278 Dole Tropical Salad Fruit Cup $0.70

Chips
6165 Moon Lodge BBQ Chips $1.00
6160 Moon Lodge Plain Chips $1.00
6080 Moon Lodge Whole Shabang $0.94
6108 Moon Lodge Pretzels $0.96
6143 Moon Lodge Sour Cream and Onion $1.00
6166 BBQ Corn Chips $1.32
6083 White Chedder $0.94
6348 Cactus Annes Hot Cheese Crunchy $1.35
6150 Nacho Cheese Tortilla Chips $1.32
6134 Moon Lodge Caramel Corn $0.69

Crackers & Cookies
3003 Animal Crackers $0.83
3124 Cheese Peanut Butter Crackers $0.24
3130 Cheese/Cheese Crackers $0.24
3129 Toasty Peanut Butter Crackers $0.24
3038 Butter Thins $0.57
3011 Chip-A-Riffic $1.76
6349 Party Mix $1.50
3115 Cheese Crackers $1.43
3112 Saltines $1.21
3114 Snack Crackers $1.82
3020 Oreos $0.29
3045 Duplex Cookies $0.57
3040 Iced Oatmeal Cookies $0.57
3004 Peanut Butter Cremes $0.57
3113 Unsalted Saltines $1.73
3030 Vanilla Crem Cookies $0.57
3118 Wheatables $2.05

Soda & Water
2395 20oz Bottle Water $0.35
2392 20oz Coke $0.73
2362 20oz Diet Caffeine Free Coke $0.73
2393 20oz Diet Coke $0.73
2388 20oz Ginger Ale $0.73
2354 20oz Orange Soda $0.73
2390 20oz Rootbeer $0.73
2355 20oz Sprite $0.73

Candy Bars
4036 Hershey Chocolate Bar $0.60
4037 Hershey w/ almonds $0.60
4131 Lifesavers $0.60
4001 M&M Peanut $0.60
4000 M&M Plain $0.60
4013 Milky Way $0.60
4035 Reese Peanut Butter Cups $0.60
4010 Snickers $0.60
4032 Three Musketeers $0.60

Ramen Noodle Soups
6002 Beef $0.27
6007 Cajun Chicken $0.27
6003 Cajun Shrimp $0.27
6000 Chicken $0.27
6005 Chili $0.27
6013 Spicy Garlic $0.27
6004 Texas Beef $0.27
6011 Vegetable $0.27
6014 Roast Beef $0.27
6016 Chili Lime Shrimp $0.27
6015 Roasted Chicken $0.27

Pharmaceuticals/Vitamins
0612 Advil 2-pack $0.41
0675 Halls Cough Drops $0.63
0663 Kaopectate $4.73
0635 Liquid Antacid $2.81
0640 Tums $1.70
0680 Vitamin w/o iron 90ct $2.06
0572 Sudafed $0.21
0645 Alka Seltzer 2 pack $0.44
0647 Alka Seltzer Plus Cold Relief 12ct $4.41

Personal Care
1993 Insect Repellent $3.46
255 Acne Cream $1.60
825 Afro Pick $0.39
270 Chapstick $1.07
810 Club Brush $1.13
216 Cocoa Butter Stick $1.09
800 Combs $0.09
250 Hydrocortizone Cream $3.31
588 Eucerin $3.94
695 Eye Saline $1.56
750 Fingernail Clip w/out file $0.34
252 Foot Powder $2.42
280 Sunscreen $2.39
766 8pk Tissue Pack $1.54
760 Cotton Swabs $0.82
815 Miltary Hand Brush $2.34
1343 Mirror 6"*4.5" $1.86
241 Noxema $1.76
1125 Photo Album $2.11
1344 Plastic Fork $0.11
1417 Plastic Spoon $0.09
1706 Show Insole $1.82
771 Tiolet Tissue $0.47
1709 White Shoelace $0.91
262 Dyna-Step- Dr Scholls $13.93

Shaving Products
300 Bic Razor $0.13
308 Bump Fighter Razor $2.06
340 Crawford Brushless Shave $1.11
323 Heritage 5 pack Razors $1.41
310 Heritage Single Razor $0.36
320 Magic Shave Calm $2.78
350 Comfort After Shave $1.80
324 Heritage Cartridge 5 pack $1.26
322 Shick Slim Twin Disposable Single $0.70

Lotions & Powders
211 Cocoa Butter Lotion $0.86
201 Heritage Baby Poder $1.44
212 Heritage Skin Care Lotion $1.49
230 Jergens Hand Lotion $2.28
236 Lubricating Skin Care Lotion $1.63

Deodorants
123 Crawford Deodorant $0.57
113 Heritage A/P Musk Deoderant Stick $1.55
147 Fresh Scent Deoderant Stick $1.55
100 Roll On Deoderant $1.17
102 Sport Scent Deoderant $1.55

Batteries
1210 Panasonic AA 4pk $2.07
1200 Panasonic AAA 4pk $2.13
1216 Panasonic C 2pk $2.00
1219 Panasonic D 2 pk $2.04
 
I am interested in something. Are you allowed to, lets say maximum lockup, bring any amount of cash in with you? And where can you keep it?
 
Spent 3 days in Correctional Facility - worst experience of my life. Difficult to sleep, food sucked, constant fear, and being strip searched is quite invasive. Guards give you no respect or concern. Heard horrible stories of inmates with mental problems - they may cut you or wipe feces on you. Having your freedom taken away and thrown into a dirty, hostile environment will challenge your sanity. Regarding cash - none allowed in the facility I was in, but you earn "credit" thru work. You can purchase items with credit, which then become your "money" in the prison barter system.
 
i try not to think about stuff like that, they use guys like me for currency in prison:\
 
Simple solution- Don't do anything that could get you sent to prison!

I know we all do some things that could get us in trouble..just be careful I guess.

If I went I would probably read and work out a lot. Try to keep to myself. Fight anyone I had to, but definately wouldn't look for a fight. Maybe find a tough lesbian lover and we'd watch out for each other. heh..
 
My girlfriend's brother did a little time for a couple DWIs. It was only county lockup, but he said what you expect about jail from the movies isn't really the way it is. They separate prisoners so someone who commits tax fraud isn't going to be cellmates with Hannibal Lecter.

With that said, he told me that if someone starts with you it is best to stand up quickly and decisively, that way even if you get in trouble you will avoid fights and more hassles for the rest of your time.

He also said working 12 hours a day was the best thing he could do with his time there. He worked on the loading docks and eventually got to be manager of the work crew there. He had his own desk and got to eat any of the food that he wanted.

But, he also said it is extremely boring and lonely, as well.
 
An interesting site regarding rape in US prisons is http://www.spr.org - Stop Prisoner Rape. Read some of the stories there for yourself..

I know a couple of people who have been inside for 10years+ and have let a few details out which are absolutely disgusting. As a few people on that spr.org say, they don't tell anyone what happened - not gf,wife,parents, whoever... in one persons case - who wants to tell your loved one that your new 'daddy' made his 'bitch' (you) swallow his piss because he didn't wanna go to the toilet?

Interestingly enough, just today on ABC radio here in Australia, they were talking about violence in prisons as well as rape. They government might come on the news and say 'Rape isn't a problem in our prisons - we have only two reported cases in the last year'.

Yeah right.. how many report it ;) You wanna survive in prison, you DON'T speak up against the poor guy next door being abused. Nor if you are being raped would you... prisoners have strict rules; being a snitch is a punishable offense to them heh. A lot of people give in to being someones 'bitch' through fear alone.. they might not even be assaulted.

Don't except favours. Don't except gifts. Those who show emotion are considered weak, and weakness is preyed on.
 
This is an interesting thread.

I'm currently waiting to be sentenced on the 10th May for Drug Charges in Australia. Though I'm feeling positive I won't be put in prison, I'm scared shitless that it could happen and I have no control over it.

Reading threads like this really makes me realise how real my situation is and how If I am put inside, how I will cope.

I'm the perfect target for an ass-raping. I just hope to hell that shit like this doesnt happen in minimal security prisons.

shals! :)
 
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.........

If I may ask....What brig were you in?

I had many friends in the brig @ Lejeune.
 
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