What is prison like? like what is inside there? and how do people treat...do they treally treat you like ****.

Question

What is prison like? like what is inside there? and how do people treat...do they treally treat you like ****.

Answer 1

Yup, in prison the guards generally treat the inmates like ****. They try to push them around a lot to see if they can get any type of reaction out of them.

Answer 2

My name is Michelle and I've been in prison since 1988 for murder. I was 15 years old at the time. As for what it's like in prison, that's easier for me to answer than what it's like out there - I mean, it's all I know. I can tell you this, it's not the country club many people think it is.

Don't misunderstand me - I did kill someone; I am serving a life sentence for that crime and I deserved it. Answering your question is not me trying to complain - but prison isn't a pleasant place and so, in telling you what its like - there are necessarily going to be a bunch of negative stuff.

First of all, you've lost your freedom. What I miss most of all is being able to go outside at night and look at the stars, smell the fresh air, enjoy the quiet... speaking of quiet: there is none. Ever. No privacy and no quiet - for over twenty years.

I am married - yeah, long story best saved for another post but it is actually my husband typing this for me. We talked about the question on the phone and I shared my response with him so he could type it up and submit it for me. Anyway, there is no such thing as conjugal visits in our world. The most we've ever been able to share physically is a brief (three-second) hug and a kiss at the start and end of a visit.

Speaking of him typing this up for me, I don't have a computer or access to one and no inmate has access to the internet - regardless of how many people post things saying that they are asking their question from prison.

TV? I have a 7" TV bought for me by family. It cost $298.95 because the prison chooses and approves the only vendor we can purchase one off of. At $300 for a 7" TV, one can only imagine and hope that the powers that be got paid off well. Kickbacks would be illegal though and so... wait, that would make them criminals too... which segues nicely to the question, "What type of person wants to become a correction officer in the first place?"

There are some genuinely nice guards who were drawn to the field with the idea that they could be a positive influence and/or provide a public service. There are also those for whom the job is nothing more than a place to fulfill a lust for power and an outlet for a sadistic nature. I'll leave it to you to decide how prosperous each group is. Nice or sadistic, they control my every action - every day. Prison is like that.

Think like the worst teacher you ever had, with pretty much unlimited power over you 24/7/365. I mean, they couldn't mess with you too bad when the principal (re: warden) was in the room - but it's dangerous to even tell on her because the principal can't always be there. There is no home to escape to, no weekends off to rejuvinate your spirit and build your strength up only to get it beat down again - it never ends, no respite, no time outs, no chance to catch your breath.

I need two root canals. I put in for them in December and the dentist here at the prison confirmed that I did in fact need them. It's April now and I haven't gotten them. My husband has paid for me to be seen by an outside dentist - in fact, that money has been there since November. Still, it's April and I haven't seen a dentist - I'll probably lose at least one tooth. The pain is - well, if you've had such a problem before you know, if not, I can't describe it. About once every three weeks I get five days supply of pain killers to tide me over till I get seen by the dentist. They won't tell us when though - so there is nothing to look forward to except more pain tomorrow.

The food? Less than $2.00 per inmate per day is what the Department of Corrections pays for food. Not exactly three squares a day. I'm know television shows something much different - here's something tv probably won't tell you: the law doesn't require the health department to inspect prison cafeteria's as they must do for every other location in the state that provides food service. Anyway, mostly I don't eat the prison food - I buy it off of canteen (prison store) with funds that come out of my account - not the taxpayers. Incidentally, the prison store is supplied by vendors too - if a 7" tv costs $300 - how much do you think a decent meal costs? I'm a vegetarian (I will not kill or be party to a killing again - person or animal) and one cannot live off of the non-meat options here without buying supplements anyway. You can get enough calories I think - but you would get serious health conditions from the lack of nutrition.

Anyway, I could go on but perhaps it is enough to say - you can sit on a mountain, but you can't sit on a tack. Prison is about sitting on tacks - constantly and with no escape.

I hope this answered your question.

Answer 3

Imagine being in highschool but you cant leave.  Imagine the teachers having absolute power over you, and pretty much hating you and everything you stand for.  Imagine that you are the guy that all the jocks pick on.  Imagine staring out the window while in class looking at the nice sunny day and thinking about partying on the weekend, but that weekend is 2-10  years of mindnumbing dullness away.