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by branciforte3241 on June 29th, 2009
I've had some friends who have been locked up. One of them for most of his life in prison. Other just in jail.
First of all, it's jail, not prison. very different. and what you were in before was just a holding cell. People in prison are in for the long haul. People in jail are just sweating out at most 6 months to a year.
Secondly, those stories about rape. That doesn't really happen. Especially not in jail.
Other than that, my understanding is that you'll share a cell with someone but most of the time will be spent in a large common room. Occasional time outside in a yard. TV. A canteen for those who have money. Be cool and lay low till you know what's going on.
Not authoritative, but like I said, I've had a few friends who've been through it and that's what I remember them telling me.
Sometimes it seems more money is spent protecting the guilty than defending the innocent. Money talks and justice walks? Why allow it?
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Sounds about right to me, except I didn't get to hang out in a "yard". They just let me go out in this very small walled room with no ceiling twice... in my whole 11/29. -.- That's illegal as hell but they make up their own laws in there. Plus, they only let us watch TV during certain hours of the day. Fun fun.
by Reapz on June 29th, 2009