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What's prison like? AMA

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JoeF2661
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It's shoulder season and I'm bored. Thought I'd open up questioning for those interested. Ask me anything about doing time behind the wire?
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everlast
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what level of prison were you in? did you have roommates? what did you do to keep busy? did you feel safe or get in any fights? what are the other prisoners like? is it true that "you dont make friends in prison"? how did you keep yourself from going crazy?
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xxACIDTRIPxx
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What was day to day life like?
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freestyler540
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Is it like Ricky said in Trailer park boys? You seem like that kinda guy...
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JoeF2661
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everlastwhat level of prison were you in? did you have roommates? what did you do to keep busy? did you feel safe or get in any fights? what are the other prisoners like? is it true that "you dont make friends in prison"? how did you keep yourself from going crazy?


California has 4 levels. 1 being dorm living and low risk inmates and 4 being your "bad people". I started out my term level 3 in high desert. I read a lot to keep busy, worked out everyday, played cards and did my best to keep quiet. It's all about flying under the radar. I got into multiple fights. Won some lost even more. Didn't have to stab anybody or anything but most of the time I did have a weapon because dudes are trying to kill you and prison politics kind of call for it with the whites. And yes I did make some friends. Prison is full of young kids with issues who don't need to be there. You don't give a heroin addict or some small time thief these crazy long sentences I saw some folks get handed. There are good people locked up but yeah a majority of inmates I wouldn't trust as far as I can throw. Lived in a cell with a cellie most of my time down but my last year I dropped points and lived in a dorm, got into a welding program and learned how to weld.
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JoeF2661
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_GHOSTWhat was day to day life like?

Monontous. Prison in 99% boring and 1% full adrenaline scared out of your fucking mind.
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JoeF2661
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freestyler540Is it like Ricky said in Trailer park boys? You seem like that kinda guy...


No. But I got locked up before trailer park boys was on Netflix or even before Netflix was a thing. I had watched the first before and I would always use rickyisms and talk about the show and people would look at me like I was full of shit.
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everlast
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JoeF2661No. But I got locked up before trailer park boys was on Netflix or even before Netflix was a thing. I had watched the first before and I would always use rickyisms and talk about the show and people would look at me like I was full of shit.


how long were u locked up for? and how did u keep urself busy from going crazy:
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iFlip
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Did you ever use your prison wallet?
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JoeF2661
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everlasthow long were u locked up for? and how did u keep urself busy from going crazy:


About 7 years.
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JoeF2661
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iFlipDid you ever use your prison wallet?


Yes, in certain situations you are forced to.
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tsingtaofanatic
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what were some cool people you met while in there?
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-emile-
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why the fuck were you incarcerated in the first place
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JoeF2661
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-emile-why the fuck were you incarcerated in the first place


Drinking and driving. I racked up a few DUIs in a short period of time after high school. I pled out and the deal was a few years probation with completion of a year long inpatient program. Part of the deal was I took an 8 year suspended sentence. I got kicked out of the program because of chew and I knew I was going to get the full 8 so I took off to Montana thinking I could run from my problems.
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JoeF2661
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satanworshipperwhat were some cool people you met while in there?


Normal dudesy age just caught up in the system. If you share the same interests it's easy to get along. Some of the coolest people i met were lifers and my best cellie was already down for 20 something with 50 or so to go, just really calm and easy going for the most part.
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TRVP_ANGEL
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who was the prison's "bubba"?
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.frenchy
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7 years in prison for DUI?

jeeeeeez
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vibecheck
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Did you become a white supremacist
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tsingtaofanatic
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BrujDid you become a white supremacist




https://soundcloud.com/quinn-fossing/kkkk-ymca-parody-moonman
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_kevin_
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How long until you're out?
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JoeF2661
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TRVP_ANGELwho was the prison's "bubba"?


Dude named something angel, like trap angel or some shit they called him.
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JoeF2661
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BrujDid you become a white supremacist

Absolutely...not. if anything I found a new hatred for those people but I knew some decent dudes who were you know, pretty racist.
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JoeF2661
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_kevin_How long until you're out?

My gate pick up is tomorrow. You gonna be there to pick me up? We'll spend my gate money on cigarettes and a steak dinner.

Literally spent my gate money on cigarettes and a steak dinner.
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iFlip
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Were there any inappropriate relationships between prisoners and prison staff?
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elcheapo
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Was in jail for 19 hours. On the way back from a multi day hiking trip got pulled over. For 22 over the speed limit but since there were 2 cones marking a small boulder on the side of the road, he said it was a construction zone and added 10 more mph,32 over total. Frikn dick. At dinnertime everyone was saying dont drink the koolaid but it looked so good I drank it anyway. It tasted like piss but went back for seconds anyway. Didnt sleep till the next day and was woken up because someone bailed me out.

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TRVP_ANGEL
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@JoeF2661 you've been active on NS for the past few years, did they let you have internet and cellphones in the dorm-level prison or did you obtain it illegally?
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JoeF2661
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I was released on November 4th of 2017. I've been out for a little bit. But prisons are flooded with cellphones.
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JoeF2661
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iFlipWere there any inappropriate relationships between prisoners and prison staff?


Absolutely. I never got any but there were many an overweight nurse that were giving it up.
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Chron_Rabbit
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did you pee in butts or did your butt get peed in
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abar.
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JoeF2661Drinking and driving. I racked up a few DUIs in a short period of time after high school. I pled out and the deal was a few years probation with completion of a year long inpatient program. Part of the deal was I took an 8 year suspended sentence. I got kicked out of the program because of chew and I knew I was going to get the full 8 so I took off to Montana thinking I could run from my problems.


That's so fucked. Going from probation to most of a decade in prison for chew?
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PeppermillReno
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Shame you didn't go in Montana OP I've heard Montana and Idaho have bomb ass pen and you can get a TV and Xbox in your cell for not that much $$$.
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JoeF2661
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PeppermillRenoShame you didn't go in Montana OP I've heard Montana and Idaho have bomb ass pen and you can get a TV and Xbox in your cell for not that much $$$.


I've been on fish row in Montana. I was on the run and got busted up there. It was chill. When I got transported out of state to a private prison I had a tv. I had a cellie who had an xbox for sometime and I got real good at call of duty and FIFA.
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JoeF2661
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Chron_Rabbitdid you pee in butts or did your butt get peed in


I pissed in butts. Lol
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Chron_Rabbit
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JoeF2661I pissed in butts. Lol


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FruitBootPro
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You said some lifers were chill, did you meet some people who had done unspeakable shit? What were they like?
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techdeckjuul
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how are you adjusting to society and what the the modern advancements that surprised you most?
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oldmanski
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Are you finished with everything now? Probation, charges, fines, out patient treatment etc..........
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GayWolf420
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Is it true the mexican gangbangers and aryan brotherhoods have alliances with each other?
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JoeF2661
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buyfulltiltsYou said some lifers were chill, did you meet some people who had done unspeakable shit? What were they like?


I had a nextdoor neighbor who had used a chainsaw to cut up some new assiamt DA and his girlfriend in the 70s.
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JoeF2661
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DeebieSkeebiesIs it true the mexican gangbangers and aryan brotherhoods have alliances with each other?

Absolutely. The whites and southerner's kick it while the northern Mexicans kick it with the blacks. But "allies" no. Those Mexicans love stirring the pot. Know that sounds a bit rascist but it's the truth. They grew up punking white boys on the streets and think that shits cool to do on the inside. I almost started a riot for getting into it with one. That's a good story.

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JoeF2661
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tech.deck.juulhow are you adjusting to society and what the the modern advancements that surprised you most?


Smartphones. I went on The lam when the first generation Android was released, get out and I got an Galaxy s8 and was like o shit.
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JoeF2661
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oldmanskiAre you finished with everything now? Probation, charges, fines, out patient treatment etc..........

This November will be my first time seeing the board. I have no violations no dirty drug test or anything in my current parole officer says I have a very good shot.
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GayWolf420
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JoeF2661Absolutely. The whites and southerner's kick it while the northern Mexicans kick it with the blacks. But "allies" no. Those Mexicans love stirring the pot. Know that sounds a bit rascist but it's the truth. They grew up punking white boys on the streets and think that shits cool to do on the inside. I almost started a riot for getting into it with one. That's a good story.

**This post was edited on Jul 25th 2019 at 10:24:09am

This is fascinating dude. Thanks for your input.
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oldmanski
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JoeF2661This November will be my first time seeing the board. I have no violations no dirty drug test or anything in my current parole officer says I have a very good shot.


Very good. I had a good friend do almost 7 yrs(drug related) and when she got out it was quite an extensive out patient program. I had to be cleared by her PO just to socialize with her. I am sure every state is different too but great to hear you are doing well. Good luck and keep it up! No fun being in the system.
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_Garagely_
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What are the guards like? Authoritative assholes or just regular people working a job?
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BedBugDoug
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Is jenkum actually a thing on the inside? Pls tell me it's not
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Lonely
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Whats ur max bench?
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FruitBootPro
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JoeF2661I had a nextdoor neighbor who had used a chainsaw to cut up some new assiamt DA and his girlfriend in the 70s.


What was he like
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JoeF2661
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Good dude. Older black fellow, real mellow. Guy was just trying to do his time.
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JoeF2661
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LonelyWhats ur max bench?


Cali took free weights out in 2001 or 02 I believe. It was all bar workouts and pushup type stuff. My burpee game was fierce. We did this workout called a hammer. By the end you had done 1100 burpees with pushups
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JoeF2661
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RaarlWhat are the guards like? Authoritative assholes or just regular people working a job?


Some were good people but most of them can go fuck themselves.
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