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It's easy to believe what we see on screen. And while it's easy to dismiss superheroes as nothing but Hollywood fantasy, some of the misconceptions and myths they perpetuate aren't that easy to identify and dismantle. A few days ago, Reddit user u/Warlock1509 posted a question to the platform, asking people who have been in a penitentiary what's something movies get wrong about them.
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Interestingly, they have received over 500 comments and the ex-inmates have provided an eye-opening perspective that you don't often get to hear. This post may include affiliate links.
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#1 I went to jail and didn't get raped. My cellmates were really chill and we all respected each other. Kuduro_Pepino Report Final score: 153points POST Luther von Wolfen Luther von Wolfen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Hollywood loves prison rape because it's an easy way to manipulate the audiences emotions.
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46 46points reply View More Replies... View more comments #2 The sheer boredom....and everyone there actually pretty nice, but damn it was boring as hell.
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WyomingVet Report Final score: 139points POST TK 421 TK 421 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago The boredom is why so many prisoners get advanced degrees while inside. 31 31points reply View More Replies... View more comments #3 Most of them aren't hardened criminals.
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They simply made a mistake, or came from a bad situation, and are genuinely trying to assimilate back into society.
Also, some of these dudes are hella smart. Trying to get a job as an ex-con is very difficult. If they never got involved with drugs or gangs they'd be major contributors.
Also, some of these dudes are hella smart. Trying to get a job as an ex-con is very difficult. If they never got involved with drugs or gangs they'd be major contributors.
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SingleJunction10 Report Final score: 138points POST James016 James016 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago There is a company in the UK called Timpsons, they do shoe repair, key cutting, etc. Most of their employees have been in prison.
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They give these people a chance and as far as I know, none of them have re-offended as they now have a stable life, a job. 62 62points reply View More Replies...
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View more comments #4 I've worked with a lot of inmates from different parts of the world:
Inmates love to work, fights even break out for jobs because people are so bored.
Rape isn't as common as people think in Western Prisons.
There is a problem where some new comers think they have to start a fight with the biggest guy, if you mind your own business people usually leave you alone.
Never ever show off or act tough. Defend yourself if needed and eat humble pie if needed.
Drugs are a massive problem inside.
Prisoners can buy things inside.
Don't ever deal or carry drugs in Asia, sentences are no joke.
There are different forms of currency inside, some prisons even have their own minted currency.
Prisons across the world can be very different.
A lot of prisons don't use bars but doors.
Prison in certain places like Brazil are a slaughter house. dietderpsy Report Final score: 112points POST mulk mulk Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago last paragraph Oo' 40 40points reply View more comments #5 The guys were actually very nice and gave me life advice.
Inmates love to work, fights even break out for jobs because people are so bored.
Rape isn't as common as people think in Western Prisons.
There is a problem where some new comers think they have to start a fight with the biggest guy, if you mind your own business people usually leave you alone.
Never ever show off or act tough. Defend yourself if needed and eat humble pie if needed.
Drugs are a massive problem inside.
Prisoners can buy things inside.
Don't ever deal or carry drugs in Asia, sentences are no joke.
There are different forms of currency inside, some prisons even have their own minted currency.
Prisons across the world can be very different.
A lot of prisons don't use bars but doors.
Prison in certain places like Brazil are a slaughter house. dietderpsy Report Final score: 112points POST mulk mulk Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago last paragraph Oo' 40 40points reply View more comments #5 The guys were actually very nice and gave me life advice.
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Something about having your freedom stripped away gives people a newfound love for wisdom and giving advice foodpoisoningsucks Report Final score: 107points POST Vorknkx Vorknkx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago To (roughly) translate a verse from a poem in my country: "There in prison you meet some people, and you become human again." 25 25points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6 Whistling in jail.
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You will get yelled at by other people, s**t travels through the pipes and sounds awful. 7t9h50andthena2 Report Final score: 103points POST Vorknkx Vorknkx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Or playing the harmonica. 25 25points reply View More Replies...
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View more comments #7 Spent a little over a week in jail a few years ago. Spent the first few days in solitary on suicide watch.
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(it was not a good point in my life obviously)
The guards checked on me regularly and were genuinely concerned. Not sure if they knew what I was in for was complete bulls**t or if they were just good people. Even though it was complete bulls**t, I didn't let the situation take away my politeness or give them a hard time.
The guards checked on me regularly and were genuinely concerned. Not sure if they knew what I was in for was complete bulls**t or if they were just good people. Even though it was complete bulls**t, I didn't let the situation take away my politeness or give them a hard time.
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I knew where I was and they had a job to do. I wasn't going to be an as***le to another person doing there job just because I was in jail.
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It wasn't there fault. It was the broken system around it. Shrugs
I would assume they noticed that I wasn't an issue to them.
I would assume they noticed that I wasn't an issue to them.
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I was an issue to myself. I refused to eat for 5 days due to depression and trying to find anything to kill myself with. They noticed and tried their best to get me to eat.
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One very sweet CO pulled back the slot in the door and was begging me to eat because she was concerned. You could hear it in her voice. I never gave them issues.
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Just told her I'm so sick of the situation and I wanted to die due to the situation etc. Bawled my eyes out. She sat there and talked with me for a bit before she had to go back on regular rounds.
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I felt bad that I made her upset and told her so. She told me that I can tell by how I was speaking to her I was there for bulls**t because nobody was ever nice to her unless they were being f**ked by the system. The ones who would give her issues were the chronic offenders.
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She was a sweet woman. I hope she's doing well.
I was placed in the psych section of the jail after mandatory solitary was done with for suicide watch. I had no idea that there was a section meant for people with psych issues.
I was placed in the psych section of the jail after mandatory solitary was done with for suicide watch. I had no idea that there was a section meant for people with psych issues.
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Think of a gen pop but on a much smaller scale where they can keep a better eye on you.
The CO'S at this point were ok. Never gave us issues. 5 days in I f**ked up my ankle because I had to get off the top bunk and slipped and rolled it because the dude below me was suffering from some kind of mental issue and would draw on the floor with soap.
The CO'S at this point were ok. Never gave us issues. 5 days in I f**ked up my ankle because I had to get off the top bunk and slipped and rolled it because the dude below me was suffering from some kind of mental issue and would draw on the floor with soap.
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I slipped, f**ked my ankle and getting up and down from the top bunk was an issue obviously. When we had to do "roll call" every 5 or 6 hours, we had to walk up to the bars and show them our ID bracelet when they called our name. One of the inmates had enough when one CO started getting annoyed I couldn't make it to the bars in time due to my ankle and another inmate spoke up for me.
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Didn't know him. Come to find out he was there for murder.
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But he saw what happened when I f**ked my ankle.He yelled at the CO: "WHAT THE F**K IS WRONG WITH YOU. GIVE HIM A MINUTE.
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YOU KNOW DAMN WELL HIS ANKLE IS F**KED". CO backed down and just said "ok".
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Lol. Yeah...
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That inmate got my breakfast every morning after that. I gave it to him out of respect.
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Not like I was gonna eat it anyway. Unspoken respect and understanding was made that day...
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This was in an inner city jail too with very high crime rate. Not a "white collar I'll be out in a month to enjoy my yacht" place.
TL;DR: -50/10 still would not recommend.
TL;DR: -50/10 still would not recommend.
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But some humanity can still be found in hell. DisThrowaway5768 Report Final score: 100points POST Nicola Dimigen Nicola Dimigen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago "Would not recommend" Same. I haven't been in prison, but I don't plan on going any time soon.
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22 22points reply View more comments #8 No guns or cell phones. On TV whenever a cop goes to the jail when they are interviewing the suspect they have a gun and cell phone on their hip.
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Both items are turned in at the front gate Cowak Report Final score: 82points POST Bobert Robertson Bobert Robertson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Well, how else are the prisoners supposed to take over the prison in the movies if the careless cop doesn't give up his gun? 35 35points reply View more comments #9 I volunteered in our county jail when I was in high school. One thing they don't show in movies is that they smell like BO and piss.
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depressed_popoto Report Final score: 73points POST Ara Ara Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I'm surprised a teenager was allowed to work in a jail 40 40points reply View More Replies... View more comments #10 Half the inmates are mentally ill - not only a few crazy ppl that the movies use to add color and character, but crazy ppl everywhere mmoloney2 Report Final score: 72points POST Lauren Caswell Lauren Caswell Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) Because prisons aren't equipped to deal with mental health, nor are courts, in general terms.
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Im not saying mental health means no prison by any means: they just aren't getting the kind of help they need. Mental health is as vital as physical health and there can be a link between unmanaged mental health and antisocial behaviour 51 51points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 There aren’t always actual toilets.
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Like a toilet with a bowl, lever, cistern etc.
Sometimes there’s just what looks like a kitchen draining board with a large hole. JamieNolan2699 Report Final score: 70points POST Hugo A-niro Hugo A-niro Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Stinky stinky stinky 1 1point reply View more comments #12 Not me but my sister.
Sometimes there’s just what looks like a kitchen draining board with a large hole. JamieNolan2699 Report Final score: 70points POST Hugo A-niro Hugo A-niro Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Stinky stinky stinky 1 1point reply View more comments #12 Not me but my sister.
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The boredom, and for her the lack of cigarettes. The jail was smoke-free and you got a smoke break twice a day.
A friend, the boredom and lack of decent reading material. Most inmates are illiterate and had no interests beyond what they knew, the ignorance was breathtakingly depressing.
A friend, the boredom and lack of decent reading material. Most inmates are illiterate and had no interests beyond what they knew, the ignorance was breathtakingly depressing.
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He said he had one intelligent conversation in three months. He was in the local jail fighting drug charges and managed to get house arrest and was very happy to come home and take a long hot shower with real soap. JanuarySoCold Report Final score: 68points POST *me* *me* Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I wish they still had prison as punishment, but made it worthwhile, so you’re not wasting years of your life in some small cell 23 23points reply View More Replies...
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View more comments #13 Drugs are crazy easy to get. At least where i was.
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Rocco_buta_girl Report Final score: 66points POST Bobert Robertson Bobert Robertson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Drugged out prisoners are less likely to riot or cause problems. The wardens encourage this in many jails.
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8 8points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14 They always show the food as more akin to regular food than it really is.
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I've never been in jail as an inmate, but I was a Criminology student in college and my Penology class toured various facilities throughout the state and I visited a friend in a a county jail once.
The food looks practically like pastel play doh and mash. It's no wonder sometimes even McDonalds is too rich for inmates to eat when they get out after being in for an extended stay. Honestly, it makes the whole idea of a last meal before execution seem like a cruel joke to me when you think of how long a lot of death row inmates are in for before they actually get executed.
Just for added context I live in Kentucky.
The food looks practically like pastel play doh and mash. It's no wonder sometimes even McDonalds is too rich for inmates to eat when they get out after being in for an extended stay. Honestly, it makes the whole idea of a last meal before execution seem like a cruel joke to me when you think of how long a lot of death row inmates are in for before they actually get executed.
Just for added context I live in Kentucky.
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Eviltechnomonkey Report Final score: 65points POST Red Hair Blue Soul Red Hair Blue Soul Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This is why we need to stop privatization of prisons. They are allowed to pay the lowest amount of $ for everything in the prison system, including food and Healthcare.
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41 41points reply View More Replies... View more comments #15 I once dropped the famous soap and everyone just started laughing. No rape.
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Rauchgestein Report Final score: 62points POST WolfGirl23 WolfGirl23 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago You probably don't want to drop the soap though. Who knows how dirty those floors are 32 32points reply View More Replies... View more comments #16 There really aren't bars on windows and doors anymore.
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It's mostly plexiglass nowadays.
The noisy guy in movies/TV who whistles, sings, talks, etc. He will be frequently be told/threatened to shut up.
It's boring as hell! In fact, lots of guards hate being there as well.
Speaking of guards, not all of them are meatheads/"beefcakes".
The noisy guy in movies/TV who whistles, sings, talks, etc. He will be frequently be told/threatened to shut up.
It's boring as hell! In fact, lots of guards hate being there as well.
Speaking of guards, not all of them are meatheads/"beefcakes".
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Too many of them are fat and out of shape slobs.
Inmates are friendlier than you think. As long as you mind your business, you'll be ok.
(At least in the units where I was at in the jail I was in) not every white guy with tattoos is a white supremacist, not every Hispanic is a cholo/gangbanger, not every black person is a drug dealer. jesusdo Report Final score: 58points POST nerdify nerdify Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago All the stereotypes given to inmates shows that there's more respect on the inside than out.
Inmates are friendlier than you think. As long as you mind your business, you'll be ok.
(At least in the units where I was at in the jail I was in) not every white guy with tattoos is a white supremacist, not every Hispanic is a cholo/gangbanger, not every black person is a drug dealer. jesusdo Report Final score: 58points POST nerdify nerdify Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago All the stereotypes given to inmates shows that there's more respect on the inside than out.
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20 20points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #17 There are typically a few actual gay men in prison who want to bottom, so it is very rare for straight men to be sexually abused unless that sexual abuse is some kind of of revenge or punishment.
Besides that, there are a lot of literally crazy, unhinged people in jail, people who behave so abnormal that it leaves you dumbstruck and you ask yourself "why would anyone in their right mind act like that?" They just pick fight constantly or they are paranoid and schizophrenic...
Besides that, there are a lot of literally crazy, unhinged people in jail, people who behave so abnormal that it leaves you dumbstruck and you ask yourself "why would anyone in their right mind act like that?" They just pick fight constantly or they are paranoid and schizophrenic...
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It's a bit frightening sometimes. There's no rhyme or reason to their behaviour. It's the kind of people who when not locked up would do terrible things in society just because they are nuts:.
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Beat up children, murder innocent people because they think those people were out to get them, torture animals, etc.
Really, prison keeps lots of literal loonies off the street. RosaliyaKuktiene Report Final score: 55points POST Losferatu Losferatu Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It sounds like those people should be in a mental institution getting treatment, not forgotten in a jail where they'll only get worse.
Really, prison keeps lots of literal loonies off the street. RosaliyaKuktiene Report Final score: 55points POST Losferatu Losferatu Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It sounds like those people should be in a mental institution getting treatment, not forgotten in a jail where they'll only get worse.
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68 68points reply View more comments #18 I worked in a military prison for 3 years, some of our procedures might be different but these are some of the things that I noticed:
boredom, they are all so bored all the time.
Most of them just want to do their time and go home. Not a lot of them are trying to act out and misbehave for whatever reason. That Good behavior time off their sentence is like gold to them.
Suicide watch is a real thing, 24 / 7 there is guard sitting outside the cell watching them do everything.
boredom, they are all so bored all the time.
Most of them just want to do their time and go home. Not a lot of them are trying to act out and misbehave for whatever reason. That Good behavior time off their sentence is like gold to them.
Suicide watch is a real thing, 24 / 7 there is guard sitting outside the cell watching them do everything.
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starscreamsghost17 Report Final score: 53points POST WilvanderHeijden WilvanderHeijden Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago Didn't work with Jeffrey, though. He was suicided and the guards were too busy ordering stuff on Amazon to notice.
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28 28points reply View More Replies... View more comments #19 The movies get a lot of it wrong but I was surprised to learn that most of the old timers sound like Morgan Freeman. DickySchmidt33 Report Final score: 53points POST Ms.GB Ms.GB Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Lmao!
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Get those old timers some voice over work pronto! 14 14points reply View More Replies... View more comments #20 Every morning, they'd come in to ask 2 inmates to take out the trash.
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You roll a couple giant bins full of bags out to the dumpster. Just that little bit of something to do that involved going outside, even though it was just 10 minutes tossing nasty trash bags into a dumpster, was so popular one guy threatened to kick my ass because he thought he should have been picked before me. fafalone Report Final score: 53points POST Dodo Dodo Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago Anyone else think prison should have classes, like school?
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Give the inmates some structure to their day, and let them learn stuff. Don't force them into classes, let them pick what they want to learn.
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38 38points reply View More Replies... View more comments #21 I know its hard to imagine, but movies can't replicate the smell inside the jail. It is a smell that can't be described.
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The stench is something between bad body odor and garbage along with not sufficient ventilation and something else. It is truly disgusting. littleonesoyousay Report Final score: 50points POST Ms.GB Ms.GB Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Doesn't sound very sanitary...I wonder what they do for covid?
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How would you stop the spread of something like that in prison? 5 5points reply View More Replies... View more comments #22 You're only going to catch s**t, get beat up or shanked if you're a pedophile, member of a rival gang, or you're just otherwise a piece of s**t that causes other people grief.
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Mind your own business and be respectful when you do interact and things will be pretty boring. It's not the "Everyone is fair play." trope media makes jail and prison out to be. Surprise_Corg Report Final score: 49points POST Ms.GB Ms.GB Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I'm happy to hear the part about beating up pedophiles is true.
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45 45points reply View More Replies... View more comments #23 dropping the soap will not get you rampantly taken from behind.
source: a friend with soap on a bungee. WimbleWimble Report Final score: 45points POST Aaron W Aaron W Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Buddy of mine did some time in his younger days.
source: a friend with soap on a bungee. WimbleWimble Report Final score: 45points POST Aaron W Aaron W Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Buddy of mine did some time in his younger days.
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On his first (or second) day inside, he dropped the soap in the shower. He immediately threw his hands in the air and started yelling dramatically about it.
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Made everyone laugh. 34 34points reply View more comments #24 There are no underground fight tournaments chittychittygangnam Report Final score: 42points POST Bobert Robertson Bobert Robertson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This seems to follow the first rule of fight club. You never talk about fight club.
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This makes me believe there is a fight club. 40 40points reply View More Replies...
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View more comments #25 Strangest one I ever went to was a work release camp where I would pick up my friend to take them to work, and return them later in the day. The place was an abandoned motel converted into a prison compound.
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You would go into the former front desk area to check out the person and check them back in. Never saw anything like that in the movies. Therearenogoodnames9 Report Final score: 32points POST Robin Virga Robin Virga Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I participated in Auburn University's Rural Studio program (architecture major) in Hale County, Alabama.
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That community, and the school in particular, work with a local work release camp. The guys do a ton for the local community, and AJ and Fred (both inmates) are a genuinely beloved part of the extended school family. They taught us a ton of construction techniques, and AJ even used to patch our torn up work clothes for us (yes, we paid him for this service), and he'd end up making works of art out of simple patches.
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Expanding this kind of community oriented work-camp type program, in a community which gives the prisoners respect, seems like one path to a better prison system in America on the whole. 18 18points reply View More Replies... View more comments #26 Uk prison over a decade ago remanded.
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Im a regular lad, not some dumbass 50 cent wannabe.
Reception "right you are in with a Mr so and so" Instantly thought aww for f**k sake, here we go, drama first ten minutes (they think they are helping you by pairing you with a local, but coming from the typical northern town little pond scenario.... Hes an op)
Did not know what to expect and as it tuned out we were kept apart after day 2 and we never had an issue on a personal level but its one of those things.
Ok to answer your question, i planned and did go in there keeping myself to myself but reading the situation subconsciously a lot because i was expecting people jumped, slashed etc, potentially riots, on the regular but in my experience it must be dependent on who's in at the time because its quite the opposite, f**king monotonous, the days drag and watching day time quiz shows like pensioners in a nursing home.
The directors use artistic license adding drama to make prison movies appeal to mainstream audiences.
Other than seeing a few fights which is no shock, the only day of drama was watching as i heard a plastic click sound. It was the top being closed on a kettle,hot water and likely sugar.
The lad roared out so the target turned to look, and threw it over him, but he didn't cover the whole face, a part but not most but Jesus Christ it melted into his neck, his skin had boils raised out of him instantly and that sticky mixture, your finished, the shrieking was that loud it was deafening.
Overall boring travel lodge experience.
Reception "right you are in with a Mr so and so" Instantly thought aww for f**k sake, here we go, drama first ten minutes (they think they are helping you by pairing you with a local, but coming from the typical northern town little pond scenario.... Hes an op)
Did not know what to expect and as it tuned out we were kept apart after day 2 and we never had an issue on a personal level but its one of those things.
Ok to answer your question, i planned and did go in there keeping myself to myself but reading the situation subconsciously a lot because i was expecting people jumped, slashed etc, potentially riots, on the regular but in my experience it must be dependent on who's in at the time because its quite the opposite, f**king monotonous, the days drag and watching day time quiz shows like pensioners in a nursing home.
The directors use artistic license adding drama to make prison movies appeal to mainstream audiences.
Other than seeing a few fights which is no shock, the only day of drama was watching as i heard a plastic click sound. It was the top being closed on a kettle,hot water and likely sugar.
The lad roared out so the target turned to look, and threw it over him, but he didn't cover the whole face, a part but not most but Jesus Christ it melted into his neck, his skin had boils raised out of him instantly and that sticky mixture, your finished, the shrieking was that loud it was deafening.
Overall boring travel lodge experience.
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Good food and the hosts never botherd us. Not intending to return. would give it a 3/5 No-Adhesiveness-6242 Report Final score: 31points POST Beeps Beeps Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Here in the UK most, if not all, prisons allow inmates to keep an electric kettle in their cell.
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Why oh why oh why I will never understand, as it just seems to make this sort of thing mandatory. 16 16points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves #27 You know those scenes where they clog up a toilet with TP to cause a distraction?
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There are a few reasons that won't work.
First off, those toilets are STRONG. That thing will suck a sock down. If it does get clogged, the pipes usually have valves built in to prevent too much from backing up since it's such a common tactic for people to try.
First off, those toilets are STRONG. That thing will suck a sock down. If it does get clogged, the pipes usually have valves built in to prevent too much from backing up since it's such a common tactic for people to try.
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Finally, you never get that much TP to begin with. Unless you take the cleanest s***s ever or are fine with a crusty butthole, you never have enough TP to just do the job it was designed for let alone any sorts of clogging.
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ZerenTheUnskilled Report Final score: 28points POST Tiffini Tiffini Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I worked in a prison for two years. They don't use TP - that's a precious commodity, but they do use the toilet to flood their cells frequently.
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I don't know what they stuff in there to do it, but it happens a lot when they are mad about something. 9 9points reply View More Replies... View more comments #28 The showers.
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I've never been to prison but heard they have group showers but the jail i was in had separate showers with s***ty little curtains. The worst part about showers was hitting the button for water every 15 seconds aprofessionalfuckup Report Final score: 28points POST Scagsy Scagsy Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Sounds very much like being a semi-pro footballer in the UK. 5 5points reply View more comments #29 In actual prison, any sort of electronic item must have a clear shell, something that isn't seen in movies.
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This is to ensure you're not hiding or smuggling things. Also, any noise making electronic has a max volume that is so low, you have to hold it to your ear to hear it.
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I've been been to prison, I only watched a youtube video on it cburgess7 Report Final score: 27points POST Kaisa Kaisa Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Not true for all prisons. Not in Europe at least.
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4 4points reply View more comments #30 Not an answer to your question, but it's interesting that not many people are as mean or hostile. Many shows on American tv channels portray prisons as these awful places. The media also portrays the same thing.
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Meanwhile in other countries in Europe prisoners are treated much better and are given many more opportunities to better their life after prison.
It's sad that American prisons are portrayed in such a manner and don't offer the same treatment as other countries.
If only we had a better view on our prison system maybe we would be more inclined to fix it. Alanator222 Report Final score: 27points POST Valisbourne Spiritforge Valisbourne Spiritforge Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago You can't fix what you don't want to.
It's sad that American prisons are portrayed in such a manner and don't offer the same treatment as other countries.
If only we had a better view on our prison system maybe we would be more inclined to fix it. Alanator222 Report Final score: 27points POST Valisbourne Spiritforge Valisbourne Spiritforge Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago You can't fix what you don't want to.
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Many people here think that, if you are in jail you belong there and whatever happens to you is your fault (as if the people running the jail weren't responsible for your health and well being while you had no freedom to take care of either). Just because someone is/has been in jail doesn't mean they are no longer a human being.
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It is actually a very good series that explores what prison life is like in other countries. Some of them are real eye openers.
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3 3points reply Ramona Rhein Ramona Rhein Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I did volunteer work at a jail in Denver before COVID. Every inmate I met was courteous and respectful to me, even the really hardened ones. We laughed and BS’d like acquaintances do and I enjoyed being there.
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I am an older woman and never felt threatened. They were mostly good guys who screwed up and just didn’t know how to get their lives straight again.
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2 2points reply Aeon Flux Aeon Flux Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It's important to recognize that these institutions vary widely, from state to state jails to federal prisons to private prisons, different security levels, etc. just in the U.S., and for sure from country to country. People can have almost opposite experiences in different places.
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I also really, deeply wish Americans as a whole had more empathy for cons and ex-cons. 2 2points reply Load More Comments POST Christie Schmitz Christie Schmitz Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago There is a show on Netflix called the World's Toughest Prisons. It is actually a very good series that explores what prison life is like in other countries.
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Some of them are real eye openers. 3 3points reply Ramona Rhein Ramona Rhein Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I did volunteer work at a jail in Denver before COVID. Every inmate I met was courteous and respectful to me, even the really hardened ones.
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We laughed and BS’d like acquaintances do and I enjoyed being there. I am an older woman and never felt threatened.
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They were mostly good guys who screwed up and just didn’t know how to get their lives straight again. 2 2points reply Aeon Flux Aeon Flux Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It's important to recognize that these institutions vary widely, from state to state jails to federal prisons to private prisons, different security levels, etc.
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just in the U.S., and for sure from country to country. People can have almost opposite experiences in different places. I also really, deeply wish Americans as a whole had more empathy for cons and ex-cons.
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