What is it like to be in prison? How are prison inmates treated in correctional facilities?
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What is it like to be in prison? How are prison inmates treated in correctional facilities?
I can’t speak to exactly what it’s like for an inmate, but as a correction officer, anytime I come across this question I always answer with “it’s not what you think”. Pretty much every depiction you see in the media are sensational versions of what it really is. Even the shows like Lockup show officers and inmates posturing for the cameras. Stuff like rape and violence are clearly a part of it, but it’s not as frequent as one would imagine. The weak will get exposed and extorted but for the most part of it, it can be described as an extended period of boredom with moments of terror.
Prison life is very regulated. For every minute of time and for every step of place there is rule to follow. You have the advisory for every mundane affairs like whom to talk and whom to not,what to do and what not to do,how to act and behave and how not to.