I’ve seen/read plenty of media about being locked up in various types of jails and prisons. But, I’d like to hear some first hand accounts from people. How’d you pass the time, see anything rough, what country were you in, did you rehabilitate yourself, was there even opportunity to rehabilitate yourself?
Great answer thanks! I have heard that being clean and smelling good is actually really important in jail. The ignorance in me couldnt initially wrap my head around it but I fully understand now. Sounds like boredom really is the numer 1 enemy in there. It was a jail not a prison right? Did you have a cell or was it bunks in a common area?
huh why do you think you struggled with the importance of hygiene? it was pretty intuitive to me tbh, out here in the real world if you’re smelly most people are going to choose not to interact with you… now take that dynamic except you literally cannot make that choice, you are locked in a room with 3 other people no matter how they behave (within reason…)
that being said I showered every day and sweat not even a little(it was cold) idk what that guy’s problem was but maybe the rumor stuck because I was one of very few with long hair? idk tbh
yeah the boredom really was the worst part, at least for my (compared to many others) fairly short stay. didn’t feel short at ALL though. it was a jail, not a prison. prison would be a lot less boring from what I’ve heard but with a whole host of other problems… “the only thing jail and prison have in common is that you’re locked up” is a line I’ve heard a bunch but can’t speak to myself.
we were in cells in pods. a pod is roughly a line of 10 cells on 2 levels with a central communal area for eating/recreation, with a room with grated windows about 10ish feet up… if you were lucky. they would let out one level at a time switching back and forth with who got to go out first. i spent time in 3 different pods, all with very different vibes. all sucked. 2/3 were 4 person cells and one was 2 person.