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How were the other prisoners? Did you feel physically threatened by them?

kingcharles 5y ago
Very, very rarely. I got into one serious fight and lost (broken nose). I toughened up real quick. People are going to steal your shit from you, or you're going to lend someone something (say some coffee until commissary day) and they won't give it back. What will you do? If you don't fight then everyone will know they can take advantage of you. You have to at least have to intimidate the other person and make it seem you are willing to fight. If you go to jail or prison it is relatively unlikely you will come to serious harm. Not many people in jail really want to fight. I did watch hundreds of fights and I came to the conclusion the human face is really not designed for fighting. It breaks very, very easily.
- ROTMetro 5y ago
  The question I was asked when I got in is men fight and women fuck, which are you? Like I said in another post, PREA has really cut down on prison rape in the Feds, but when you are fresh in, dude, that question does not help to calm you down.
  - kingcharles 5y ago
    Something has happened to vastly reduce prison rapes. I'm not sure how effective PREA is.. sometimes I would see PREA complaints taken seriously, sometimes not. PREA was vastly abused in the facilities I was in to get attention from the authorities for some other matter. And tons of false complaints against officers. I never heard of a valid rape complaint. I was older (for a criminal) so I would be on "old man" decks, and that is where they put anyone deemed vulnerable, e.g. gay or trans. Most of the jail population is highly homophobic (at least, they play that role in the jail), as you probably found out, so they would scream and shout and file PREA complaints if any of them were housed with gay guys or trans folk. [also: it is very weird being in a men's jail and seeing transwomen walking around topless with DD breasts hanging out]

Very, very rarely. I got into one serious fight and lost (broken nose). I toughened up real quick. People are going to steal your shit from you, or you're going to lend someone something (say some coffee until commissary day) and they won't give it back. What will you do? If you don't fight then everyone will know they can take advantage of you. You have to at least have to intimidate the other person and make it seem you are willing to fight. If you go to jail or prison it is relatively unlikely you will come to serious harm. Not many people in jail really want to fight. I did watch hundreds of fights and I came to the conclusion the human face is really not designed for fighting. It breaks very, very easily.

ROTMetro 5y ago
The question I was asked when I got in is men fight and women fuck, which are you? Like I said in another post, PREA has really cut down on prison rape in the Feds, but when you are fresh in, dude, that question does not help to calm you down.
- kingcharles 5y ago
  Something has happened to vastly reduce prison rapes. I'm not sure how effective PREA is.. sometimes I would see PREA complaints taken seriously, sometimes not. PREA was vastly abused in the facilities I was in to get attention from the authorities for some other matter. And tons of false complaints against officers. I never heard of a valid rape complaint. I was older (for a criminal) so I would be on "old man" decks, and that is where they put anyone deemed vulnerable, e.g. gay or trans. Most of the jail population is highly homophobic (at least, they play that role in the jail), as you probably found out, so they would scream and shout and file PREA complaints if any of them were housed with gay guys or trans folk. [also: it is very weird being in a men's jail and seeing transwomen walking around topless with DD breasts hanging out]