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con_to_dev
9y ago
My personal feelings about getting 3 years of solitary for marijuana possession are that I got screwed because of a failed social experiment, to be honest.
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con_to_dev
9y ago
It is rather common for inmates to read in prison, there is virtually nothing else to do. However, we were only allowed to have 12 books at a time, so I had to mail many home as I acquired new ones to study. I was 20-23 in solitary, and 18-
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con_to_dev
9y ago
Short term stays are not so bad, the person is stressed, but not showing signs of any real disturbance. The longer term stays are where you see the worst. You will generally notice that the person is just off in some way. They may stare int
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con_to_dev
9y ago
Possession of marijuana while in a correctional institution. My case got dragged out and I was in solitary until it was resolved. EDIT: I'll add to this that marijuana was one of the things that helped me in prison. It really did funct
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con_to_dev
9y ago
I read and solved most of the problems from Walter Rudin's Real and Complex Analysis, Stephen Willard's General Topology, and a small collection of other books I bought with my limited funds and had shipped to me. I mostly bought
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con_to_dev
9y ago
Anonymous account because my employers don't know this. I spent 3 years in solitary confinement in Virginia during my 10 year sentence and the experience definitely changed me, though probably was actually beneficial in a strange way.