which would you rather do, jail or house-arrest?

[Tony1234567890]

^see, that's the sort of insight i was looking for.

now i've never been to jail or under house-arrest, but i feel that people write off the house-arrest as though it were nothing. and, of course, this thread was inspired by paris hilton... it's gonna suck for her having to watch herself get slammed on TV for the next month.

You can't write off House Arrest as nothing! It's fucking torture! Imagine being tied to your house.

You can't stay too long on the phone, because the electronic monitoring device randomly calls the monitoring center to let them know your still in the house. When you stay on the phone more then 10 minutes, a recording is played "HANG UP THE TELEPHONE NOW! HANG UP THE TELEPHONE NOW!" and it plays over and over and over and over until you hang up. If you don't hang up, it automatically disconnects your line and sends a signal to the monitoring company and then you get yelled at by your house arrest agent for not complying with the order.

You are not allowed a cordless telephone because it can interfier with the signal from your bracelet.

If you go in the yard or walk a friend out, the phone rings and it's the monitoring company calling to see if you are there. They ask for you by name, they ask you a random question like "What is two plus two?" or "Spell blue." and then they make you press a button on your bracelet that sends a signal. Don't press the button and Mr. Sherriff comes to your house with a helicopter and you are treated like an escaped convict.

Drive thru? Not allowed. Sure you can sneak it while you are at work, but they have a GPS signal inside of the unit and they know where you are at all times. Flimsey plastic black bracelet which can be cut with a butter knife. If it's damaged or tampered with in any way, you are dead.

Temptation is the real problem. You know for a fact you can get away, but is it worth it? You stay up at night thinking how to get out of it and while you can beat it, you realize it's not worth it.

Everything is delivered. Pizza, porno, you name it it's got to be delivered.

It's not easy. I am an incredibly strong person, mentally, emotionally and physically. I'm 6'4" and 350lbs. I don't cry. I don't show emotion. I can see and go through anything and I am not bothered. I've seen people get raped in prison and it didn't bother me. Hearing grown men cry in prison while they get raped, praying to God, begging to die, and I was uneffected. House arrest made me break down and cry and I was in therapy for one year AFTER house arrest was finished.

I go in a crowded theater and I'm scared. Ball park or huge event with lots of peopel, panic attack. Why? No clue.

I wasn't like then when I did jail & prison. House arrest cracked me. Jail didn't, prison couldn't, life didn't. House arrest fucked me in the head and it'll never go away.

It's scary. You go thru munchowzen syndrom (sp). Your house is your prison yet you love it. You long to be away from it, yet when you are you go into a panick.

I was allowed to work for 12 hours a day yet I'd come home two hours early and leave 10 minutes late. Why? If you mess up you go to prison. I wanted to be with my wife & kids. I'd come home early because I'd go into a panic thinking WHAT ABOUT A FLAT TIRE? WHAT ABOUT AN ACCIDENT! THE 405 FREEWAY! TERRORISTS! OH MY JESUS I NEED TO GO HOME! Constantly checking the tires, constantly checking the gas gauge, filling up at 3/4 of a tank to make 100000% sure the gauge is working. Jesus, I'm getting paranoid thinking about it.

Whew.

Jail & prison are easier. Everybody there is in your same situation. House arrest is like being a zombie, you are the living dead.

[smok3y]

Defo gotta be house arrest, fck going to jail. Jail aint a nice place.. Well u do get 3 meals a day, playstation and a herion habbit, some people enjoy that kind of life..