Quote Originally Posted by EternalOverdose
IF anyone has been to jail or even prison could they share thoughts about it?
Is it like the movies?
is it all that bad?
do u 100% have to join agang?
do ppl get fucked up by other inmates or is that just TV?
TV makes it look so fun
To answer your questions in order...

It is sort of like the movies.

Yes.

You don't neccassarily have to join a gang, if you either know enough people or can defend yourself pretty well you will survive. It just depends on what type of hate people have for you. Sometimes, it really is in your best interest to join a gang, but if you can beat alot of peoples asses, you eventually start to get a little respect. Or, if the ass you beat happened to be a high-ranked AB or MM head, you might end up getting killed. It all depends.

Yes, people get fucked there.

You think that sounds fun? Go to prison, come back, and tell us how it went. Guarantee you that if you go in there with the "Let's have fun!" mindset you will most likely end up being beaten by the people that are doing 25 or life. It's not fun at all. You don't really have any freedom, and in some prisons, even the guards rape you. Guard brutality is not uncommon in prisons at all, and since they use nightsticks, pepperspray, tasers, and they even put on SWAT gear, if they want to pick on you you are pretty much fucked and you can't even hit back because hitting that gear would hurt you more than it would them. And forget about thinking a prison-quality shank would go through a SWAT vest. So you are completely defenseless against the guards. But I gotta tell you, I'd rather do a 5 year US sentence than a two month Indian or Afghani sentence. Still, it's not fucking fun (unless you like being beaten and being everybody's personal bitch)


Edit: And about the shower scene, in the showers, alot of jumps happen. That's when you don't have anything to hide, so it's easy for alot of people to rush someone and kill them (especially with a fresh bar of soap) Some common weapons inmates use are a few hard bars of soap inside a sock, and a quick swing across one's head and he's be OUT. Shower rapes aren't actually as common as you'd think...atleast, they aren't that common down here.