up here jail, or detention time, is 2 years or less. if you are doing more than 2 years, your doing fed time.

jail is the orange jump suits, nothing to do. prison can be alot better than jail, or alot worse. it can be a good as fishing on a dock, or as bad as 23 hrs a day in a basement cell by yourself.

rape is a risk in prison, but not really in jail.

thanks to the wonders of plea bargains, i havent been past a holding cell. but i got a buddy who is a guard and here is his advice:

do your own time.
dont whistle.
dont let the door slam.
dont rat.

he says if you are a medium sized guy on the outside, you will be a medium sized guy on the inside... and also, there is people iside that have no idea about the code of the street... so by being medium sized and having some idea how the streets work, you will avoid being the obvious target.