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Anyone here done time?

Buffeytown
06-06-2007, 16:38
I'm not looking to judge anyone at all. I'm not interested in your crime. It's just that I've never really done anythg wrong (got a speeding fine once), and when I see documentaries about prsion I can never decided how I would do. I'm not very tough, but I am quite quick witted and funny. I just wondered what it is like - the whole lose of liberty idea seems ghastly - and the character one needs to survive.

:confused:
IL Ruffino
06-06-2007, 16:45
I had to do 19 hours community service. Does that count?

I've been locked in a jail cell, but that was only a tour..
Kryozerkia
06-06-2007, 16:45
Never done time. I'm a good girl... ^_^
Call to power
06-06-2007, 16:50
I slept in the same room as a minority once, that counts surely?
Kilobugya
06-06-2007, 16:50
I'm not looking to judge anyone at all. I'm not interested in your crime. It's just that I've never really done anythg wrong (got a speeding fine once), and when I see documentaries about prsion I can never decided how I would do. I'm not very tough, but I am quite quick witted and funny. I just wondered what it is like - the whole lose of liberty idea seems ghastly - and the character one needs to survive.

:confused:

Oddly enough, I never was arrested by the cops... I'm probably lucky on this. I participated to several political events (always non-violent) which were illegal, but I never had any real problem, while some comrades were arrested and spent a least a few hours, often one day, sometimes a few weeks or even months, in jail for similar acts ("illegal" postering, help to "illegal" foreigner, "illegal" demonstrations, ...). Dunno for how long it'll last.
Jello Biafra
06-06-2007, 16:50
I'm not looking to judge anyone at all. I'm not interested in your crime. It's just that I've never really done anythg wrong (got a speeding fine once), and when I see documentaries about prsion I can never decided how I would do. I'm not very tough, but I am quite quick witted and funny. I just wondered what it is like - the whole lose of liberty idea seems ghastly - and the character one needs to survive.

:confused:I suppose it would depend on how attractive a target you are.
SaintB
06-06-2007, 16:55
Sorry... good clean noncriminal record.
Myrmidonisia
06-06-2007, 16:55
I'm not looking to judge anyone at all. I'm not interested in your crime. It's just that I've never really done anythg wrong (got a speeding fine once), and when I see documentaries about prsion I can never decided how I would do. I'm not very tough, but I am quite quick witted and funny. I just wondered what it is like - the whole lose of liberty idea seems ghastly - and the character one needs to survive.

:confused:
I spent a day in jail in a little Ohio town once. One afternoon, I was thumbing for a ride back to college and the local cop picked me up. The charge was "Occupying Space on a Federal Highway", and the fine was $25. I couldn't pay the fine, so I called my roommate to bring it to me. He showed up a few hours later with a car-load of other friends that wanted to see the situation for themselves.

I ended up getting a place to take a nap and a hamburger for supper.
Neo Bretonnia
06-06-2007, 16:58
I did a few weeks once.

It wasn't so bad. I must have read like 20 novels and played several very stimulating games of chess.

The hardest part was not having any control over the little problems and situations that pop up in life. I had to wait or act through others to solve them.

Of course, there's a big difference between a jail and prison. I've never been to prison, and the idea of it does scare me.

This is why I'm a good boy these days.
Call to power
06-06-2007, 17:28
I did a few weeks once.

hmmm so what did you do that your not mentioning? ;):p
NorthNorthumberland
06-06-2007, 17:30
Never been to prison, but spent an hour or two in the police station after I was grassed up after printing of £80's worth of fake Bank of Clysdale £5'ers for some of my mates, only got a reprimand (caution).
Sumamba Buwhan
06-06-2007, 17:38
yes, two weeks in county jail in Warsaw, Indiana
Andaluciae
06-06-2007, 17:49
I've had two traffic violations in the past year...which is pretty impressive because I've driven something like twenty total hours in the past three years...maybe it's linked.
Dexlysia
06-06-2007, 17:50
Not in jail.
<.<
>.>
Troglobites
06-06-2007, 17:59
I'm in jail right now...

Everbody is...

The bars are in your head, man.

The bars are in your head!
Deus Malum
06-06-2007, 18:03
I spent a day in jail in a little Ohio town once. One afternoon, I was thumbing for a ride back to college and the local cop picked me up. The charge was "Occupying Space on a Federal Highway", and the fine was $25. I couldn't pay the fine, so I called my roommate to bring it to me. He showed up a few hours later with a car-load of other friends that wanted to see the situation for themselves.

I ended up getting a place to take a nap and a hamburger for supper.

And a funny story to tell. *nods*
Dundee-Fienn
06-06-2007, 18:07
Never been to prison, but spent an hour or two in the police station after I was grassed up after printing of £80's worth of fake Bank of Clysdale £5'ers for some of my mates, only got a reprimand (caution).

The notes can't have been very good if you were printing Bank of 'Clysdale' on them
Warhammer Syndicate
06-06-2007, 18:18
I was in handcuffs and taken downtown for a drinking and driving incident....Wasn't under arrest, but they said it was procedure. Come to find out I was still under the legal limit!
Wanderjar
06-06-2007, 18:19
Oddly enough, I never was arrested by the cops... I'm probably lucky on this. I participated to several political events (always non-violent) which were illegal, but I never had any real problem, while some comrades were arrested and spent a least a few hours, often one day, sometimes a few weeks or even months, in jail for similar acts ("illegal" postering, help to "illegal" foreigner, "illegal" demonstrations, ...). Dunno for how long it'll last.

Been in a riot I have. Paris March '06


Good times, good times...:D
Wanderjar
06-06-2007, 18:20
I once did Time Magazine. Rolled it into a tube and fucked it like a spider monkey. But I don't think it's the same as a trip to the clink.

Also - spider monkeys have no thumbs.

You are officially my hero.
Dundee-Fienn
06-06-2007, 18:21
I was in handcuffs and taken downtown for a drinking and driving incident....Wasn't under arrest, but they said it was procedure. Come to find out I was still under the legal limit!

Don't they just breathalise at the side of the road?
Smunkeeville
06-06-2007, 18:24
I spent 90 days in the county lock up once, even though I was a juvenile I got put in the adult side because of "the severity" of my crime.

It sucked. We were only allowed 1 shower a week.....that was what sucked most. County lock up here has no library, no exercise yard, no television, no radio, no anything. I could have gotten high, but I didn't want to get into any more trouble.
NorthNorthumberland
06-06-2007, 18:24
The notes can't have been very good if you were printing Bank of 'Clysdale' on them I cant spell it and neither can microsoft word. They wernt great but they were good enough to use in the local shops.
Deus Malum
06-06-2007, 18:25
I spent 90 days in the county lock up once, even though I was a juvenile I got put in the adult side because of "the severity" of my crime.

It sucked. We were only allowed 1 shower a week.....that was what sucked most. County lock up here has no library, no exercise yard, no television, no radio, no anything. I could have gotten high, but I didn't want to get into any more trouble.

How severe was your crime?
Neo Bretonnia
06-06-2007, 18:25
hmmm so what did you do that your not mentioning? ;):p

Posting on NS General too much during work hours ;)
The blessed Chris
06-06-2007, 18:26
Of course not. Though I've drunk underage, and taken certain debateable substances, I've never erred into outright criminality.

Of course, middle class as I am, I've hardly had much occassion to.:D
Neo Bretonnia
06-06-2007, 18:27
I spent 90 days in the county lock up once, even though I was a juvenile I got put in the adult side because of "the severity" of my crime.


I just love a legal system where an 18 year old kid in GA can get 10 years for getting a BJ from his 16 year old girlfriend (because minors aren't mature enough to make such decisions), but that same girl could be "charged as an adult" if she commits a serious enough crime (because apparently, they ARE mature enough... if enough people are mad at them)
Dundee-Fienn
06-06-2007, 18:29
I cant spell it and neither can microsoft word. They wernt great but they were good enough to use in the local shops.

Clydesdale
Smunkeeville
06-06-2007, 18:32
How severe was your crime?

I was originally charged with attempted murder, which was ultimately downgraded to aggravated assault.....and I ended up with like 45 hours of community service. I was on probation until I was 25 and then my record was cleared.

I hit a girl in the head with a roller skate and she had to get stitches. ;) that was my crime.
Deus Malum
06-06-2007, 18:32
I was originally charged with attempted murder, which was ultimately downgraded to aggravated assault.....and I ended up with like 45 hours of community service. I was on probation until I was 25 and then my record was cleared.

I hit a girl in the head with a roller skate and she had to get stitches. ;) that was my crime.

Intentionally? That seems more of a "Therapy and Anger Management" situation than a "Lock her up with the adults" situation.
Hynation
06-06-2007, 18:34
I hit a girl in the head with a roller skate and she had to get stitches. ;) that was my crime.

Were you able to hide the body?
The blessed Chris
06-06-2007, 18:34
I was originally charged with attempted murder, which was ultimately downgraded to aggravated assault.....and I ended up with like 45 hours of community service. I was on probation until I was 25 and then my record was cleared.

I hit a girl in the head with a roller skate and she had to get stitches. ;) that was my crime.

That qualified as attempted murder originally?:D

"Departed this vale of tears with a rollerskate lodged in her eye-socket"
Smunkeeville
06-06-2007, 18:37
Intentionally? That seems more of a "Therapy and Anger Management" situation than a "Lock her up with the adults" situation.

intentionally, about 3 minutes after she pulled me over a low wall by my hair and punched me in the face.

I had been in trouble before, so I was a "repeat offender" and at the time I was charged there was a question as to how serious her injury actually was...and her dad was the assistant district attorney.

I had a public defender, who btw, was a complete idiot, I am lucky he grew a brain before they decided to execute me or something else idiotic.
Benorim
06-06-2007, 18:51
My job involves offenders.

They don't really seem as bothered about prison as a normal person should be. Their lives are generally in such a mess that a loss of freedom and regimentation aren't the horrors they are to us. At least, I find that offenders aren't particularly bothered by the possibility of being returned there.

On the other hand, people in prison are always desperate to get out!
Kyronea
06-06-2007, 19:09
I'm not looking to judge anyone at all. I'm not interested in your crime. It's just that I've never really done anythg wrong (got a speeding fine once), and when I see documentaries about prsion I can never decided how I would do. I'm not very tough, but I am quite quick witted and funny. I just wondered what it is like - the whole lose of liberty idea seems ghastly - and the character one needs to survive.

:confused:

I once got a speeding ticket...I was clocked at eighty miles per hour in a fifty-five zone--in a minivan, no less--(those wondering why should be mildly amused to note I just wanted to know what it was like to drive at eighty-eight miles per hour) on a road that winds and turns and generally is a very bad idea to go that fast on.

That day in court for the speeding ticket--I managed to get the charges reduced and with the stay of execution fee only had to pay about $123 dollars--was one of the worst days of my life, and that was for a bloody speeding ticket. I can't imagine how I would feel if I actually comitted a crime worth jail-time.
Deus Malum
06-06-2007, 19:18
Never been in jail. Granted the worse thing I've ever had to worry about is a pair of unpaid parking tickets.
Extreme Ironing
06-06-2007, 19:19
I've never been in jail, despite a few criminal occurences, though they were only minor.
Hydesland
06-06-2007, 19:31
Only a decade or so.
Drunk commies deleted
06-06-2007, 19:33
I've been to couty jail. Never for anything serious. Never for more than a month at a time.
Warhammer Syndicate
07-06-2007, 06:40
Don't they just breathalise at the side of the road?

Yes, they do. But I was taken down the the station to blow in the real machine...
Buffeytown
08-06-2007, 11:09
I hope you were over 15 or that maching is in real trouble.!!!!!!!

I'm still curious to know about what attributes it takes to survive in prison.

Being cool? Being tough? Being quiet?
Tenn_Bob
08-06-2007, 11:24
I ran a military brig for 90 days, and was a federal inmate handler at a Federal Prison Camp out west - so I've been "inside" but could always walk out. But I don't think that counts for what you're looking for, does it?
Aerion
08-06-2007, 11:34
I have never been to prison, but have friends who know people who have.

The main problems come from other human beings, as though the environment is boring and terrible its not going to kill you.

Prison rape, though often joked about, is real and terrible. Though it is often joked about I doubt very few even gay people would want to be gang raped to the point of having to go into the prison hospital and having permanent internal damage(I guess people laugh at it out of hopelessness of anything else to say about it). Even if one thinks their a man and tough it is nothing compared to what the people are like in prison.

Often forced to join an extreme ideology, most of the white people are very racist, all races normally form gangs of their own race and either rape or beat those of another race without protection and that arent in a gang that will protect them.
Secret aj man
08-06-2007, 17:12
I've been to couty jail. Never for anything serious. Never for more than a month at a time.

same here,most i had to do was a month(non-violent crime)
it wasnt too bad,worked in the kitchen so i had special housing and priveledges.
i was once in camden county jail for a week on someone elses charges(finger error of some sort in processing)that was horrific.
being 1 of 3 whites in a cellblock containing 120 blacks and hispanics.
most were very decent to me,had one fight,but it was quite scary walking in at first.
camden is/was the murder capitol back then.
to the op,not sure what you want to know,i just kept my mouth shut in camden,the other time i joked around,but i was only with 6 other inmates in a special area so i was lucky.
i did see fights everyday i have been in jail,so i would imagine that sooner or later thats going to happen to everyone,so unless you like fighting,best advice is to avoid jail.
i could not imagine going to prison prison,ergo i dont commit crimes.
Infinite Revolution
08-06-2007, 17:35
i spent the night in a cell in a police station once. but the charges never went as far as court so i got off with an admonition from the procurator fiscal.