There are these anecdotes and also videos about inmates doing huge volumes of burpees and push ups in their cells. How does hygiene work in this case? These style of workouts would make someone very sweaty and the smell in that small space would be unbearable. There are no showers in the cell. What do people do? What happens if your cellmate doesn't workout?
I'm curious as a civilian, I know it's rough if you're gay and you get forced off of the yard, but what is it like if you're trans? The idea of [V-coding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-coding) is horrific. I can imagine having a very feminized body in prison would make one a target of SA.
Serious post not trying to be disrespectful, I'm trying to break my smart phone addiction and I'm wondering how people who have gone to prison who had high screen time found going without the internet/phone.
I understand this is probably a minor concern when going to prison but for some its probably the first time in the last few years they've been without their phone.
I boosted over $4K from Walmarts. I quit due to paranoia. Kept seeing people at Walmarts I would go to get arrested.
This sub lowkey saved me.
I know about SA and booty bandits that they can pair you with in a cell. But how to avoid it, should I work out?I’m not fit. Also does this happen in Juvie due to teenage hormones?
Genuine question.
Dusty Ray Spencer, a 74-year-old inmate in Florida, was executed after spending 34 years on death row. He was convicted in 1992 for the fatal stabbing of his wife. Over the decades, he went through multiple failed appeals, with his final petition being rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court shortly before his execution.
Spencer was put to death by lethal injection at Florida State Prison. His case gained attention due to his advanced age and the unusually long time he remained on death row. Before his execution, he reportedly expressed remorse and apologized to the victim’s family.
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I was looking at the federal prison in Beaumont in Google Maps, and it looks like the outdoor recreational facilities are really crappy and not well maintained. There are very faded baseball diamonds, tracks that look like concrete was poured in a rounded rectangle, what looks like basketball courts, and maybe some soccer goals. The USP especially looks like it doesn't have much of anything for outdoor rec, just maybe a couple of small basketball courts and that's about it. A lot of the stuff looks dirty and like it could use a fresh coat of paint.
Do the inmates not go outside that much or play sports very often? Are crappy recreational facilities part of the punishment?
A couple weeks into my incarceration I met a trans woman. This is a story about the conversation where she shared her perspective with me.