Ive never owned a pair of True Religion or similarly expensive jeans. I was always a Levi's man. but I've just invested the prison equivalent on some state-issued blue scrubs. Originally, they were cardboard starchy and way too big, like the huge parachute pants you'd see teens wear in Hot Topic. In the yard's best … Continue reading “The Importance of Changing Pants”
Category: jail
jPay Message #277
After 3 years, I've lived with all types of people, of all colors, shapes, and sizes. My cube now has been the most hospitable to doing time, but that's not to say its without its downsides. It's a statistical certainty that out of 8 random male adults, two of them will be douchebags. The 2 … Continue reading jPay Message #277
“Pole-Barns”
I think one of the biggest misconceptions people have about prison is the liviv space. While most TV shows either depict the county jail or a higher security prison, where inmates are kept two to a cell, most level ones in MDOC consist of pole-barns. Each pole-barn is divided into two units, one on the … Continue reading “Pole-Barns”
“Neurotransmitter Nirvana”
Swimming in post workout endorphins, I lose myself in reverie, picturing the "getting sentenced to prison" montage for the future hbo show. It'll start with my sentencing, broadcast on youtube and conducted over Zoom (a nod to the covid era); followed by a sequence detailing the difficulties of adjusting to life in the joint; finally … Continue reading “Neurotransmitter Nirvana”
jPay Message #231
daytime TV makes me despair. I'm surrounded by the future stars of shows like Maury or Cops. worse, I'm afraid I may possibly be one. its reassuring to be in a unit where they'd purposefully put an old man with a nickname like Shitty, because he shits on the bathroom floor all the time. these … Continue reading jPay Message #231
Easy Trouble 