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Lessons About Prison Life That Our Resident OT Ex-cons Never Prepared Us For
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:05 pm
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:05 pm
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Prisoners do not have the luxury of going to a laundromat and handling our own clothes. Instead, we have a clothes exchange. We hand in our dirty clothes to be laundered and, in return, we receive clean clothes.
That’s how it works in theory.
But sometimes that “clean” laundry includes shite-stained garments, sheets sullied with blood, and missing articles of clothing have a huge effect on the well-being of prisoners inside. Laundry day can often be a traumatic experience inside prison.
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On each unit there are three blocks with 30 prisoners each, half upstairs and half downstairs. Throughout a block, it is not uncommon to hear on clothes exchange day something like this: “I have six pairs of boxers with ‘the streaks’” — shite stains — “in every pair.”
One prisoner, who we call Port City since he’s from Wilmington, North Carolina, constantly reminds us that he refuses “to wear boxes that another man’s arse and nuts have been in.” Often the clothes returned to us aren’t ours — they’re just the same size.
My nagging neighbor reminds me every clothes exchange day that his washcloth contains pubic hairs that aren’t his (they’re not the same hair color, he says). And it’s not just my neighbor. Other residents I know also receive undergarments and washcloths littered with pubic hairs.
Prison Journalism Project
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:08 pm to shutterspeed
Oh the horror these poor babies go through
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:08 pm to shutterspeed
Procedures and QoL vary by pretty stunning degrees across state institutions.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:08 pm to shutterspeed
Lesson learned. Don’t go to prison.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:09 pm to shutterspeed
imagine what poor soul has to initiate glen Davis
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:11 pm to shutterspeed
Here’s a thought,
Don’t break the law and you won’t be subjected to the bullshite that comes in prison.
Don’t break the law and you won’t be subjected to the bullshite that comes in prison.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:12 pm to shutterspeed
This explains Massachusetts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:13 pm to shutterspeed
I think supersaint likes the poopy underwear. It reminds him of the Nola crack dens
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:17 pm to shutterspeed
A life with no Lowes to fart in sounds horrific!
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:18 pm to shutterspeed
Aren’t the prisoners in charge of doing these jobs? Maybe they should take a little more pride in doing a thorough job cleaning the soiled laundry.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:19 pm to shutterspeed
Show them this pic and tell them to STFU.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:23 pm to mattchewbocca
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Oh the horror these poor babies go through
If I had my way, we’d go back to the days where prison mean spending every day of the week, except Sunday, turning big rocks into little rocks from sun up to sun down.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:24 pm to shutterspeed
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Other residents I know also receive undergarments and washcloths littered with pubic hairs.
I think I’d just keep my rag and towel and wash them myself. Assuming you’re allowed to even do that.
Also, “resident” =
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:29 pm to cbree88
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A life with no Lowes to fart in sounds horrific!
Why, that's no life at all!
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:29 pm to Darth_Vader
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f I had my way, we’d go back to the days where prison mean spending every day of the week, except Sunday, turning big rocks into little rocks from sun up to sun down.
I am even more old fashioned, downright Medieval!
Why imprisonment which costs manpower, resources, land, and money? Execute for all felonies. It’s not like they can be rehabilitated.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:30 pm to CocomoLSU
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I think I’d just keep my rag and towel and wash them myself. Assuming you’re allowed to even do that.
Per the article:
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To avoid all of the indignities of the laundry process, many prisoners wash their own clothes in the sink or shower, using soap or shampoo. Since prisoners can’t buy detergent, sometimes they use fragrance oils during the wash to reproduce the effect of nice-smelling detergents and dryer sheets.
And some people will pay to have their laundry done. Entrepreneurial prisoners I know will charge a small fee, anywhere between $2 and $5 depending on the number of items, to wash your laundry, including sneakers. These laundrymen can earn between $8 and $20 a week when they wash three or four people’s clothes. It is a good and honest hustle for those who don’t receive any outside financial assistance.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:37 pm to shutterspeed
That sounds pretty bad, but not sure if exactly true. Can't they buy personal things out of commissary?
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:45 pm to shutterspeed
Well John. You can wear Issacs drawers or you can be hung. Speak up.
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