What Is It Like To Be An Inmate

What is it like to be an inmate? Many people have pondered on that question, especially those who are getting ready to be incarcerated. Thanks to the new resources created that question can now be answered by actually inmates.
Many inmates say that it is boring. They claim that most of their day is spent in their cell with little to do. Most are allowed to read books, but those books are purchased off of a cart that is occasionally brought around. The inmates have to have the money available on their accounts to pay for those books, so if no one deposit’s any money in their accounts they are left to the mercy of boredom. The inmates do have recreational time. The recreational time is a time where the corrections officers allow the inmates out of their cells and allow them to exercise. Some inmates chose to lift weights during this time, while others chose to mingle. The inmates are allowed to mingle during the recreational time, however they still have to behave because the officers are always watching them. The recreational time does not last long, and it only happens about once a week. Inmates have an account that people outside of the prison
They are constantly watched, if not by an officer than by a camera. The officers do routine checks, and even surprise checks to make sure that the inmates are not hiding something. The officer check through the inmates books and personal belongings (what little they are allowed to have), and they check in the public area cubby holes. The inmates do not snitch on each other. If one prisoners has contraband then the other inmates will not report him to the corrections officer. The old saying “snitches get stiches” applies very heavily in prison. Those prisoners that “rat” the other inmates out will be looked down upon by other inmates, he/she will also end up getting beaten-up or killed by the one that he/she reported. It is very crucial to the inmates that they all stay loyal to each