I am going to prison in May

[goog40]

Be sure not to fall for the old "hold my pocket" trick.

 

[shortylickens]

I thought this was a ZaneJohnson thread

I thought he was engaged!
:awe:

 

[DarkWarrior2]

I visited a friend in prison a couple of times. Once at Riker's and once at some place in upstate New York. It was a very umm, surreal experience. I felt pretty bad for him, but it was his own fault for getting put in there. It was good to see him, but overall not a pleasant experience.

Security is very tight, as BurnItDwn mentioned. But much tighter than any airport, IIRC. It was a very long time ago...

 

[Ballatician]

Visited once for a class. Talk to some of the inmates, general population and gang unit. Everyone that I saw was built like a tank, even the old guys. Met a few of my professors students, it was interesting.
I do not want to ever be in prison.

 

[Bill Brasky]

Obligatory/

Watch out for your cornhole, bud.

 

[Modular]

Obligatory/

Watch out for your cornhole, bud.

ATOT...I am dissapoint.

 

[ViperXX]

I work in a prison and as a matter of fact I'm posting from work right now. You will not be allowed to bring your phone in, a laptop or even you car keys. You'll have to clear a metal detector and maybe even take off your shoes, jacket to be X-rayed. I have to do this when entering the facility every morning. In some places it's against the law to take pictures of a Correctional Facility so don't get out and stand by the fence and pose.

 

[invidia]

I've been to Florence ADX supermax prison and San Quentin.

 

[MotionMan]

5/12/10 EDIT: I leave tomorrow. I know nothing of Oklahoma geography.

Have there been tornados between OKC and Sayre where I will be driving on Friday?

MotionMan

 

[yh125d]

5/12/10 EDIT: I leave tomorrow. I know nothing of Oklahoma geography.

Have there been tornados between OKC and Sayre where I will be driving on Friday?

MotionMan

That area is pretty much completely flat and devoid of trees or anything else. Very high winds, and not much else to look at. The last few days have been warm and overcast, with mixed heavy rain/some scattered supercells/tornadoes.

You have nothing to worry about. You'll see high winds and maybe a bit of light rain/mist if it picks up over there

 

[preslove]

I occasionally delivered pizzas to the guards of the county jail and juvie facility, and to the 'residents' of the state work release facility. The guards tipped only marginally better than the residents.

 

[ViviTheMage]

I did some PC replacements for a few Hennepin County/Scott County jails a few years back ... lots of security type check points, haha.

 

[Sluggo]

That part of I-40 from OKC west is a colossal piece of crap, get the nicest riding rental car you can, and you will still feel beat up.

I think the severe weather is supposed to be this afternoon and this evening, it should be gone by tomorrow. But according to the weather guys, the weather is is going to be unstable the rest of the week, so there is always a chance of a tornado.

Now...if you see this truck passing you on the highway, be alert.

 

[Phoenix86]

Now...if you see this truck passing you on the highway, be alert.

Fixed. :awe:

 

[MotionMan]

That part of I-40 from OKC west is a colossal piece of crap, get the nicest riding rental car you can, and you will still feel beat up.

I think the severe weather is supposed to be this afternoon and this evening, it should be gone by tomorrow. But according to the weather guys, the weather is is going to be unstable the rest of the week, so there is always a chance of a tornado.

Now...if you see this truck passing you on the highway, be alert.

I would be more concerned if I saw this passing me on the highway:

"COW!!!"

MotionMan

 

[killster1]

dont forget to keester a pack of ciggs and 50$ in herion hehe jk, id request to be in the Shoe where you are locked up 95% the time and get food delivered. but thats just me i hate everyone and have gang ties to all the games except black ones ;/

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Hopefull you'll be scared straight!

KT

I'll take your eyeball out and step on it right in front of you!

 

[Sluggo]

There are actually some nasty storms headed towards Sayre right now, maybe the prison won't even be there in the morning.

 

[TridenT]

I thought this was a ZaneJohnson thread

My first thoughts too, then I saw the OP in the small text below. I was like, "MotionMan? Thank god!"

 

[MotionMan]

There are actually some nasty storms headed towards Sayre right now, maybe the prison won't even be there in the morning.

Link?

MotionMan

 

[killface]

I did 8 months in county jail (called a "county year"). 4 months was spent at the Erie County Holding Center and the other 4 was at Erie County Correctional Facility.
I know the deputies at the holding center had wireless because it's in downtown Buffalo. I'm not sure about ECCF.

 

[Lucky777]

You're going to be fine.
Generally, at prisons, you check into your room, there's a pool, Internet, buffet and all that good stuff, just like a hotel.

 

[Sluggo]

Link?

MotionMan

That may actually be the second round in Sayre tonight. There was some earlier, but I wasn't really following it.

 

[PsiStar]

As an engineer for a seller of technology to the Bureau of Prisons, I visited Lewisburg Federal Pen maximum security prison & on the other side of the hill, Allenwood Fed Pen. Difference of night & day.

While entering Lewisburg, a "hot" inmate was brought back in. He had testified in court someplace. He 1st had to stand in a circle between the front gate & the main building entrance for some paper work processing. Then he was brought inside & also had to stand in a similar circle <2' across ... in chains & shackles the whole time so there was lots of shuffling.

Metal detectors can detect eyelets in sneakers. No metal of any kind was allowed. I stupidly forgot about an aluminum comb in my bag.

We were given a tour of the open areas of the prison. Inside, in front of the main guard station, there is an area called the red top which is just an area on the floor painted red. In that area only 3 prisoners are allowed to be on at one time ... so the guards can see further out and so to minimize attempts to break into the guard station. The guard station was behind a few inches of break proof glass of some kind.

I went thru about 3 levels of basements used to move hot prisoners & for "suppression" squad to march thru in case of trouble ... guards wearing hob nailed boots described as doing some kind of goose step to maximize the noise of their approach.

I also was 1 of 2 to visit a guard tower. Interesting to see very large bore rifles ... clearly not intended to shoot bear.

I also learned why keys have metal sheaths that fall over the business end. These inmates may have gotten caught, but some are highly intelligent ... with so called photographic memories & could make a duplicate key just seeing a key, once. Of course, they do have the time. :\

At Allenwood, a minimum security prison, we drove thru a golf course separated from the prison grounds by only a chain link fence. There we were served by & ate lunch with the prisoners. The worse thing there, was avoiding stepping in goose crap all over the sidewalks (that time of year). The prisoners lived in kind of separate single story dorm-like buildings. Better not get caught playing even poker tho, else they would get shipped across the country to higher security prisons. We all bought "Club Fed" T-shirts in the prison book store.

My prison experience ... sobering

 

[Garet Jax]

I have been misled.

you and me both....

I read no further than your post.