Ex-Prisoners Are Listing All The Things Hollywood Gets Wrong About Prison, And Their Thread Is Revealing

I know its hard to imagine, but movies can't replicate the smell inside the jail. It is a smell that can't be described. The stench is something between bad body odor and garbage along with not sufficient ventilation and something else. It is truly disgusting.

You're only going to catch s**t, get beat up or shanked if you're a pedophile, member of a rival gang, or you're just otherwise a piece of s**t that causes other people grief. Mind your own business and be respectful when you do interact and things will be pretty boring. It's not the "Everyone is fair play." trope media makes jail and prison out to be.

dropping the soap will not get you rampantly taken from behind.

source: a friend with soap on a bungee.

There are no underground fight tournaments

Strangest one I ever went to was a work release camp where I would pick up my friend to take them to work, and return them later in the day. The place was an abandoned motel converted into a prison compound. You would go into the former front desk area to check out the person and check them back in. Never saw anything like that in the movies.

Uk prison over a decade ago remanded. Im a regular lad, not some dumbass 50 cent wannabe.

Reception "right you are in with a Mr so and so" Instantly thought aww for f**k sake, here we go, drama first ten minutes (they think they are helping you by pairing you with a local, but coming from the typical northern town little pond scenario.... Hes an op)

Did not know what to expect and as it tuned out we were kept apart after day 2 and we never had an issue on a personal level but its one of those things.

Ok to answer your question, i planned and did go in there keeping myself to myself but reading the situation subconsciously a lot because i was expecting people jumped, slashed etc, potentially riots, on the regular but in my experience it must be dependent on who's in at the time because its quite the opposite, f**king monotonous, the days drag and watching day time quiz shows like pensioners in a nursing home.

The directors use artistic license adding drama to make prison movies appeal to mainstream audiences.

Other than seeing a few fights which is no shock, the only day of drama was watching as i heard a plastic click sound. It was the top being closed on a kettle,hot water and likely sugar.

The lad roared out so the target turned to look, and threw it over him, but he didn't cover the whole face, a part but not most but Jesus Christ it melted into his neck, his skin had boils raised out of him instantly and that sticky mixture, your finished, the shrieking was that loud it was deafening.

Overall boring travel lodge experience. Good food and the hosts never botherd us. Not intending to return. would give it a 3/5

You know those scenes where they clog up a toilet with TP to cause a distraction? There are a few reasons that won't work.

First off, those toilets are STRONG. That thing will suck a sock down. If it does get clogged, the pipes usually have valves built in to prevent too much from backing up since it's such a common tactic for people to try. Finally, you never get that much TP to begin with. Unless you take the cleanest s***s ever or are fine with a crusty butthole, you never have enough TP to just do the job it was designed for let alone any sorts of clogging.

The showers. I've never been to prison but heard they have group showers but the jail i was in had separate showers with s***ty little curtains. The worst part about showers was hitting the button for water every 15 seconds

In actual prison, any sort of electronic item must have a clear shell, something that isn't seen in movies. This is to ensure you're not hiding or smuggling things. Also, any noise making electronic has a max volume that is so low, you have to hold it to your ear to hear it. I've been been to prison, I only watched a youtube video on it

Not an answer to your question, but it's interesting that not many people are as mean or hostile. Many shows on American tv channels portray prisons as these awful places. The media also portrays the same thing. Meanwhile in other countries in Europe prisoners are treated much better and are given many more opportunities to better their life after prison.

It's sad that American prisons are portrayed in such a manner and don't offer the same treatment as other countries.

If only we had a better view on our prison system maybe we would be more inclined to fix it.