Years for Mary Jane? That's wild.
But I also have some friends doing 12 year sentences from cannabis alone,
Though it was quite many kgs of shit though.
(They managed to keep the Coke out of the equation luckily)
Fuck, I feel for you man!
Prison isn't good for your mind, it gets to be normal so fast, and then the world suddenly ain't so normal anymore.
Remember when I lived with a buddy that had just served 5 years for *****
And he was so paranoid he nearly killed a guy I had visiting cause he opened the door to his room by mistake.
He was a great guy though, solid fella, apologized afterwards and felt genuinely ashamed.
It took awhile to adjust back to normal life..everything in prison is based on the fear of violence and how you react to situations is the way people judge you..for the most my experience was decent..fed prisons in the United States are pretty nice places..we had weights and decent facility's ..the Feds seized every asset I have in the world though so re starting my life in my 30's financially has been tough..I keep on keeping on trying to better myself everyday and leave all that in the past and make a new future..
50 hours a week plus school man, you can't do any better than that IMHO.
At least I couldn't, (if I could that, which I doubt), so you should really feel good about that.
My time was minimal, barely just saying hello and out.
What I thought was so fucked was the fear of collective punishment.
This was a prison many would look at like a hotel,
but there was always this shit that if someone didn't behave they would close down the rec. room (basically a pool table in a room, but still),
and my biggest fear, close the weight room.
While that wouldn't last long in reality, it felt enough to get really annoyed with other inmates that didn't place the weights back after use, or hit the wall of the guards room with the football, etc.
Even after my very brief visit there I remember going to the gym, and some dude didn't pick up his weights after him, and I immediately thought I gotta fuck him up cause they'll close the gym if he keeps on like that.
I realized within a couple of seconds how disturbed that thinking was, and that I was in a gym where I payed money to train, and they didn't close their gym because of mess.
Coping with such shit and trying to get life started again isn't easy.
I don't think people understand how little time is needed before thought pattern changes.
A thought experiment;
There is a cruise ship with luxury beds, nice rooms, and even some shit to do, but the rules are that you stay on this ship and are not allowed to leave, and it will go in circles in the middle of the ocean so the view is gonna be the same, and all the people working there will only interact with you in a strictly professional tone. And while there are some other passengers there's also rules as to how you can interact with them, especially restricting intimacy/caring/emphasizing between them.
I think that even with those stipulations many would feel quite disturbed if they were at that ship for one year. Two years and up, and when you get to like 5 years and more I think many would have problems ever returning to a normal society.
I'm not saying I want lenient sentences for rape and such, but 5 years for anything drug related, which is basically just avoiding paying taxes if you look at it.
Disregarding those with such low morale they "recruit" young ignorant (as in haven't a clue as to what this stuff does) users. Only way to deal with those are with self justice in these environments, something that seems lacking as fear of attracting police overrides the instinct to protect other people.
I'm tired, end of rant.
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