Does prison have weight rooms???
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Yes, my father is a prison guard and they not only have a weight room, but they also have a gym. It's rather interesting, although prisoners are behind bars, they have free gym memberships while we have to pay!
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To the guy bitching about all the "luxuries" inmates enjoy....I'd like to know.... What prison have you been visiting? I'd like to arrange for a cherished friend to be transferred there! The top notch medical/dental care I'm always hearing about would be nice!He had a small cavity in one tooth and the answer was to pull the tooth, he needs to see a doctor to renew a prescription for a chronic condition (no, it's not a drug with any recreational potential, it's Prilosec) but can't see the doc because he is not bleeding, and when he does get that script renewed, he'll be paying for it or rather either his mom or I will be doing so. The situation has gotten so bad with prison health care that a federal judge recently ordered the whole department into recievership.\nHe shares a 6 x 12 cell with one other man, and counts himself lucky that there are not 3 in that cell due to the amazingly overcrowded state of the facility, he gets to leave that cell about 4 hours a day, including shower, chow, dayroom and yard time... and THAT is when the facility is not on lockdown due to drastic understaffing, courtesy of a hiring freeze imposed by the Governor...on lockdown, it really is in the cell, 24/7, food passed through the door, etc the only thing that keeps going is the mail (and by the way, I send him paper,envelopes and postage, unless it is a letter to one's attorney of record AND there is no money on one's books, the prison does not pay for letters)....the educational programs, IF an inmate qualifies AND if there is a slot available in the class.....and surely you see the need to try to educate these people to improve the chances of their becoming productive citizens upon release?\nThe showers are hot and reasonably clean, but inmates buy their own soap, shampoo, toothpaste, etc.\nThe food is a joke, and is barely legal in quantity and quality... most inmates get VERY creative with the top ramen that is available at the commisary...\nWhat Gym/weight room are you talking about? My friend does an aerobic routine in his cell each morning and spends about half his time in the yard running his usual 3 to 5 miles, but there's no equipment available...I'm not complaining about that, but I'd like to know where you get your information.\n\nAs to other recreational activities, if there are video games, it has not been mentioned to me... Television in the day room where what to watch is decided by vote...any TVs or radios in the cells were not provided by the state, either the inmate or someone like me purchased them and like quarterly packages and phone calls (collect and incredibly costly) they are a privilige that is EARNED... Surely you can see the value of rewarding good behavior?\n\nBy the way, my friend is what they call a model inmate, he has had no disiplinary problems inside.\nI could go on and on, but I really want to know what prison all these stereotypes of fun and games are based on, because it sure as hell is not in California!
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I'm not sure about Durango's policies but if you go to the Arizona forum at http://www.prisontalk.com someone there will be able to answer any question you have about that facility...or just call Durango and ask for the mailroom, then ask the mail clerk for the list of allowed items.\nGood luck
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it is according to if you are in a camp or on the inside behind a fence==also what federal prison you are in--wardens of prisons vary--wardens are kings and what they say goes--Also depends on the guards--some are human being and others are just ignorant people that allows the power to go to their heads and will treat you with no respect at all==will taunt you every chance they get== There are some things that are really bad in prison and I do not know why no one does anything about them--one example would be that they issue you underware ( 4 pair) then when you need new ones they issue you used ones==this is only one of the bad things--i cvan give you bad and god things \n\ngood luck to you
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I know a lot of folks who've been in the joint (I live in a poor neighborhood & I used to work in construction). \n\nFrom what I know, prison sucks for both genders - it's boring, there are a lot of a**holes in there, the clothes are ugly, the medical care is inadequate and the guards will kick your ass in a heartbeat.\n\nAnd there are a LOT of fights in jail - and a lot more tension. Male prisoners are CONSTANTLY trying to avoid fighting - since fights = lockdown and on lockdown you're stuck in your cell and that really sucks (no commissary, no phone calls, no lifting weights or playing basketball in the yard ect).\n\nThat's why ex jailbirds tend to be overly polite - in prison, if you even THINK you insulted another prisoner, you say you're sorry immediately - otherwise there WILL be a fight - and I just told you what happens when they fight - it screws it up for everybody\n\nBut, the food is good, and they have really big portions \n\nThis is true for both men and women\n\nFor guys, there is a LOT of the gay stuff- but it's mostly CONSENSUAL \n\nMost guys admit they had sex with men in the joint, but they swear that they were "the man" and the other guy was "the bitch" (of course, at least 50% of them are lying)\n\nOf course, there are jailhouse rapes (and, legally speaking ALL prison sex is rape since prisoners are considered legally dead in terms of civil law when they are inside and therefore they cannot consent to sex) but most jailhouse sex is consensual (men with no other outlet doing what they have to do to fulful their urges)\n\nIn women's jails, their is a LOT of lesbianism (and here, it's almost 100% consensual, it's almost unhead of for a woman to rape another woman in the joint)\n\nAnd there is a lot of sex with the guards - male Corrections Officers give special "favors" to their little prison girlfriends - more food, special items that the commissary doesn't stock, better work assignments ect\n\nlegally, that's all rape (and from time to time DoC cracks down on the guards who have sex with prisoners)\n\nThere's also a lot more fighting in women's prisons.\n\nThe guys tend to avoid fights since the consequences are so serious and they get super polite to make sure that they don't have a fight unless there's no other choice\n\nWomen in prison aren't like that \n\nYou know how women are on the outside ? They love to argue and pick fights, and they won't drop it until they win?\n\nWomen are WORSE in the joint!\n\nArguments will start at the drop of the hat (women prisoners even ARGUE WITH THE CO'S! Since male CO's are less likely to kick a woman prisoner's ass than a male, the girls know they can get away with it)\n\nAnd, since  the DoC isn't as quick to use teargas, mace and nightsticks against fighting women inmates, the women know the consequences aren't as serious as they are in the male institutions\n\nso the girls fight all the time, over dumb stuff (just like women do in the real world)\n\nIn other words, prison sucks for women just as much as it does for men, but in a slightly different way!
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Try a body cavity - may as well get used to it now. That's where you'll be hiding all your stuff when you go to prison...
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Those girls are amazing gymnast, like Mattie Larson.  The camp there is fantastic.  I got Mattie's autograph before.  Does Shantessa Pama's gym have the diet thing?
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I have done numerous prison terms in California...and my experience is that there are not enough prisons to house all of the inmates. For example, Los Angeles, CA. has the largest county jail in the country...more than 4600 inmates. There are 6 jail facilities that make up the county jail...TWIN TOWERS, MAIN CENTRAL JAIL, MINIMUM SECURITY, MAX EAST, NORTH CORRECTIONAL, AND SUPERMAX FACILITY. In main central jail...there are 4-man/6 man cells...in Twin Towers...there are pods of bunks that bed 3 people per bunk. In Minimum security...there are quantsit huts (military-style dorms) which have 300 bunks...each beds 4 people. In Max East, North max, and Super max...there are cells and dorms. The cells house the most violent of offenders...rapists and validated prisongang members...the dorms house everyone else...200 people per dorm (8 dorms) and 70 people per cellblock. Overcrowding is a norm. Even in California, prisons are overcrouded as well.
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What state is that in? Please add details and I'll find it for you...meanwhile, visit the appropriate state forum at http://www.prisontalk.com and I bet someone there can answer your questions without your needing a list
73994
Come to http://www.prisontalk.com and check out all the different forums and chat with others who are going through the same thing...good luck!
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If you meant Mansfied Prison here is the direct link ,Good Luck
789372
Nope, they are what they are called. You eat when they say eat, sleep when they say sleep, and if they ask you to jump, you ask, how high? It sucks and I haven't seen a movie that comes close. Male prisons, usually get more food and more privileges. It's a place where there is no hope day in and day out. And all kinds of things happen, and if your wise and want to go home. "I didn't see anything," should be your answer. As a matter of fact - I was released a year ago today! Freedom rocks, and if your smart - stay away from illegal activity.
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http://www.cya.ca.gov/index.html\nCheck out the Budget and Regulations page and the\nReports and research page... there's also a breakdown on each facility individually on the home page for each institution... There is, to my knowledge, no regulation that covers inmate staff ratio except for policy for specific situations and the ratio varies drastically from prison to prison and from level to level.\nHope the CDCR info helps.\nIf you have other questions not answered there, please visit http://www.prisontalk.com
1036211
In Ohio, the calls are recorded by the prison, but they warn you of that before each call. I would assume its the same elsewhere. you can't have prisoners calling their criminal friends, putting out hits on people and such
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In Michigan we don't call it 'prison', we call it Boy's Training School or Girl's Training School.  We also have secure detention facilities which are modeled after the adult court system.  I am giving you this information so you understand my answer.  I have seen a few incidents of abuse in my career.  Only one has been perpetrated by a staff member.  The rest of the time, it was youth on youth.  The living conditions are very frequently much better than the homes they were removed from.  There are very few 'rehab programs' in any detention situation, it is a housing facility, much like the adult prison is.  If I could change the facilities here, I would pay the staff a decent wage and put more staff on at all times for their own protection and for that of the youths placed there.
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I answered in your initial question, and will gladly answer anything I can. \nI have a high school sweetheart, a baby brother, a dear friend and a pen pal in the system and have, in their causes, become an advocate for the protection of basic inmate rights (No, I don't think it should be summer camp, but the law requires humane & sanitary conditions and consistant application of policy and THAT is what I try to see upheld)I am also involved in a website you may find useful, http://www.prisontalk.com\nIf you'd like to get information straight from the horses mouth, may I suggest that you create a questionaire and send it to inmates at a few different facilities?\nHere is a good place to find leads if that idea appeals to you. http://prisontalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=-1&f=294
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You have tons and tons of company!\nCheck out http://www,prisontalk.com\n\n(and be thankful it's only until March, I have 3 people I care about inside... two are lifers and I won't get my baby brother back until 2014)