But since the Op didnt specify this, I’d have to take the Depression, since a year in prison with the attendant record, would ruin my whole life and career.
I’ve never sufferred depression or been to prison, but from all I’ve read, prepare my cell forthwith.
^This. Even if it’s in the Federal Pen.
I’ve experienced both; well, the incarceration was not as long but it sure as hell wasn’t “country club” style. My first thought is I’d choose prison in a heartbeat. But being forced to live in constant close quarters with other people would surely lead to depression so maybe I should skip the prison part and just be miserable in solitude
I’m making the assumption that since I’d be in the country club version of prison, I had enough money and/or influence to recover my lifestyle and career when I emerged from incarceration. If that is indeed the case, I’ll also take the prison sentence. A prison sentence is finite, you know it will eventually end, and most importantly, you have hope.
I won’t bore everyone with the circumstances, but having experienced @6 months of severe clinical depression, I can say that you have none of those assurances. You do NOT know that it is finite. You do NOT know it will end. And most importantly, depression is the complete absence of hope.
I doubt many of the posters who have replied “prision” have actually been to one. The myth of the country club prison is exactly that, a myth. My brother spent 2 years in a minimum security federal prison & it’s nothing like you’re led to believe. It’s horrible to have your freedom taken away from you. Even though it was minimum security, and allegedly non-violent offenders, most people were in there for drug offenses and many were gang members. Fights were regular occurrences as well as theft of your personal belongings. No air conditioning in the summer, minimal heat in the winter, horrible food (plan on losing weight) & visitors must be fully vetted before allowed in. It took at least two months before I was approved to visit. I could go on but, in my opinion I would chose depression. I’ve had it and lived through it & I don’t think I could say the same about prison.
Yep. Having been on the Grand Jury and thus inspected jails, they are not nice places at all, at all.
The youth facility for the best behaved kids was OK.
Having suffered from depression though, that’s basically a prison, only it’s inside your head. The “federal pound-me-in-the-ass type.” If country-club prison could cure that, then measure me for the orange jumpsuit. One year of no freedom vs. many years of misery? That’s a no-brainer.
No, it’s One year of no freedom vs. one year of misery.
I guess if the OP was “suffer from depression your whole life or one year in prison” I’d consider the gaol. Bu trust me, *in prison you’d have both. *
The point made earlier — correctly, I think — was that if you were truly that depressed, you’d have no hope or belief that it would end in a year. In prison, you can actually count the days.
And while I can’t dispute your personal experiences, I will say that a number of clients haven’t shared the same negative view of the Club Fed life.
Sure, but since the Op stated it would only be a year, you’d know that, just like your prison term, right?
Compared to the alternative, I would guess so. Mind you, bleak as the County Jail was, many inmates said it was way better than State Prison. :eek:
Either way, I’d still take prison. At least I’d be able to feel some type of emotion. When I was depressed, I couldn’t give a shit one way or another.
The original “Club Fed” was no myth.
That’s closed now, but here are some other recommended destinations for your time off.
To expand on one of those… Oxford Federal Correctional Institution in Wisconsin is “very safe,” and offers: accredited classes in business, vocational trades, and culinary arts (the products of the cooking classes are available for inmate purchase); a commissary featuring Ben & Jerry’s ice cream; an “astonishing variety” of options for work programs; softball teams, organized by housing unit, which play regular games; racquetball, handball, bocce, and basketball courts; an arts-and-crafts room; and a library.
I’d still take prison. I’ve dealt with depression and wouldn’t wish two weeks of severe depression on my worst enemy.
Prison. I’d rather be bored than depressed: bored is a lot easier to solve.
shrug Depression did a good job of that without the bowling.
A solid year of depression would require hospitalization for me if not suicide. In prison I could pursue some education and at least try to move forward in some way.
How is this even a choice? You picked the most favorable type of prison against a one of the most horrible things human beings ever have to go through. It’s like asking if you’d like to be lightly punched or severely tortured.
Easy pick. Heck, I’d even take Attica over severe clinical depression.
I work in a prison. Prisons are not happy places.
I’ve had depression. It’s bad.
I picked prison.