I’ve been a probation officer for 11 years. That story is ridiculous bullshit.
When I was a criminal, I wouldn’t even plead guilty to things I had done!
And, the whole point of not being in jail is so you can relax and be with your loved ones. You can’t do that as a fugitive. Depending on what you’ve done I suppose, the best thing is to face the music and get it out of the way. The old saying, “If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime!” is very applicable, sometimes.
Hesitating to ask, but why did he want sanitary pads?
Gah. My husband is an electrician in a state prison, and some of the stories…Fortunately, most of the inmates assigned to work for him are in for non-violent charges, like drug possession, and multiple iterations of DUI and/or driving on a suspended license. He has had some real hard-core guys working for him before, though. He finds it best not to know what they’re in for.
From the stories it sounds like the quality of prison life varies GREATLY.
That’s true, control-z. It varies by state, and by security level. There are different rules on working, visiting, possessions you’re allowed to have in your cell. All kinds of variations. Some prisons have decent CO’s and some have horrible ones. Some are barely suppressed seething hives of violence and gang activity, and some are a little more laid back. It just depends. (My husband works in the prison all day, and then watches the darned tv shows about prisons in the evening. :rolleyes:)
A guy told me that if you smoke them you can get really high.
Can you do an “Ask the Probation Officer” thread or would you be violating confidentiality laws?
Oh yes you would
A more US centered article, though a bit biased and lacking in legal knowledge,
A study in Finalnd showed that people would confess if the interrogation was oppressive or they saw a way out.
“Look you might be innocent, but its gonna be a year till trial which might last few months. Just say you did it, and we’ll give you a lesser sentence, you’ll be out in 6 months, it’ll be all over”.
Happens all the time.
Opened in MPSIMS.
He said it was for his period. He never changed his story.
He never got the pads either.
Just another day at the Big House for the medical staff.
I found it interesting that the guy who claims that was all he did… gave an account of like 6 different prisons all across the nation.
Yeeeah, I don’t believe that he’s an innocent victim, sorry.
Where is our ex-convict doper when you need him?
Seriously, what’s his name?
I am probally the convict you are looking for.
If you like here is my Ask the former prisoner thread.
Before anyone reads it I would like to say that I feel I did not put prison health care workers and public defeneders in the proper light. Some of my the questions were emotional and I fell I did not even represent my own feelings properly in those two areas.
Health care varies mostly in areas of access. I feel most health care workers are professionals. And public defenders are generally super hard working. Many better than a paid attorney. The access is frustrating. That is about all I have to add for now. It has bothered me for a year the fact that i may have put PDs and prison health workers in a bad light without proper time and explanations of my specific cases.
I have been sober for 11 years now. Been free of nicotine for over 3 months now. My life is wildly different now. My past haunts every day.
OK as far as that story I could not even read more than half. It was mostly bullshit. His accounts of prison life were worthless and the GF phone story was a waste of server space. As for the rest tl;dr.
Edit:
Go ahead and revive the old post if there are more questions. Or whatever is allowed as far as rules go pertaining to old posts. I am an open book.
A good book.