Today: How To Deal With Being In Prison. A few of the points are relevant for management consultants:
Do not cry, show fear, or a vulnerability publicly. Doing so will quickly make you a target for other prisoners.
Recognize that nights are the worst. You will miss your family, and freedom.
Brace yourself for the social dynamics of prison. There are certain ways to behave towards others if you want to get by:
- Do not become a 'punk' (girlfriend). While becoming a punk might give you some fleeting, temporary protection from other inmates, you will be a virtual slave to one. Punks are used and abused. They are traded away in card games and sold for cigarettes. It is not a path to long term survival in prison.
- Do not snitch. If you see something illegal or violent, walk away and do not divulge any information if questioned later. Being known as a snitch will make bad things happen to you. (Of course, you have to decide whether your fellow inmates or the authorities are more dangerous. If you're questioned and lie to the jailkeepers, you can get in serious legal trouble.)
- Stay to yourself, keep your mouth shut and don't tell anyone about your personal life or family. Do not discuss either religion or politics. In other words, don't put your business out on the street. At the same time, don't get involved in other inmate's business.
- Don't get caught up in a jailhouse romance. The last thing you need is to be getting involved in a relationship.
Remember, you are in a house of thieves and liars, and should not believe very much of anything you hear. Do not trust other inmates except in cases where there would not be serious consequences for doing so. I.e. make careful choices regarding your "friends" and your location at any given moment of the day.
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