Emotional Damage

I observe numerous inmates who just sit in their area staring aimlessly into thin air. When others see this behavior, they usually say, "Come back to us, everything is gonna be alright." It's an attempt to put the inmate on the spot, but all in good fun. You never really know what the inmate is thinking, but their body language says it all.

Thoughts of the outside, family, friends, life before incarceration, things which you cannot change or control, can only take the inmate on a psychological journey, in which he cannot return without emotional damage. It's hard indeed and I told Jack if he ever sees me staring aimlessly into nothing please come knock me back to reality. I know an idol mind will run wild, and that mind trip is displayed in a person's behaviors and demeanor. If you want to study human behavior, prison is the perfect environment. Not just the staring listlessly, but observing human responses to certain situations. Many times, the way in which an inmate approaches their time served, reveals whether they believe "time served is time lost."

If a person sees everything they do as pointless, and would want nothing more than to be able to sleep their time away, that attitude can be problematic. Interestingly enough, I asked numerous inmates a question. I literally walked up to them with a question posed on a piece of paper and asked if they would feel comfortable answering it.
The question: If you were able to take a sleeping pill that would place you unconscious for your allotted time in prison, would you and why?"

Some of the responses would blow your mind. Coming soon....