The first week has not been without its trials but for the most part, this week has been pretty harmless.
A few observations though...
A lot of what is portrayed on television about jail is not exactly inaccurate. There are a lot of drugs, smuggling and basically childish games. One game is called "keistering." Its actually pretty ingenious/pathetic at the same time. Basically a couple of the guys purchase chewing tobacco or Spice or the like when they are out to their AA/NA meetings; take the tobacco out of the container and place it in plastic tubes (e.g. rubber gloves) and then stuck the tubes up their butts ("Keisters") and therefore smuggle the contraband in to be sold. Relatively disgusting but I guess effective.
Its not hard to imagine how easy it must be to smuggle stuff in this way. When we are stripped searched, we squat and cough...a little anal integrity and the stuff would stay put.
The strip searches are perfunctory and really not all that invasive...For me at least but then again, I am not there in search of trouble.
The other observation has to do with smoking. Smoking, not surprisingly, is not permitted in the dorms. However at various times (the timing of which coincides with meals, counts etc) a literal gang of guys go to the lavatory part of the bathroom and smoke....when they descend upon the lavatory, oftentimes a few of the guys will bring
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