Prison

Discover a hobby for yourself; staying busy is extremely important. Take a class, teach a class, paint, write poetry, learn a new skill. Find your rhythm, structure your days and stick with it. This was the advice given to me upon my arrival at the camp by an inmate who was looking at a five year bid. It seemed to make sense to me, find a way to exercise my brain and stay productive as I appeared to be entering the most unproductive period of my life since fifth grade recess.

(PRWEB) October 18, 2004 -- FederalPrisonCamps.com is a unique website unlike anything I've ever seen on the internet. An interesting combination of first hand prison life experience, questions and answers, colorful graphics and even a bit of prison poetry all presented in a clean and clever format that keeps the reader engaged while educating at the same time.

An Excerpt from the site follows:
"A wide range of emotions can come into play when someone is faced with incarceration and the perception of helplessness or vulnerability, is not surprisingly the result. When I eventually made it to the camp, I was told by several individuals to "stay below the radar". I had no problem with that but unfortunately, I had already been in the dreaded "hole" for 16 days while waiting for a bed to become available at the camp. Time spent in the hole is a very unpleasant experience.

To add salt to the wound, nobody had explained to me that a form needed to be filled out in order to get phone numbers approved prior to making any calls. So for 16 days, while everyone at home worried and wondered why they were not hearing from me, I lied awake in the hole wishing that I had been better informed. Unfortunately, nothing could be done at that point.

This is a unique and educational resource, providing an in depth and first hand view of what it's really like to be an inmate at a Federal Prison Camp. I remember my first few times eating in the camps dining facility and wondering "why the heck are these guys knocking on the table (2 quick knocks), every time before getting up to leave?" I soon figured out that this was just an inmate's way of saying "I'm all set here, catch you later". Knock before you walk; I could handle that.

Links to other informative and relevant sites (it's hard to know what is relevant unless you've actually been through it), are also provided in "THE CAMPER" to assist and contribute to a better understanding of the federal prison camp experience."    

Federalprisoncamps.com, Knowledge is Knowing Better

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