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Originally Posted by jmakin
If i am ever faced with a similar decision I am snap calling jail time. I’ve been in county for a night, about a decade ago, and other than raging ******* guards, it wasnt that bad. I specifically remember thinking that most of the other inmates seemed like otherwise normal, polite dudes, with the exception of a few scary ones that no one wanted to talk to.
Yeah. And most of the guards I interacted with were decent people. Everyone in jail is just doing their job, be it prisoner or guard. For the most part, nobody hates anybody. Most people don't want any trouble.
During the day, jail is all about routine. Breakfast at 6, meds at 7, showers, the TV comes on, lunch at noon, rec time, meds at 4 .... how the day passes.
So most of the guard-prisoner interactions get to be rote. Yeah, I have to do certain things and so do you, and eventually you get them all down. Cell door opens, take tray of food, say thanks, eat, slide it back under the cell door ....
Guards come through every 30 minutes at least. They swipe in at sensors within the pod or dorm that requires them to see every cell.
Lots of joking between guards and prisoners, especially if there's a shared sport or team .... everyone wants to flirt with the female guards, but it's all polite and low-key.