I arrived at Hagerstown prison on some Bullsh*t possession charge
(I told them it was that hitchhiker I picked up that left that piece of crack under my seat). Hagerstown prison sits on a rolling hill and due to the
limited amount of lightpollution surrounding the area you can see the big dipper quite well. I was walked into the prison(I am sorry, correctional
facility) by two of the nicest police officers in the world.I have only nice
things to say about the fine police force of Hagerstown. The gates to the
correctional facility opened up and the first thing I noticed was how clean
the place was. Wow! was I impressed. The lovely color of orange the walls where painted matched my new orange jumpsuit I was issued.
Getting processed into general population is never a quick affair, but
11 hours!! I already had knocked off one star for that inconveinence.
The staff was pretty friendly, well as far as prison staffs go. I was in the processing room for about 4 hours when my stomach was rumbling from the Indian food I had for dinner. No one ever wants to drop a deuce with 14 dudes within 10 feet, but you got to do what you got to do. If I could take one thing from prison and put it in my house, It would
be those steel toilets. Talk about comfort, I almost forgot I was in prison for a second. Fast forward a week I am in general population and I only got into one small fight over a half eaten apple. I know Prison has rules for visitors, but come on. This is from the visitors code:
Visitors must dress appropriately for visitation. All clothing must cover from the neck to the kneecaps.
The following types of clothing are not allowed to be worn:
* tube tops, tank tops, or halter tops
* see-through clothing
* mini-skirts, mini-dresses, shorts, skorts, or culottes (at or above the kneecap)
* form-fitting clothes such as leotards, spandex, and leggings
What do you want my lady to wear when she comes to visit me a burka?
Hagerstown Prison is not Attika or Angola (Louisiana Prison, not the country in Africa) but it could use some improvements. Only 3 basic cable channels and no nets for the basketball hoops are the least of the problems here. But the staff is decent and even the Warden seems like a swell guy. read more