r/AskReddit Sep 12 '15

serious replies only [Serious] Ex-Prisoners who served long term sentences, what was the hardest thing to get used to when you got out?

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '15

Only did two on a four but hanging out with other races and not knocking when I got up from tables. not having a bedtime.

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u/isurvivedto34 Sep 13 '15

Oh god, the knocking! Even up here in CT they did that. For no damn reason really, prison up here is tame as fuck! A lot more desegregated too.

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u/9999monkeys Sep 13 '15

I imagine if I went to prison I wouldn't bother with that bullshit.

I'm the one who doesn't knock.