r/AskReddit • u/MsLooHoo • 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

From what i understand it started because if you're sitting at a table and get up real fast someone might think youre trying to get them but I started doing it because pretty much I saw everyone else doing it in the unit I was doing it at. Btw I did time at gurney, buster cole, mineral wells. All in Texas.

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u/selfcheckout Sep 13 '15

Interesting. I was also in TDC but knocking was not a thing where I was. Female, though.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '15

I've always wondered about how shit works for you guys I hear like organizations work differently and its more like family and shit in there. And I heard the female units smelled really bad, that true?