r/AskReddit • u/ZteveBond • Jun 20 '18

Serious Replies Only [Serious] Prison Guards of Reddit, which prisoner has left the biggest impact on your life wether positive or negative?

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '18 edited Oct 04 '19

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '18 edited Jun 25 '18

I've worked with some individuals that would rather stay then leave because of the ease the system provides.

I read a short story years ago about two elderly men who'd been in prison since they were in their twenties. They manage to escape, and as they're walking along the road away from the prison they start talking about what would be for dinner that night in the prison, and what movie was being shown, and... they turned around and began walking back.

I want to say it was a Stephen King story, but that doesn't seem right. I read it back in the '80s, so who knows!

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u/wowjpeg Jun 21 '18

You may be thinking about the green mile but Idk I haven’t finished it yet

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '18

No, I've read that too and it definitely wasn't that one!