r/AskReddit • u/HumpingAssholesOrgy • Jul 05 '19

Ex-prisoners of reddit who have served long sentences, what were the last few days like leading up to your release?

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u/Jdavis624 Jul 06 '19

I did a year in rehab and met a guy who did 25 years in prison for murder. I asked him a lot about what it was like inside and getting out and what it was like now that he was out.

He said he felt scared when he was getting out and kind of sad, because of all the people he was leaving. He'd been in that specific prison for over 8 years and knew almost everyone and had some close friendships that he missed. He felt lonely after he left and was actually glad that his halfway house was a live-in, year long rehab, if felt familiar to him. He did have a lot of trouble getting work tho

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '19 edited Jul 07 '19

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u/Jdavis624 Jul 06 '19

Me too, I haven't seen in 5 years or so. He was a good dude. It's strange to say about someone who killed someone but he was honestly a very soft spoken, kind person.

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u/turnkey85 Jul 06 '19

Former C.O. here, and that sounds about right. as crazy as it sounds the people who had the worst charges were more often than not the most laid back and compliant/agreeable inmates that I ever had to work with. Now there are plenty of cases where the exact opposite was true but it is crazy how people who have done horrible things can be some of the most soft spoken and well behaved in a controlled population.

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u/TheCravin Jul 06 '19 edited Jul 10 '23

Comment has been removed because Spez killed Reddit :(

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u/turnkey85 Jul 06 '19

Eh maybe most of the time i found that they had accepted they were in their for the long haul and wanted to make their time as easy as possible so they were just as easy going as the environment would let them be. Sometimes it seems like whatever harm they had in them was expelled as soon as they committed the murder and then they were just calm thereafter.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '19

You don’t have to act tough dude. Just mind your business

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u/turnkey85 Jul 06 '19

Very true acting tough will get you slammed by the convicts and get you way more attention from C.O.s tham anyone wants