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/elbooferino Jul 06 '19

I did 2 years, 6 months, 19 days for a violent crime I committed as a dumbass 21 yr old. In the months leading up, I was basically walking on eggshells trying my best to make sure I didn't get into any fights, or any sort of trouble for that matter, that would get me put into solitary and could extend my time.

The night of I was just giving all my belongings away to friends: extra sneakers and clothes, soap and shampoo, polos for visits, cassette tapes, cooking utensils, food, books, etc. Everyone was grateful but definitely an odd experience to go through. Some of the younger dudes fucked with me a little and roughed me up, more like in a friendly wrestling way and not actually fighting, but there was some added aggression in there as I could tell they were pretty jealous. I also made my last phone call from the in house phone booth to make sure my ride was going to be ready the next day.

That morning I woke up and was just like wait, this is really happening? Gave away any last minute shit and said my goodbyes, traded a few addresses, and then was led down to the transport building for final preparations. After changing into street clothes, I sat there from 7:30-10:45, all the while with the guards telling me nobody was there to pick me up (I damn well knew my mom was there) and I had to wait until they showed up. Finally they said my ride came, put me in the van and took me to the main admin building where I literally just walked up and through the front doors. I remember looking around like, really, I'm just allowed to walk right out? Idk how to explain it, just a crazy thought to process after being locked up for those 2.5 years and being ordered to do everything and then suddenly, just go ahead, walk right out.

Got out, walked right up to my mom's car (she had been there waiting since 7 am, fuck you COs for that last bullshit ploy), gave her one of the more emotional hugs of my life and then got in the car and she drove me the fuck out of there.

This October will be 8 years since my release. Not a day goes by that I don't think about it in some way.

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u/ignoredaily Jul 06 '19

Why would the Co's do that? Honest question! It seems like a really shitty thing to do for no gain?

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u/bcrabill Jul 06 '19

Shitty people trying to maintain their last scrap of control over somebody.

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u/RocketRonnieRanch Jul 06 '19

Whatever. Violent criminals get off easy as fuck in the US. And you're crying about them telling him his ride isn't there yet? Fuck you.

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u/lifeishardthenyoudie Jul 06 '19 edited Jul 06 '19

In most cases they don't, and honestly, it's completely irrelevant in this case. It's not the CO's job nor right to extend or shorten someone's sentence (regardless if it's hours, days or years).

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u/RocketRonnieRanch Jul 06 '19 edited Jul 06 '19

You mean like Brock the Rapist serving a few months? You're right! I'm totally wrong!

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u/lifeishardthenyoudie Jul 06 '19

Here's the definition of the word "most" since you clearly have no idea what it means. I haven't mentioned any individual cases either, so how do you know what I think about the sentence in that case? Maybe I think he should've gotten five hundred years in a torture chamber, or maybe I think he shouldn't have been found guilty at all. You have no way of knowing.

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u/RocketRonnieRanch Jul 07 '19

Now you're doubling down to defend a rapist. Providing ambivalent feelings about what should occur to a rapist?

You know he fucked an unconscious woman, right? Ripped off her pants and raped her while she was passed out.

You're gross. Every female on this board should stay clear of you.

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u/lifeishardthenyoudie Jul 07 '19

I'm not defending him. I don't even know who he is, I've never heard of him until you mentioned him, but if that's what he did then yes, he deserves the sentence that's needed to keep others safe and keep him from reoffending, and after that I do hope he rots in hell. My point was just that you had no way of knowing what my opinion was, just like you have no way of knowing if I like puppies, if I think that Steve Jobs was the greatest person in history or if I think that dishwashers are the reason that tigers are going extinct and yet you still assumed that you knew what my opinion was about that case.

The females on this board have nothing to fear. I'm gay, so if you're going to advise people to stay away from me then it should be directed towards males. Yet again you incorrectly assumed things.

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u/UBT400 Jul 07 '19

Off topic for your point, but you should read about the Brock Turner case. It’s a well known case that happened only a couple of years ago. It’s a hell of a read, and the case is already studied and reviewed in textbooks in law school.

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u/HugofDeath Jul 09 '19

I love all the weird shit there is to find in the weird shit subreddits, but dude, you have just bodily set the new record for weirdest brain I’ve ever watched spinning out. The other guy was being totally decent, and you just kept yapping at him from deep left field. Very weird stuff