A Heartbreaking Forum of Staggering Proportions on PrisonTalk.com
Your basics are decidedly depthly covered here. There's extensive chatter on Flamboyant's and Prison Gap's bus service to places long up the river you hope to never drop in on -- Flamboyant's services comes out none to good, and a few riders suggest the driver should be locked up. Over on Death Row Q&A there's a slew of info on the postal system ("my husband is on DR and it takes up to 3 weeks for him to get his mail from me.") and how the dreamy COs who run visitation at Polunsky are top-notch, awesome guys.
The standout poster is NY forum leader Mrs. G, who I imagine to be a matronly ole gal like "Facts of Life's" own Mrs. G. This Mrs G., though, thoroughly spiels on each local lock-up's history, visiting hours, and visitor dress codes (Oneida Correctional Facility: "no hoodies (I've seen COs let ppl slide by making them tuck in the hood but that is rare; they typically make you take it off and if you don't have a shirt underneath then you have to find something else to wear)"). She fails to suggest any local haberdashers, but she's just one woman and can't possibly cover everything.
And finally, to put some heart in the bitter-pill-reality of these proceedings, there's the odds and ends (potpourri) like Prison Slang 101 ("bone yard," "rapo," "suitcase," and the not-so-subtle difference between being an "inmate" and a "convict" are all covered here) and the old Catskill standard: You Know You Are from New York... (...America west of the Hudson is still theoretical to you).
The standout poster is NY forum leader Mrs. G, who I imagine to be a matronly ole gal like "Facts of Life's" own Mrs. G. This Mrs G., though, thoroughly spiels on each local lock-up's history, visiting hours, and visitor dress codes (Oneida Correctional Facility: "no hoodies (I've seen COs let ppl slide by making them tuck in the hood but that is rare; they typically make you take it off and if you don't have a shirt underneath then you have to find something else to wear)"). She fails to suggest any local haberdashers, but she's just one woman and can't possibly cover everything.
And finally, to put some heart in the bitter-pill-reality of these proceedings, there's the odds and ends (potpourri) like Prison Slang 101 ("bone yard," "rapo," "suitcase," and the not-so-subtle difference between being an "inmate" and a "convict" are all covered here) and the old Catskill standard: You Know You Are from New York... (...America west of the Hudson is still theoretical to you).
posted by kiddigit at 10:48 AM
