Guys just read and trade books, write letters and work out. You’re in a cell with no program, no nothing, while they’re figuring you out. The first time I went in, for assault with a deadly weapon, it took only two months the second time, I was in for felony possession of a loaded weapon, and was in reception for five months. They’re not going to mix a repeat DUI offender with a serial killer or a person going to death row. They want to see if you’re a really violent person. You meet with psychologists and others handling your case. When I first got into the California prison system, I went into “reception,” a state you stay in when they figure out who you are. (He lost part of his leg due to a blood clot prior to his last incarceration.) He shares what to expect when you’re expecting to go to prison, not only as a person of color - he’s Asian, but 6’1”, 300 lb., for a visual - but also as someone who’s handicapped.
What’s it like to be one of the nearly 2.5 million people in the world’s largest prison population? Prisoner F, whom we last spoke to in 2011 after serving time in California’s Corcoran State Prison, recently returned from another term.
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