On two different occasions and on different prison yards (Cook Unit and North Unit) I witnessed an inmate who nodded off with a needle in his arm (dorm living). Truth is stranger than fiction. There he was, asleep with a spent syringe of heroin hanging out of a vein in his arm.
On both occasions a guard eventually walked up on the inmates during their heroin induced nap and it was off to the hole where the convict would complain about the injustice of life behind bars.
I've read published opinions claiming criminals want to be caught. I forget the reason why but supposedly deep down inside these people want to be caught. Watching a convict nod off in his cubical with a syringe hanging out of his arm supports the aforementioned position.
When I arrived to Cook unit I was lucky (again) in which dorm I was placed. The next dorm down had a Nazi in it (Ed the Nazi) that demanded a fight with any new white man assigned to the dorm. Since convicts come and go on most prison yards with a great deal of regularity the boxing ring was in use on a regular basis. Ed the Nazi had a well established routine.
New white guy shows up and settles down into his newly assigned cubical.
Ed the Nazi observes the new guy and puts his plan into motion.
- Remove all contraband from the cubical. After the fight guards will be escorting Ed the Nazi to the hole and then they will search his cubical looking for contraband.
- Obtain heroin and get it into your veins.
- Step 3 is where the miracle happens. With the heroin coursing through Ed's veins he miraculously grows a pair of testicles and now stands ready to fight.
- Attack the new guy
After the fight both men were taken to the hole...
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