Just when I thought my luck was turning around

(from Josh)

We’ll just when I thought my luck was turning around!  I finally got out of the hole 6 days ago.  The next day the whole prison went on lockdown.  So now I’m stuck back in a cell.  The word is we are going to be on it for a month.  That will be  one and a half months for me.  I do have my TV and commissary so it isn’t as bad as the hole.

The locked us down behind some drugs.  The other day they brought the drug dogs through.  Now we have to wait till they shakedown the whole prison.  It’s a major shakedown, they have x-ray machines for our mules and metal detectors for the yard.  So it’s going to take a while.

near the prison. Pocahontas, Va

Unless you have ever been on lockdown or in the hole I don’t think you can realize how bad it really is.  Most people couldn’t be locked in a room for a couple hours without feeling like they are going crazy.  Imagine being locked in your bathroom for two months!  The boredom will really start to drive you crazy.  One day starts to feel like a week!  The worst part for me is knowing there’s nothing you can do about it.  Your stuck in here until these motherfuckers want to let you out.  It’s like when people ask me how can you do 8 years of this shit.  I always tell them what’s my other option?  I have no choice but to do it.