Guilty inmates suffer restrictions on recreation, visits to the commissary and access to other privileges. I used to write 20 cases a week. Now, I'm down to about two. The stress is a killer, she said. Sometimes I just go home, take a bath and go to bed without even eating dinner.
Guards say prison can be a psychological house of horrors where nothing is what it seems to be.
For example, an inmate trying to escape the demands of a prison gang might hit a guard to get put in solitary confinement. The bewildered guard might never know why the assault occurred. The inmate avoids gang demands and preserves his reputation among fellow inmates. They are runnin' games all the time. They spend 23 hours a day in their cells, leaving only for recreation or to shower.