The final part of the questionnaire asked inmates to add any additional comments which they thought may be of value. These extra comments are an important bonus. It was my way of coping with things. No drugs would have made it better. One is forced to stay in a place with people one may prefer not to be with.
Plans have to be abolished or postponed.
The future is uncertain. Family relationships can break down. They replace these with constant views of bars, bolts, gates, fences, razor wire, locks, surveillance cameras, uniforms and dogs. They rob you of all normal social contact as well as hope and ambition. They throw all sorts of men together.