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. (He lost part of his leg due to a blood clot prior to his last incarceration.) 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. You meet with psychologists and others handling your case. They want to see if you’re a really violent person. They’re not going to mix a repeat DUI offender with a serial killer or a person going to death row. #Uncopylocked prison life 2.0 with script serial 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. You’re in a cell with no program, no nothing, while they’re figuring you out. Guys just read and trade books, write letters and work out. I read more books during that time than I had in four years of high school. Where they place you, what level of security you’re going to, is determined by a point system. They count points from the first time you ever got arrested - how many points you got then, what you did in prison - and add them up. You can get Level 1 through 4, Level 4 being the highest security.
In Levels 3 and 4, you get something like 30, 40 points and up. That’s where they have “gunners.” Everywhere you go, there’s gonna be armed guards watching you from above, even while you’re eating.
I went to Tehachipi (California Correctional Institution), then Corcoran and Corcoran 2.
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