Prison has it's own set of social rules and norms. Many are unique to that setting, however many of the lessons translate to your life.
Each lesson can be applied to you and your situation.
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10 survival lessons I learned in federal prison that translate to your life.
Each lesson can be applied to you and your situation.
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10 survival lessons I learned in federal prison that translate to your life.
1. Pick your friends carefully and be fiercely loyal.
People, at heart, are self-centered and will turn on you for their own enrichment. Counting on the wrong person can mean your demise.
Choose very few that will die on the hill with you, then be willing to die with them.
People, at heart, are self-centered and will turn on you for their own enrichment. Counting on the wrong person can mean your demise.
Choose very few that will die on the hill with you, then be willing to die with them.
2. Always guard your back. Trust very few to watch it for you. (See #1 above)
Never ever assume that you are safe and need not be on guard for attack.
Hyperawareness will save you much hardship.
Complacency leads to pain.
Never ever assume that you are safe and need not be on guard for attack.
Hyperawareness will save you much hardship.
Complacency leads to pain.
3. Mind your own f#### business.
Spend your energy working out your own challenges and bettering yourself.
One of the quickest way to lose face and respect is to stick your nose where it doesn't belong.
The nose is likely to be cut off!
Spend your energy working out your own challenges and bettering yourself.
One of the quickest way to lose face and respect is to stick your nose where it doesn't belong.
The nose is likely to be cut off!
4. Never ever back down from a conflict.
Blood in the water is a perfect saying. If you back down from a conflict you will be considered weak and ripe for the wrong kind of attention.
Never ever appear weak and helpless even if that feels like it will win you more friends.
Blood in the water is a perfect saying. If you back down from a conflict you will be considered weak and ripe for the wrong kind of attention.
Never ever appear weak and helpless even if that feels like it will win you more friends.
5. Be 100% honest. Do not fear the truth.
To lie about your reason for imprisonment was to give immediate offence and lose respect.
Even amongst felons truth telling always earns respect and reduces anxiety.
A lifer named Hopper taught me that to lie was weakness.
To lie about your reason for imprisonment was to give immediate offence and lose respect.
Even amongst felons truth telling always earns respect and reduces anxiety.
A lifer named Hopper taught me that to lie was weakness.
6. If you must go to battle in any sense, do so with speed, surprise, and overwhelming aggression.
Never go into a fight half assed. The one that throws the first blow generally wins.
Never go into a fight half assed. The one that throws the first blow generally wins.
7. Manage your feelings and emotions with the pen, not the sword.
Personal anger and issues should be worked out on paper.
Write your feelings in the privacy of your journal.
If your personal issues cause you conflict with others your life will get tangled and difficult.
Personal anger and issues should be worked out on paper.
Write your feelings in the privacy of your journal.
If your personal issues cause you conflict with others your life will get tangled and difficult.
8. Work out your aggression and anxiety in a positive way, like on a track or weight pile.
The absence of freedom causes mental problems.
The healthiest way to cope, along with writing, is to move your body.
Exercise saved most of us from mental disease and apathy.
The absence of freedom causes mental problems.
The healthiest way to cope, along with writing, is to move your body.
Exercise saved most of us from mental disease and apathy.
9. Control your sexual desires and needs.
The second you sell your soul for sex relief is the second you give away your freedom.
So many put themselves in "debt" for sex and their lives were made terrible.
You need sex, but don't give away your free will for it.
The second you sell your soul for sex relief is the second you give away your freedom.
So many put themselves in "debt" for sex and their lives were made terrible.
You need sex, but don't give away your free will for it.
10. Always maintain your body in fighting shape. Never leave your safe place without your "boots".
If your body is weak you are in jeopardy.
If you are not dressed for whatever battle you are expecting, you are weak.
Never enter a street fight in flip flops!
If your body is weak you are in jeopardy.
If you are not dressed for whatever battle you are expecting, you are weak.
Never enter a street fight in flip flops!
I learned many of these lessons the hard way.
There is no reason you should learn the hard way.
Take my advice.
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There is no reason you should learn the hard way.
Take my advice.
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