In his letters and writings, Stroman offer a detailed portrait of his life inside the prison. He mentioned that his days began around 3:00 a.m. with banging and slamming of steel gates and doors. Later, each inmate has a bathroom sized cell. Even in his deepest sleep he could feel vibration in his body. Later, the guard would bark, “Chow Time! Chow Time! Lights on if you are eating.” Further Mark said, there was not much time to snap out of bed and secure the breakfast. If by any chance, the prisoners didn’t turn on the light and stand at the door by the time guards passed, the prisoner can get recorded in the logbooks as a VR’d.(verbal refuse). He also said that if the prisoner make it on time, the food was not good and it could not fill up
