A first time offender entering the Idaho Department of Correction may be filled with misgivings and a mixed filling of fear, anxiety, and confusion. It is scary to know that for the next number of years, you will be among other offenders, wondering how you will survive for the duration that you will be serving your time.
Surviving in a prison facility is never easy. But, if you adhere to survival strategies, you may yet serve your time without incidence.
Stay and fight or run and live
Man has the innate instinct of self-preservation. Harness this instinct to survive inside the correctional. Try to observe what goes on inside and learn to read signs and events that are most likely to lead to trouble. When you sense one, do not rationalize and leave the scene.
Try to avoid the population crowd. You might have the mistaken notion of protecting yourself by joining gangs, doing drugs, …show more content…
You can participate in sport like basketball or do a mile run within the prison ground. Volunteering in prison office or in prison clinic and hospital will keep you away from the dangers of population crowd.
Enrich your brain
Do a lot of reading inside the correctional. Read newspapers, magazines, and books from the prison library. Reading will keep your sanity as well as provide you information on current events or general information. It may help you deal with the difficult situations you encounter inside.
Further, keeping yourself informed might just help you when you have served your time and re-enter society. The information you get from your readings can help you plan your life outside the correctional. Getting an education and earning a degree or a certificate while inside the correctional will help in looking for a job outside. Landing a job is difficult for an offender. There are however employers who are willing to give offenders a second chance and having a degree or a certificate while inside will give you an
Surviving in a prison facility is never easy. But, if you adhere to survival strategies, you may yet serve your time without incidence.
Stay and fight or run and live
Man has the innate instinct of self-preservation. Harness this instinct to survive inside the correctional. Try to observe what goes on inside and learn to read signs and events that are most likely to lead to trouble. When you sense one, do not rationalize and leave the scene.
Try to avoid the population crowd. You might have the mistaken notion of protecting yourself by joining gangs, doing drugs, …show more content…
You can participate in sport like basketball or do a mile run within the prison ground. Volunteering in prison office or in prison clinic and hospital will keep you away from the dangers of population crowd.
Enrich your brain
Do a lot of reading inside the correctional. Read newspapers, magazines, and books from the prison library. Reading will keep your sanity as well as provide you information on current events or general information. It may help you deal with the difficult situations you encounter inside.
Further, keeping yourself informed might just help you when you have served your time and re-enter society. The information you get from your readings can help you plan your life outside the correctional. Getting an education and earning a degree or a certificate while inside the correctional will help in looking for a job outside. Landing a job is difficult for an offender. There are however employers who are willing to give offenders a second chance and having a degree or a certificate while inside will give you an