Behind a Convicts Eyes

The sound the gates made when walking threw the breezeway leading to the processing center was a sound that no one can ever forget. Having the "THUD" of the sliding doors shut will always be a remembrance in the mind of any person. Either an inmate who is going into the system for the first time or for a staff member, the sounds of the correctional facility's gates and doors should be enough to make a person walk the straight and narrow. Having worked in a correctional facility for five years taught me to respect the law. Also talking with the inmates was a real life experience but having read the text of Behind a Convict's Eyes has made me realize what a great life that already exists. After reading the text in Behind a Convict's Eyes it has not really changed any of my understandings of prison life. Having worked in the prison system, even though the two prisons I worked in were not as bad as the prisons systems that have been on television or stories of the prisons in the bigger cities such as New York or California. The five years of working in the two prisons was a life experience for me. Seeing inmates being shanked (stabbed by homemade objects) right on the yard during broad daylight and the offending inmate did not care if he was going to have additional charges filed against him with more time attached to his sentence. Doing dormitory checks and finding inmates have intercourse with each other, there was no shame and as the reading stated it is a natural way of life for these inmates. Not all of them are homosexual but they do have needs to fill. Most heterosexual male inmates that were ever accused of being homosexual will fight in a heartbeat to protect their name and honor. Even though they may have sex with another inmate they do not look at it sex with another male. The most memorable inmate fight was between two inmates. They were fighting over accusations made by each other to other inmates. The one inmate took his lock off his