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  • The Marshall Project

    The Everyday Chaos of Incarceration

    “Nothing about life inside prison is normal.”
    by Jerry Metcalf Mar 02, 2018 4 minutes

    Have you ever sat on the toilet while carrying on a conversation with a guy who’s looming over you drinking Kool-Aid and eating chocolate-chip cookies?

    Have you ever felt the need to tape National Geographic magazines around your torso as makeshift body armor?

    How about having someone peer up your anus with a flashlight after you visit with your family?

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    Or what about being addressed by a number instead of your name?

    I have and do experience most of these things on

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