Here Is How To Prepare For Prison And How To Survive In Your New Environment

First Things First. Every Jazz, Juju, fetish instantly fades out as quickly as one crosses the gate line of the prison. Will not go further on that. Whether one is innocent or not, the likelihood of one being thrown in prison may be an event in one's lifetime. After you have shouted God forbid! lets also not be fettered when such happens.
The prison may not be as scary as it has been portrayed if one gets the better part cell to stay. Remember, money rules in this world of incarceration. For those whose consequences of their actions or omissions may land them in prison, here are a few survival tips.

Arriving at prison

When someone arrives at prison they have at least one interview and assessment so they:

• understand prison rules and procedures
• know what their rights are
• are told of courses available (volunteers are needed for some new courses i want to incorporate in prisons) details after approvals would be conveyed.
• get the right healthcare

The prisoner gets a prison number and their property is recorded and put somewhere safe until they’re released.

Security categories

Prisoners are given a security category based on:

• how likely they are to try to escape
• their risk of causing harm to other prisoners and prison staff

A prisoner may be transferred to another prison with a different security category at any time.

 Be sure to take advantage of any medical care outside of prison if you have enough time.
From the court premises, fainting and slumping may see you through to a cool bed at the hospital before the incaceration.

 The choice and quality of care is significantly better outside of prison. Certain treatments that you take for granted might not be available in prison, or won't be nearly as good. After all, if you're in prison and you don't like the prison dentist, where else are you going to go to have your teeth fixed? So, if there's time to do it, consider having a dental check-up before you self-surrender and get anything important fixed.

Vulnerable prisoners

Staff are trained to spot prisoners at risk of bullying, suicide or self-harm. The prisoner may get their own case manager who will make sure they:

• are asked about their mental health - eg if they’re feeling depressed
• get regular support from a health specialist

Most prisons also have ‘listener schemes’ that offer emotional support in confidence - normally from fellow prisoners.

Psychiatric hospitals

A prisoner can be moved to a secure psychiatric hospital for their own safety. However, in Nigeria Prison one must learn to mentally hold himself or be counted among the mad in incarceration.
Once the prisoner gets better, they return to prison.

If you’re worried about a prisoner trying to harm you or himself.

If you’re worried about a prisoner:

• tell a member of prison staff when you visit
• contact the prison’s ‘Safer Custody Team’

Some prisons run confidential Safer Custody hotlines where you can leave a message explaining your concerns. In Nigeria, not really applicable. But if you are lucky to have a hidden cell phone, good for you.

 Learn the rules. Try to find out as much as possible about how the system works in the prison you will be living in. If there is an official rule book for the prison, read it. You can be punished for breaking a rule that you didn't know existed. Breaking the rules will not only aggravate personnel, but inmates as well. It makes life harder for everyone. Ignorance of the rules is no defense. Information is power.

Bring the maximum amount of money that you are allowed with you to prison. You may be allowed a certain amount of money (up to $500). This money will be used to buy supplies you may need while incarcerated. This is called putting "money on your books." You will need money for supplies such as snacks and also hygiene supplies. Some Cash is not necessary and may be confiscated if you are not among the privileged.

 Don't trust anyone. That goes for guards, other prison officials, and the person in the cell next door. If someone is being nice to you, ask yourself "What's in it for him or her?" They almost always have some hidden motive that you don't know about. In prison, nothing is free. For example, if someone gives or loans you something, you will probably have to pay it back with a hefty rate of interest added. If you can't pay, they may demand a favor that could get you into big trouble, like hiding contraband in your cell.

 Make use of your cellmates. Do not be overly friendly with your cellmates, but do ask some questions. Some may have been in prison before and will be able to give you information about the prison you are being sent to as well as the system itself. You will have to judge for yourself whether to believe any of the information. Use common sense and try to figure out if that person has a reason to lie or mislead you. Some convicts will try to intimidate new inmates or mislead them for fun. Be careful.

Always be polite and respectful to guards and other prison employees. If you give them a reason to hate you, they can make your life even harder than it already is. So, don't give them a stick to beat you with. It's true that some prison employees are better than others. Even so, never forget whose side they're on—it certainly isn't yours. You need to get it in your head that the staff are always right and you need to do what they say. Even if you know it is wrong at the time, it is best to just follow the order, and if you have a problem with it, you can address it at some later point.

• For example, if you work as a server in the kitchen and a staff foreman tells you to go clean tables in the dining room though you know it's not a part of your duties. The best thing to do is to just go clean the tables because you are an inmate and you are not going to win an argument with a staff member.
• Don't do anything that makes staff feel challenged or intimidated; they have various ways of making you pay for that mistake.

Acquire any skill possible if you can. In some countries, the female inmates partake in pageants and skill acquisition. Find what suits you if you are allowed to freedom to move around, although like a zombie.

Join The Church.... As a Christian, i have seen where most people who decided to forego everything and face God in prison, were miraculously released.  Trust me.

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Source: personal interactions with inmates.