"Prison was hell. A place of constant torment. A community of evil. Behind bars nothing felt safe.

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It was impossible to sleep well in prison.  I slept on a creaky bunk cot in a row just arms distance from those who committed crimes of extortion, had been trafficked or were traffickers. I slept next to drug dealers, murderers, thieves, abusers and those engaging nightly in homosexual relationships feet away.  Sure, a few had been incarcerated wrongly but most were guilty.  We were enduring our punishments."