X-cons. What's the saddest thing you've seen in prison?

As a kid, I went to Juvie, or kid jail, for accidentally setting some woods on fire.

It was a bonfire out of control situation. My cellmate was only a few years older than me.

He was a super nice, laid-back guy. We got along great and even sort of became friends while there.

I was just a kid, so I didn't really ask any questions about different colours of jumpsuits and people's reasons for being there. The day I got out, I found out he was in there for murder. Apparently, he got really tired of his stepdad bullying him, and he remedied the situation. I never really knew all of the details, but I can tell you that when talking to him, he seemed like a good kid at heart.

He had things and people that he cared about, things he wanted to do, interests. The guards obviously

must have known, but they were always super nice to him, noticeably so, even more than the inmates.

I always wondered what happened to that guy. A kid like that, I don't see as a murderer, he was a kid probably being put in a horrible home situation and didn't know what to do. Kids can't just leave and go find another family. Of course, he committed a crime and should be accountable, but I find it sad when I hear about kids like this. It's like women who kill their terrible spouses who take them prisoner in their houses and stuff.

He probably felt safer and more comfortable in prison. I'd be interested in finding out where he is.

As for you, young man, setting fires? I really hope you learned your lesson.

I knew a guy who was very kind and in prison for just a parole violation because he stole something.

He was a homeless guy, a bit goofy and had schizophrenia or something, but a really nice guy. Anyway, he got sent to Seg for some reason and the guards ended up

beating him to death there. I believe the guards who did it are imprisoned themselves now. Can't

believe that happened. Rest in peace, Larry. A 57-year-old man on a life sentence, high on spice, which is a synthetic

psychoactive substance, was crawling around on the floor screaming because he could see his

dead mother towering over him, looking at him in disgust. Not a pleasant thing to see,

especially when you're stuck in a cell with him. It's a wild herb. Doing the same substance

I've mentioned above, a 22-year-old man ended up

flooding his cell, setting it on fire and passing away two months before finishing his sentence.

Another one is where a guy mutilated himself and again set fire to his cell, because the

substance made him think that getting hard was evil. So yeah, stay away from spice.

Okay, let's add that one to the list of substances that realistically the narrator was probably never going to take anyway. So a little redundant,

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