el3so wrote:Dunno how much weight anecdotal evidence carries but the only dude I know that was incarcerated (armed robbery but way lamer than that sounds, sucked for the shop owner and his wife though) got his paperwork/benefits in order, quit the amphetamines, had dentures fixed and gained weight (not bulking up in the gym like, just regular meals). During his conditional release, ankle bracelet thingie, he hooked up with one of the social workers and got her pregnant. I daresay say jail worked out for him but maybe it's different over here.Kurt wrote: Also jail fucking sucks.
For everyone.
Two guys I went to gradeschool with (who always stole gum) went to prison for armed Robbery (that they committed together) in their 20s had a similar relevation. Prison sucked so bad that they got their shit together when they got out. They remain friends but quit hangi g out together as that also seemed to be a source of their problems.
Another guy I know...really sucessful. He was worth a few million by the time he was 25 by forming construction companies.
His problem was that he was a spiteful prick so he hired a guy who was dying of cancer to kill his ex-fiance.
Another friend of mine in high school who was a total bullshitter, had fled NYC after geting fired from a comic book store here and moved back home. There he talked up his "Mafia" connections in NYC and took a job with the other guys company.
Believing one Wisconsin guy was mobbed up the other guy told him he wanted to murder his ex and could he please contact the Mafia and get an "untraceable" gun to give to the dying man to kill her.
Fake Mafia guy saw he was in over his head and went to the cops and became an informant. Successful guy is sent away for ten years.
When hes released he moves to Chicago suburbs and starts an elecronics distribution company and is richer than ever.
It was as if attempted murder and prison never happened to him.