So you get up in the morning and get ready for work like everyone else does. At least those that work. I'd get my uniform ready the night before and most of the time I plan on what I will be eating the next day and that is ready too! My wife is an awesome cook! So I try and get the left overs whenever there are any. So in Corrections they have two types of uniforms. Class “A” and Class “2” no it's really class “B” (it's an old joke I know). So depending on your assignment going in to work you dress in the appropriate attire. If it's a class “A” day you should press your uniform and look as good as Correction Officer can look. And if you know you are heading to the woods and Class “B” is the dress code then don't worry about it so much. Really the biggest difference toward the end of my career was the type of pants to wear. Everyone knows the drudgery of getting ready for work day after day. Making your coffee, cooking breakfast, etc... Your timing has to be right to make it to work on time. Stopping for the paper, gas, possible snacks.. That sort of thing. If you're trying to save a buck meeting the people in your car pool. I think you get my point. Here's how an inmate at Georgetown starts their day.
They are roused awake by the lights being turned on and a Correction officer making an announcement that it's time for wake up! They can shower and are required to make their beds. Dress in their work cloths . Which is Basic green! They don't have to prepare their lunch and they only have to wait to walk over and eat their breakfast which is prepared by other Inmates and Staff. They are fed a fairly balanced diet and the menu is rotating and as diverse as most any average School that our kids attend. Actually very similar to school lunches. No car pools no stopping for gas. None of that stuff. They are on a schedule that doesn't vary much. They don't have to attend any of the meals if they so choose at g-town. They can buy food stuffs at the “Commissary” which is sold to them a very reasonable cost. They are provided with a cooking stove and some of them are very creative with the meals they prepare. I've seen some that could definitely work in the business of food preparations. Although I have yet to see “Jack mack” on any menu! They are picked up and taken to work and lunches are prepared and sent with them. Most of the time it's “Hot” food too. No left overs, no sandwiches. Etc... Rice Diablo for lunch again....Great!! I was hoping for Yakisobi!! These foods are are couple I personally had never seen before prior to working in jail. After work is over back to Camp and dinner is soon served.. Later they can play basketball and lift weights and some nights catch a Movie in the Mess hall (converted quickly into a cinema). They can watch their favorite TV shows. play cards,chess, checkers, sometimes softball that sort of thing. Years ago when I first got to G-town they had the “Pond” open for swimming if the weather was right.. Inmate life-guards included.. I'm probably leaving a lot out. But that's the gist of it. They do have some things scheduled for certain days. Things like a day to go to the “Commissary” (store) ( got to pick up some “Top”) Smoking, it's tough to quit.. They have their laundry done for them and that is on a schedule also. Whites one day greens the next. All in all I can see why some of them don't mind being in Jail, and they keep coming back for more. It takes a certain kind of person to keep going to jail. Don't ask me why they do they just do. Some of them, over the years, I got to see again for another 1-3 years. And sometimes another 2-4. Maybe they just couldn't get a good Yakisobi on the street!!
