Episode 35 - Parnall Makes Cents

Apparently the prison is using the Prisoner Benefit fund to pay for a new operational procedure for incoming mail. They should be using their operational budget but instead they’re taking funds away from the inmates. Money that was collected from over charging inmates for commissary items, clothing, iPods, tablets, and even the vending machines families use during visits goes in the Prisoner Benefit fund. As if slave labor wasn’t enough now they’re going after the money provided from family members.  The Prisoner Benefit Fund is used to purchase new basketballs, jump ropes, etc for the inmates, but will now be used to pay for the new mail policy. Is this even legal?

Being in prison, inside of a prison that's inside of a prison, that's in a prison...the feeling of being caged can be overwhelming at times. Compounded insanity from the prison industrial complex can get the best of us, and after all these years it's hard to ignore. Hanging on to some type of normalcy and sanity is getting harder and harder, but Bobby manages to see the prison it for what it is - absurdity!

We learn how to play a new game called Bus The Fuck Up, and learn new prison lingo like ‘short yard’.

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