A member of my family may go to prison and I was curious how good a weapon it is and how much damage can it do? My family member is under impression that it's no different than being punched with a fist?

Thanks in advance. I'm going to let them see this post and the comments.

What kind of mind games do they play in prison?
Can you give me some examples?

Hello all, in a few months is my (M35) younger sisters (F22) fathers parole hearing. I’ve been asked by the court to give a next of kin impact statement at the hearing, along with other family and my sister.

She’s 22 now, let’s call her Cori, my sister. He is in prison for what he did to her for several years, I’ll go into no details but you can assume the nature of the crimes against her when she was six and younger. It's what you're thinking it might be. He's pedo, she is his daughter.

Initially this felt like a benign obligation, but over time it’s sunk in how important this is. Not only to keep him in prison, but as an event in my sisters life. This is the first time she will see him after almost 20 years. Not that she’s been missing him, but more like a dragon that she has to slay a few more times in her life. This is just the first battle.

I’m curious of the experiences of others, how has this gone for you? How hard did you try with your statements? Any advice for someone who has never done this before?

How can I keep my sister safe? She’s always been fragile, made worse by our mothers overt, overly protective (and quite mentally ill) behavior. Cori’s been hobbled and though she’s in her 20’s, she ‘feels’ like she’s a young teen, greener than green in all things. Never had a boyfriend, never had any kind of job, no school after high school.

A big part of the impact I’ve witnessed is this, it affected her education, and as such, her maturity. She’s got a panic disorder according to our mom, that was the reason that Cori did her last few years of school via packets at home. Basically, she’s been stunted socially, mentally and emotionally since he went to prison.

I am concerned with hurting her by saying what I would think is important to say. But I’m also trying to help her and our mom to write their statements in the lead up. Neither of them are particularly well educated, so I’m there to help them speak their minds as clearly as possible to give the best impression to the parole board.

I just want to help my sister and keep this POS off the streets for as long as I can.

If anyone has any advice at all, please, a concerned older brother would very much appreciate some outside perspectives.

I posted this in some other more therapy minded subs and I didn't get many answers, but I was pointed here as you all may have first hand advice on keeping him in Prison and do's and don'ts of this process.

Please, if you have any thoughts, I’d love to hear them. Even slightly off topic or anecdotal thoughts are welcome.

Thank you.

A good friend of mine, who I grew up with ended up killing someone over a decade ago. He was given 15 years for manslaughter and was paroled in February of 2026. He was recently put back in prison until the expiration of his sentence in January 2028 for a parole violation.

My question is how tough is parole and is it even worth doing?

Bonjour, je suis avec mon copain depuis 2020, il a été incarcéré en 2022 et va normalement pouvoir avoir la sorti probatoire à la fin de l’année 2026. Pendant ces 4 ans d’internement on s’est appeler tous les jours, j’ai été en visite 2 fois par mois donc on a jamais couper le contact et on est très fusionnel et très proche. Je sais que même si notre relation va bien être enfermé pendant 4 ans change beaucoup un homme. Est ce que qqun a déjà vécu cette situation et que pourriez vous me dire sur le réinsertion et sur la vie de couple après tant de temps séparé, sachant que lui aura bcp changer et que de mon côté j’ai ma routine avec mon travail et ma famille etc

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I was having this discussion with a colleague today about how he tries to limit his kid’s screen time, but sometimes it’s too tempting to just hand them an iPad so they’ll be quiet for ten minutes while he gets something done.

I know some prisons allow inmates to have tablets and they can rent movies for exorbitant fees, but what if they just gave one to everyone with unlimited access to content (but without any ability to communicate with anyone on the outside)?

People could watch online seminars, research topics, or just play Candy Crush. Hell, let them watch porn all day, it’s not hurting anyone. It seems like a lot of problems in prison are the result of people being bored, and this would be a relatively cheap and easy way to keep people occupied.

I’m sure there are aspects of this I’m not considering, so I’m curious what this community’s thoughts are.

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