[robdelacruz]

"I am writing this by hand from a federal prison.

It is a surreal experience, to say the least. When I arrived, I was stripped naked. They took my clothes, and then gave me what amounted to rags: an old brown, oversized t-shirt, loose torn brown pants, "cloth tubes" that don't fit you feet but are meant to be socks, and some flat, poorly fitting shoes. I was then directed to a bunk bed in a room with 6 others and given a blanket. I would have to wait until after the weekend to get my "uniform" and a pillow, and to buy necessities from the commissary..."