Almost everything the outside world teaches you about getting along with people works against you in here.
Every facility has its own culture, and most of it is unwritten. The newcomer breaks rules he doesn’t know exist, and the corrections are rarely gentle. Survival is less about toughness than about watching, listening, and understanding that the smallest gestures—where you sit, what you accept, what you say—carry weight nobody explains in advance.
Each scenario puts you in your first weeks inside. Pick the choice you think gives you the best odds of doing your time and walking out on schedule.
