Ex-Prisoners Reveal All the Things Hollywood Gets Wrong About Prison

People who have been previously incarcerated are sharing all the things the movies get wrong about prison. It all started on a Reddit feed. Here are a few of those…

Updated Jun 10, 2021 3:16 PM EDT

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People who have been previously incarcerated are sharing all the things the movies get wrong about prison. It all started on a Reddit feed.

Here are a few of those things:

The whole "don't drop the soap" is not real.
No one whistles in jail. It sounds horrible through the hallway and pipes.
Sometimes, the toilets don't have bowls or anything and they're actually just a draining hole.
Everyone is actually very bored and will fight each other to just take the trash out. Those 10 minutes outside taking out the trash is golden.
Drugs are easy to get in jail.
The food does not look as "real" as it does in the movies. It more looks like mash.
The only people whose lives are in jeopardy in prison are pedophiles, rival gang members, or anyone who is a jerk and bothering others for no reason.
Most people just mind their business and do their time because they want to go home.
A lot of people in prison are suffering from mental illness.
Most people are not hardened criminals. They just made a mistake and want to leave.
Inmates will oftentimes give each other life advice.

What is a movie myth you believed about jail that has been dispelled?