Has anyone done time in a Mexican prison? What's it like?

Question

What do they feed you?

Answer 1

~Back in '86, I got picked up at the border (on the wrong side) with 2 keys of buds. Got 12 years. The first six months were absolute hell. I had like, 3 tortillas a cup of refried beans and a quart of water a day. Then I got a gringo lawyer and had him get ahold of the guy I was running the stuff for and tell him I was gonna roll on him. That loosened up the coin nicely. From then on, I could afford to buy my way into a private cell, nicely furnished, with phone, tv and computer. I had anything to eat I wanted, and as much of it as I could afford. I had weekend passes once every two months (during which I managed to make a run or two so I could keep the money tree alive - and actually made a nice little run of coke for the sergeant in charge) for the 3 1/2 years I actually served. The pardon was damn expensive and took awhile, but, in the end, money still talks. All in all, except for the first few months, it was a pleasant experience. Much better than the 9 months I did in Turkey.

Answer 2

One of my American friends had the misfortune of once being incacerated in Mexican prisons.He duly identiied himself as a citizen of USA. The Mexican government is required by international law to notify the U.S. Embassy or the nearest U.S. consulate promptly when an American citizen is arrested, if the arrestee so requests. In practice, however, this notification can be delayed by months or may never occur at all, limiting the assistance the U.S. Government can provide. Americans should promptly identify themselves as such to the arresting officers, and should request that the Embassy or nearest consulate be notified immediately Prison conditions were extremely poor. The food was insufficient in both quantity and quality, and he had to pay for adequate nutrition from his own funds. The medical care provided was woefully inadequate Even prisoners with urgent medical conditions received only a minimum of attention. He understood that U.S. citizens who are incarcerated in Mexico are sometimes forced to pay hundreds and even thousands of dollars in “protection money” to fellow prisoners.

The Constitution and the law prohibit torture, and Mexico is party to several international ant-torture conventions, but courts continue to admit as evidence confessions extracted under torture. Authorities rarely punish officials for torture, which continues to occur in large part because confessions are the primary evidence in many criminal convictions. U.S. citizens have been brutalized, beaten, and even raped while in police custody. Since the beginning of 2002, 21 American citizens have died in Mexican prisons, including five apparent homicides.

Answer 3

Not personally - Thank God

But the best description I heard was in a book

Poison by Ed McBain
Read it you may be amazed

Answer 4

No, but I heard it's horrible. If one don't know someone to bring them food one will go hungry. Also before one is arrested if one have $25 one can bribe the police officer.

Answer 5

If you lived in So. Cal., you'd know exactly what it's like.

Answer 6

nope