How do prison inmates who have been in prison for years deal with their insanity?

Question

that just suddenly came to mind after i was reading a book about the horrors of prison

Answer 1

The same way we ALL do...

Answer 2

My husband was in for 7 yrs.He told me that the only things that prevented him from crackin up was the meditation and his memories of me,but mostly meditation.He said also that most of people he associated with had serious undiagnosed mental health issues,or were already on med for mental health issues.He also mentioned that a majority of people that obviously had mental problems had extremely high IQ's,like genius IQ's.That caused me to wonder why the prison system doesn't look into the fact that alot of inmates,my husband included,had above normal IQ's and why these extremely smart people ended up in the prison system.

Answer 3

i can tell you from experience that exercise and laughter mixed with an intelect to change helped me. i only did 6 years but that time was spent in part tryng to answer that question. i spent time with lifers that were either dopefiends to cope or the above, the above is what i came to beleive in. why dont you use your real name?or nickname instead of mel?

Answer 4

I am sure they have a lot of councilers in prison, hey have things to do like a library, gym, etc.

Answer 5

They probably have something that keeps them going. Like maybe someone in their family or someone they care about. Possibly they are hoping they will one day be released and be able to see Apocalypto.

Answer 6

Probably by watching some good flicks, like "Passion of the Christ".

Answer 7

They get good medical and dental attention. They are all probably on Prozac.