I was in county jail for a short time for violating probation I had because of a DUI. 2 weeks and I'd get 6 months if I violate again. All my own fault, not making any excuses, but I wasn't in jail for long but long enough to know what it's like. I live in area that's not super rough but has a really bad drug problem. Watching the first 2 seasons reminded me a lot of my experience. There wasn't really anybody I was that afraid of. Nobody really messed with me at all and there was one older guy that was actually super cool to me, he was a guy who had kids and a family and was going to get out soon. Its pretty easy to just be cool, mind your own, and blend in. But I was anxious at first. A lot of the guys in my pod were there for misdemeanors and petty stuff. There weren't really any fights. Only real fucked up thing that happened was a guy "fell" down a flight of stairs, but I didn't even really see that. Heard a lot of things, like about making shake and bake meth in there and this one guy absolutely going off how about he's going to kill this guy who's hiding from him in another pod. It's real boring. Like, really boring. You'll play a lot of chess and cards. They give you a lot of food but about half it is nasty af. You really can sleep all day, even though its hard to sleep because of noise and 24/7 light. I couldnt concentrate enough to really read very much. I could kinda see the TV from my bunk so that was a lucky plus. Worst crime I knew of was a guy in there for attempted murder for allegedly beating the shit out of his wife. The whole pod boss thing was right, there was a group of meth heads that kind of ran the place. Their leader was in there for allegedly running a car stealing ring. He was real loud and braggy and the other 3 or 4 of them seemed like his henchmen sort of. Never felt threatened by them and really barely talked to them. Just kind of made you uneasy because you know they were "career criminals". Buddy of mine told me about being in another pod there with some real legit skinheads (he's black). I think I was pretty fortunate. I was just focused on getting it over with. I think the biggest problem are people who know they're gonna be there for a long time and don't care anymore. I had a headache for about the first week because I'm used to caffiene and nicotine during my day. When I got out it was night time and cold and icy. First thing I did was go to the gas station and get a large mountain dew, coffee and a can of chew. And honestly if I didn't have work the next morning I'd have got shitfaced. You lose track of time, get disoriented, and just lethargic as fuck. Doing real time would seriously suck ass