Bandimore

It's funny you say that about religion in prison. I worked as a C/O for a few years in WA state, and we all hated having to work in the chapel due to all the chimos wanting to chat us up.

What's interesting though is all the undercover chimos who would get gang tats and pretend they were hard. I remember one guy who had "white rage" tatted on his arms, only to find out he had molested his 4 year old daughter. It was pretty funny watching him have to start going to the SOTP, since everyone in the yard can see the walk of shame.

Sorry for the acronym. SOTP stand for Sex Offender Treatment Program.

SOTP's haven't been shown to work, since there probably isn't much you can do to change someones sexual urges. One of the fucked up things about it is that inmates in SOTP would write about their crimes/fantasies, and trade those stories for store items. It's pretty tough to catch doing a cell search, but I've read some really dark shit.

Exactly this. Program areas are closely monitored due to non-custody staff working in the area, and are harder to sneak weapons in.

In the institution I worked at Sex Offenders were relegated to small portion of the yard, and were never spotted in the weight cage.

Depends on the institution, but most of the time the population is mixed due to cost restraints. Honestly, corrections is a hodge podge of policy that differs state to state.

Most inmates keep their crime to themselves and their crew, with guys really only caring if you're in for a sex offense or for beating women. Sex Offenders really are a strange bunch since they have no power in the yard, and stick to each other for necessity. As an Officer I found S/O's to be the most irritating because they are nauseatingly nice to your face, but will file a complaint over absolutely anything, even if you follow policy to a tee. I'm not too sure whether or not there's a pecking order out of S/O's since they are leaderless inside.

...and you can still visit civil war battle sites. What's your point?