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Prison’s Society In order to go into depth about the prison experience, I believe that the necessary research was adamant in understanding some of the reasons why people are locked up in the first place. There are numerous charges that can be filed in order to submit chances for someone to go to jail. The experiences that people go through in their lives, make them whom they are, well at least that is one of my beliefs. Each person that can end up locked up may not experience the same things, however for the most part after the reading; it is viable to conclude that most experiences are similar in nature. Our book, American Corrections, does clearly break down corrections as a whole, but I was extremely interested in the information about prison experiences. Thus, this reading will introduce my views of women and prison. Prior to reaching the core of this essay, I have to gain an understanding of the experience as a whole, thus Chapter 11 discussed the prison society as a whole. Initially, the inmate code, which is a set of rules of conduct that reflect the values and norms of the prison social system and help define for inmates the image of the model prisoner. The rule that apply to that were broken down into a total of five necessary rules to, from my knowledge, stay in rather good standings: 1. Don’t interfere with inmate interests. 2. Don’t quarrel with fellow inmates. 3. Don’t exploit inmates. 4. Maintain yourself. 5. Don’t trust the guards or the things they stand for. These things were also mentioned in an interview that I conducted with an individual whom actually was an inmate at one of America’s worst prisons (Ridgeway and Casella). Another thing that was mentioned, that I want to harp briefly on is that fact... ...fference is how female inmates tend to form pseudo families in which they adopt various roles as to a father, mother, daughter, or sister, which in a sense gives them a sense of better protection than that of men who want to appear more dominant and â€Å"not like the rest.† This is in reference to subcultures to which is discussed in the reading form theories and concepts that were first developed in male prisons. As stated previously, males tend to act for themselves and are evaluated by others according to how they adhere to the inmate code. Women place less emphasis on status achievement and recognition. They also place are different from their response to violence which would include slapping, kicking, biting, and hitting, versus the male disposition of a more serious attack of shanking because males are much more likely to feel more threatened by another inmate.