House Outside Mat Inside

After prolonged incarceration your world begins to shrink. The hours which seemed to go by so slow now seem to pass by unnoticed. If outside our residences were houses, inside they are mats and cardboard. If our houses were on lots outside, inside they stand on the most valuable two square meters an inmate could have. A house is definitely a mark of an accomplished man, while a mat is the mark of a significant inmate. An inmate who does not have his own mat and two square meters is like a man with no house to go home to. Outside people respect each others property; inside the same amount of respect is extended. Coming over to sit in someone else’s space uninvited is very much trespassing. There are several ways of appraising the land value of your two meters. Factors that affect the value are closeness to an outlet, distance from the restroom, ventilation, traffic, cleanliness and your neighbors.


Acquiring space is something that must be done with the blessing of the ‘mayor’. New property only opens up in several instances. The most common is when an inmate is transferred to another jail. The other two unlikely scenarios are a release or death of an inmate. Reshuffling of lots almost never happens and only does in an event of a sudden spike in population. In such a case the ‘mayor’ will have the headache of trying to keep his VIPs happy and at the same time try to accommodate the newbies as ‘humane’ as possible.


Owning a lot and having certain privileges all come with a cost. All to be revealed in detail on “PRISON RACKETEERING”.