DTA
Desperado
- May 3, 2025
- 105
I know, I go on and on about prison. Please forgive me. It was a major part of my life.
Earlier tonight I was sharing some humorous stories with a friend about things that happened in prison. When people are that depressed and confined some crazy things happen. People always think of prison violence but they don't realize that funny things happen there too! So I thought I'd try to lighten the mood here by starting this thread and sharing some of those stories.
I'll share one now and if anyone is interested I'll add some more. Maybe others here might have their own funny prison stories to share!
Let's see where this goes!
This happened when I was in jail awaiting trial. The conditions were horrid. We were all kept in 25' X 50' "tanks" which were each rated for 22 men but generally had 25-30 with the extras on cots. The building was literally falling apart around us. Something had happened in another part of the jail and the warden put the whole jail on 24-hour lockdown for over a year. No recreation, library, or chapel services. No windows either; just bars where the guards could look in. The lockdown was only lifted by court order after someone sued.
One day a group of 8 guys were working out in the tank. At one point they had formed two columns as they did butterfly kicks on the floor with their legs facing each other.
I was squirrelly as hell and realized there was enough room between their flailing legs for me to walk through. I stepped between the 2 columns and, doing my best Paul Lynde impersonation, began to sing an impromptu musical number. I quickly ran out of lyrics but somebody else joined me and began singing "The French Mistake" from Blazing Saddles. I and a number of other prisoners joined in song and dance while the inmates working out tried to ignore us and continued with their kicks.
Before we knew it there was a whole musical going on. The guards heard a commotion and came running. I can only imagine what the scene looked like to them! They walked off shaking their heads and we all had a good laugh. Voila!
Share your stories if you have some and if anyone is interested I'll post some more!
Earlier tonight I was sharing some humorous stories with a friend about things that happened in prison. When people are that depressed and confined some crazy things happen. People always think of prison violence but they don't realize that funny things happen there too! So I thought I'd try to lighten the mood here by starting this thread and sharing some of those stories.
I'll share one now and if anyone is interested I'll add some more. Maybe others here might have their own funny prison stories to share!
Let's see where this goes!
This happened when I was in jail awaiting trial. The conditions were horrid. We were all kept in 25' X 50' "tanks" which were each rated for 22 men but generally had 25-30 with the extras on cots. The building was literally falling apart around us. Something had happened in another part of the jail and the warden put the whole jail on 24-hour lockdown for over a year. No recreation, library, or chapel services. No windows either; just bars where the guards could look in. The lockdown was only lifted by court order after someone sued.
One day a group of 8 guys were working out in the tank. At one point they had formed two columns as they did butterfly kicks on the floor with their legs facing each other.
I was squirrelly as hell and realized there was enough room between their flailing legs for me to walk through. I stepped between the 2 columns and, doing my best Paul Lynde impersonation, began to sing an impromptu musical number. I quickly ran out of lyrics but somebody else joined me and began singing "The French Mistake" from Blazing Saddles. I and a number of other prisoners joined in song and dance while the inmates working out tried to ignore us and continued with their kicks.
Before we knew it there was a whole musical going on. The guards heard a commotion and came running. I can only imagine what the scene looked like to them! They walked off shaking their heads and we all had a good laugh. Voila!
Share your stories if you have some and if anyone is interested I'll post some more!
