JD, my new best friend, reached down and pulled me up and said: “Let’s get you some clothes and something to eat.”
JD was a 20 year old American kid, 5’-10” medium build still wearing American clothes and a flat brimmed hat. I could tell that he was a tough kid. I can read that shit. No homo.
Just hearing English and seeing this 20 year old American kid alive kind of gave me a little hope. I thought: “Shit if this kid can live here, I can live here.”
There I am buck as naked walking buck as naked through a Mexican prison, blood matting my hair down, eyes swollen nearly shut, thirsty, hungry, pissed off, and effing grateful to have a new friend.
So a little side note:
I’m Mexican prison, you don’t get your own cell. The place is like city, vendors, women, children running around, and as a new guy, to most, you are a homeless piece of shit.
JD takes me to a section of the prison and to his cell, a plywood house that they call a Carracas. There to meet me are 5 more Americans, ranging in age from 18 to 60. They were damn nice to me. They gave me some prison issue grey sweat pants and a grey shirt. Pretty much the same outfit that Rocky Trained in in Rocky 1.
I had no shoes, but I didn’t care. They gave me water, some food, and started schooling me in the way of the Mexican prison. This is my new family, and for now, that’s the best I’ve got.
After I got a little food They walked me to the phones. I called my wife. She was crying and pissed but glad that O was alive, while I’m on the phone, guys are yelling shit to me that I didn’t understand. Later I realized that they were telling me to get lots of money, because they were going to rape and kill me. Lol.
Yes kids, Mexican prison, it ain’t all sunshine and rainbows.
After my phone call, we walked back to the Caraccas and I passed a man wearing my shirt. The man looked at me and smirked. I looked at JD and said, that’s my shirt, and I will get it back, and I will kill that guy. JD told me to calm down a little. There is a time and place for everything.
Kids, I will tell you that there is a time and place for everything. I will also tell you that i did get my shirt back and that guy who was wearing it...you bet your ass he’s dead.
To be continued.

All my love, no homo
Ed

• How to run a cycle in the Joint

1. How to run a cycle in the joint, Volume 2 Mexicana Boogaloo
2. How to run a Cycle in the Joint Volume 2; Chapter 2: La Mesa
3. How to run a cycle in the joint: Volume 2: Chapter 3: Mi Casa
4. How to run a cycle in the joint Volume 2 chapter 4: Trial
5. How to run a cycle in the joint Volume 2: chapter 5: Arraigo order
6. How to run a cycle in the joint Volume 2: Chapter 6: The cycle
7. How to run a cycle in the joint volume 2: Chapter 7: El tercer piso
8. How to run a cycle in the joint Volume 2 chapter 8: The hole game
9. How to run a cycle in the joint Volume 2 chapter 9: The Sancho
10. How to run a cycle in the joint Volume 2 chapter 10: Papa
11. How to run a cycle in the joint Volume 2 chapter 11: The old man cometh
12. How to run a cycle in the joint Volume 2 chapter 12: The Ritual