"What does your first day in prison look like? Well, it's a really rough day. Every state is different, every place handles it differently. But usually you're transferred from a county jail. You're chained and handcuffed and sent to prison in a van or a bus. That's usually a really long ride because prison's in the middle of nowhere, no you can't stop for bathroom breaks or food. That was very difficult when I was pregnant because you have to pee every ten minutes. For four hours I had to sit there, having to pee, it was really painful for me but you can't stop. Then you get to prison and they strip you naked. They cover you in lice shampoo that smells for three days. You have to squat and cough to make sure there's nothing inside of you, that's really traumatic, really awful and humiliating. You sit there naked as they either photograph or write down your tattoos, every place handles it differently, like I said. Intake is like, "If you die, who do we call?", then you have to go to medical and tell them if you have any issues. Then the psychiatrist is like "How are you feeling today?" and you're like "What?". You look shell-shocked almost because it's so traumatic to go through all that, and then you get your housing assignment and it's just weird and you have to understand when they're screaming at the barracks what they're actually saying - that's a learning curve."