The original charges were possession charges from about 5 years ago, and I only had 6 months to go when I was violated for working out-of-county (I had to go where the contract was). It was a simple "technical" violation so I figured I would be ok.
I was not. I was sentenced to 15 months in prison for some reason that no one could explain. I didn't even "score" prison time, yet my crap public defender just sacrificed me to the state prosecutors.
Thank goodness I had 13 months credit time served, so I only had to do like 51 days "up the road". Florida D.O.C decided to make it hard on me for whatever reason, and sent me back to Gulf C.I. Annex in the panhandle, some 9 hours from my home.
I was first assigned to a "T-dorm" where approx 80% of my fellow inmates were serving life sentences. Yes, you heard correctly...they made me, with my little 51 days, live in that particularly dangerous environment.
Needless to say, I avoided talking about my release date.
There are absolutely no programs at Gulf C.I. I am 100% convinced that the entire system is designed to create recidivism, not prevent it. The C.O's smuggled in K2 and it seemed everyone was smoking that shit constantly.
It was easier to get drugs then it was to get a book to read.
I was released on the 7th with no phone, money, and prison issued clothes. I had to stay in shelters for 2 nights until I finally made it back to central Florida.
I am in the process of writing a blog post about the entire incredible experience, but the tl;dr version of it is that the system is a sledge hammer and every problem is a block of concrete to be smashed to dust and swept away.