Diary of serving a sentence (3)- First imprisonment

On the 329th day of serving a sentence, it was like being thrown into prison, but the mood along the way was much calmer than last time. I wonder if the journey is really shorter than last time. I feel that I will soon be sent to a prison in the south, which will be my long-term transformation place in the next few years.

When I first arrived here, I had a good impression of this place. The whole prison is surrounded by a series of hills, but from the part of the wall that is not surrounded by mountains, we can clearly see many modern buildings outside. This should be a prison that occupies a quiet position in the noise. If the developer turns this place into a villa area, it should be a high-grade residential area. Now we prisoners have found a bargain and enjoyed seclusion in this downtown area. Look at the greening and layout inside the fence. If it is not a high-wall power grid, I would rather believe that this is an aristocratic school. At the center of the foot of the mountain is a six-or seven-story building with three bright red characters "teaching building" hanging on it. On both sides of the building are also written the same bright red characters, "Wind and rain temper the will, bitterness casts a new life", which should be the place where prisoners attend classes on Education Day. In front of the teaching building is a standardized plastic runway, and the lawn in the middle seems to have just been trimmed, which is very neat. Isolation belts are symmetrically built on both sides of the runway. At this time, the isolation belt is full of flowers and trees, which seems to welcome people here, but what mood do people here have to appreciate their enthusiasm? Through the isolation belt, a circular cement road is regarded as a high-speed passage around the prison. Four-story buildings are neatly arranged on the roadside, and each building is a prison area. A large enough activity area is enclosed in front of each prison area, but the top of the fence is treated with a round gill net, which makes people look a little out of place with the environment here.

I was assigned to the sixth prison area, and the daily management system and schedule of the prison area were almost the same as those of the prison team. It's just that prisons lack a lot of training and pay more attention to the study of prisoners' labor skills and the transformation of ideological education. Therefore, since we were diverted to the prison area, the consolidation training and environmental adaptation that lasted only one week quickly integrated into the normal transformation.

At present, the prison management is relatively standardized, and the management mode of 5+ 1+ 1 is basically implemented according to the requirements of the Ministry of Justice, that is, 5 days of labor reform, 1 day of education reform and 1 day of rest. I am very satisfied with this arrangement. Working outside also wants to arrange life clearly, but the plan can't keep up with the changes. Often because of temporary overtime, friends visiting, family chores, there is little rest time. Now I don't have to think about any changes, because there will be no changes in life here. I seem to have suddenly changed from a person with heavy responsibilities to a single person, and my body and mind have relaxed a lot.

The day after we finished our training, it happened to be Education Day. This morning, we still got up on time to clean the house. After breakfast, we went back to our cell and sat in two rows, waiting for the arrival of the police in our cell. Today, we are going to make a weekly review. The police in Bao Prison will comment on the prisoner reform in our prison last week, with mixed comments, and then put forward new requirements for our reform work next week. Later, the prisoners in the whole prison area were gathered together and taught by the police teacher in charge of education. Prisoners sit neatly in class like students, but they are not as casual as they were when they were students. Because there is a system in class, it is better to let the teacher criticize a few words when I was a student, but it should be implemented on the corresponding reward points, which will directly affect the score ranking and the final commutation. I think it is only at this time that many prisoners regret that they neglected their study time when they were students. If they really show seriousness now, maybe many people will not be reduced to crime.

Although the first education day I experienced was not easy, it really made me listen to a lot of truth and think about a lot of problems. Maybe we knew a lot of truth before, but in our busy life, the lack of reminders from others led to many mistakes that we shouldn't make, and some mistakes even brought indelible pain to ourselves. Just like this time in prison, if someone reminds me from time to time of my family responsibilities and the losses I have to bear, maybe such a thing will not happen, and I can still protect my small family, be the pride of my parents and be the reliance of my wife, but it is too late now.

The next day, I followed the team to participate in the art workshop of labor reform for the first time. The production area and living area are separated by an electric iron gate as thick as the prison gate. It is the first time to enter the production area through the isolation door in the queue. I think all the other mountains look short under the sky. Because just entering the gate is the commanding height of the production area, and then there is a downhill road that extends for four or five hundred meters. On the right-hand side of the slope is a row of large and simple board houses workshops, and on the left-hand side is a well-afforested open space. Obviously, the board house on the right should be an early art workshop, and the building on the left is also a new art workshop occupying green space. Our art studio is on the first floor of the new building. The products made by learning and thinking are electronic originals.

Originally, I was not worried about reform through labor. As a young man who has suffered hardships in the countryside since childhood, the labor in the production workshop cannot be heavier and more difficult than the farm work in the countryside. But I think it's too simple. The electronic component I studied this time is a project called magnetic ring. The product is relatively small, which requires not only great care, but also high eyesight. Once I was stabbed in the eye by a branch while working in the countryside. At that time, I had an operation on my eye. Although I have no regrets now, it is difficult to distinguish small things clearly. So I worked hard at the study stage, but every time I made mistakes, I was not only laughed at by my colleagues, but also criticized by police officers. In my conversation with the police, I was asked about learning labor skills, and I reported the situation truthfully, but he was still dubious, because there were too many lies to the police officer, so the police officer didn't dare to believe me easily. He hoped that I could provide relevant proof of eye surgery, but that was more than ten years ago, and the relevant materials were long gone. It was not until later on a home phone call that I mentioned that we were trying to make a relatively small electronic component. My family was worried about whether my eyes could bear it, and confirmed the operation on my eyes. My police officer totally believed what I said.

Because I have been behind others in long-term production, and my police report, the prison assigned me a new labor task-responsible for the hygiene of the factory. At this time, my painful transformation has just ended, which also gives me new hope for reform through labor. Because labor reform is an important index to assess whether a prisoner pleads guilty or repents, cleaning is my current reform content. In an art workshop of nearly 1000 square meters, I not only use a broom to clean the garbage on the floor, but also use a homemade heavy mop to mop the floor, and I will clean all the toilets every day after the opening of the museum. Daily tasks are not easy. For the first time, I feel that life is not easy and reform is even more difficult. Perhaps only in this way can I achieve the training of labor ability that needs to be completed in labor reform.

After Education Day and Labor Day, rest days are what prisoners look forward to most. On this day, you can concentrate on free activities within the scope stipulated by the prison area, and the activities are rich in content. We can watch TV, play cards, play chess, basketball, badminton and other activities. Those who have no hobbies can also drink tea and watch others play. Looking forward to such a rest day is as exciting as looking forward to working outside on weekends. This change seems appropriate at first, but long-term repeated life will always give birth to some emptiness in people's hearts that lacks affection. I deeply understand that my spiritual transformation has just begun.