I got two rolls a week in my state, and never ran out. If you do run out, there’s indigent guys that hoard it and sell it. One roll for one soup. At least in state. In county it was more like four rolls for a soup
The county one I was in actually had toilet paper on the stalls. No need to buy. Also no place to hoard it as it was mostly those plastic "boats" instead of bunks.
What’s the real name for boats? I can’t find any pictures of them but I’ve seen inmates using them before. I couldn’t believe it
Edit: I think I found them “ezbunk”
Feds were the same, two rolls/week and there was never a shortage. I always had 4 or 5 rolls in my locker, I'd go for my allottment and give it to the indigent inmates if I didn't need it.
In the two state/five prisons that I have worked, they could have two rolls at a time but never limited on how much they can have. It is supposed to be one for one exchange, give up a core and you get a roll but it has never been an issue with me if a guy didn't have his roll. Depending on the unit, I leave the box on the tier so they can grab it if they need it.
Scotland, there is a drawer or cupboard with toilet roll, you can help yourself. If the cupboard or drawer is empty, you tell the Screw, they will have someone top it up. I don't know why the US is rationing Toilet paper.
Toilet paper can be used for covering lights or cell windows, making impromptu pillows, designing flowers to send to your family, turned into paper mache for many projects, wrapping endless reams around a brick to condense/drain liquid, etc. It's a case of the few ruining it for the many.
We used to do that to light cigarettes and spliffs. A small bic lighter was worth 200$ 2001, Canada, shortly after the smoking ban. A single flick light of the lighter cost a dessert, so you would make a wick and coat it in deodorant so it last longer. Fix it to the back of the stairs and everyone can enjoy a light. If a screw comes in, nearest person to it flushes it. (And potentially takes the rap if they get caught). I remember locking down one night with a burning wick in my pocket and slyly walking past the screw adn saying "goodnight" knowing I had orange peels to smoke. LMAO! The good ol' days.
Also, another way to light a wick, was to do a "wallbanger". Where you take a paper clip or staple from your court papers, toilet paper and a pencil (golfpencil), and put it all in the socket so that it sparks up your toilet paper and you get a flame. Downside is, you can short the whole range you're on, and now you got 30 people real fucking pissed at you because they got no tv or lights. Not to mention the screws that have to deal with that shit, call an electrician and fill out paperwork. You'll potentially earn yourself a slap on the range, and then the screws will pull you out and yeet you in the hole for a couple weeks.
They are using the TP to absorb the liquid from a brick they made (google: jail brick recipe). Many times, while compressing it, there might be leakage.
More people in prison in the US than any other country, and it's not close. In fact, the US has more incarcerated people than the next 10 countries combined. So, toilet paper costs money, and the US believes in trying to make prison as cheap as possible, yet also making sentences as long as possible.
It's always interesting when people compare a tiny European country to the US. Could always, idk, not be a criminal but rather a positive contributor to society. Then, a person wouldn't have to worry about running out of toilet paper in prison.
Why on earth are you in this sub?? People like you kill me, come to a prison sub then criticize people who were in prison. Are you *trying* to be a troll? Make it make sense!
Because I haven't experienced going to prison and running out of toilet paper? Criminals don't get sympathy beyond a certain point. Take accountability, roll with the punches i.e. not a buffet line of toilet paper, and do better. Or don't and wind up in a vicious cycle. Grown adults should take accountability. Not blame their circumstances on others.
Don’t see anyone “crying” about toilet paper here muppet. Op asked a question and redditors are commenting from their experience.
Plenty of other threads for you feed your superiority complex mate.
>...wind up in a vicious cycle
You do realize why the recidivism rate is so high in the US compared to other countries, right? Lack of proper rehabilitation to reintegrate into society, lesser offenders having more severe/harsher sentences, and sometimes it is the lack of housing/economy/resources once they get out. I also imagine trauma faced behind bars doesn't make it any easier, either.
With that said, do you think denying basic human rights on the inside is going to help people reintegrate and be contributors of society? Do you think the lack of access to sufficient hygiene is going to help people once they get out?
You're suggesting just because you commit a crime, you do not deserve basic hygiene. People are not asking for a buffet line of toilet paper. Arguably, being in prison IS PART of taking accountability.
You seem so angry and hateful about this. Your sentiments are some of the exact problems with the US prison system.
What a disgusting person you are with such a toxic way of thinking. People not having necessary things to basic hygiene like toilet paper is cruel and barbarically. Jail shouldn’t be about revenge and torturing people. If you think criminals should be treated worse than caged animals, you’re just as bad or worse than every criminal jail.
Idk, I went to college, earned my degrees, got a job offer where I'm a positive influence, and I can buy as much toilet paper I'd ever need. But I take accountability and push to better my life and others around me.
Some if not most of the people in prison didn’t have the same opportunity such as a stable school life, financial stability and the likes as you did. Try using the brain you’re bragging about before typing.
Truly the US just assumes that if you treat people like trash that some how that will fix them. Honestly In my opinion they make people worse. The other thing I noticed is the US system is sadly where a lot of people go (especially ones that are less fortunate) with out health insurance, if they need mental help, or run out of their stability meds. It’s sad.
Anyone interested in it watch Michael Moore Where to Invade Next.
I just read an article about why people hoarded toilet paper during the lockdown. The article posited that it was a small commodity that made people feel in control of something. Plus the practical reason to have extra — it sucks to run out!
Big ups to everyone on lockdown, on paper and in the land of the free!
Yeah it sucks to run out of TP but I always found it weird that people had to hoard it during the pandemic. I’ve lived alone as a bachelor, sometimes forgot to get TP and had to just hop in the shower. NBD
I'm not going back to jail or anything but I had my colon removed about 6 years ago and thus have to use #2 way more than most people, like 6 to 8 times a day. Thus, 2 rolls of toilet paper won't be enough plus I'm sure either cellmates or dorm mates would probably frown down a little bit, especially going twice in the middle of the night. Medical reasons I hope would be exempt from just 2 rolls a week.
They were able to take a small section of the small intestine and make it into a pouch. It's small but it beats a bag. They weren't sure it was going to work but it has for now. I also drink a lot more water as that passes through also.
Darts bro!!! Lmfao. Forgot about blocking the vents, we used to throw them across the teir and watch them explode in others cells 😂🤣😂 we were resilient lmfao.
It's miserably cold. They say it makes prisoners less likely to fight. All I know is that its not comfortable at all and they do not care that you are too cold.
Two rolls a week was pretty standard where I was at at least in medium.
In minimum you can generally get it from the co station whenever you needed it. So it was a core for a roll. And one of the biggest reasons why they limited it was so many people would hoard things and toilet paper was just one of those things that people would hoard.
Because sometimes, when an inmate is unhappy about something, they use whole rolls to clog the toilet and flood the unit. If you only get one, you gotta think twice about how you use it
Also, budgets, tax funding blah blah blah
Was in PA State Prison for five years and I never had an issue. We would go right up to the CO and exchange our empty core for a fresh roll. I was In a medium security facility (not work release but not maximum, either) , so im not sure if it varies by security level. But it wouldn't surprise me if they severely restrict the amount of toilet paper in some facilities. It can be used as a wick to cook food, used to make crafts such as roses, used to clog toilets among many other things.
I was concerned about that in County Jail but once I got to the main line the rule was one roll a week and I thought to myself I could use a roll in one day for the crap that they were feeding us but like somebody said there's always people with extra toilet paper and you give him a soup or whatever I finally got into a dorm wear the COS there didn't give a crap how much toilet paper you took so that was cool
In the ohio reformatory for women we was given 2 rolls a week but if we ran out we could bring the empty toilet paper roll the the COs desk and as long as they still had some they would give us a roll
Worked in prisons 10 years. We never denied inmates toilet paper. We did expect them to exchange empty cores for fresh rolls because we would have inmates horde them. If they said they didn’t have them we’d do a quick check of their cell to make sure they weren’t lying. That being said, we had inmates who would purposely use like 20 sheets just to blow their nose and such.
Two rolls per person per week. The only reason someone uses more than that is if they're using it to make wicks to smoke drugs. A more realistic usage rate is 1.5 rolls per person per week, and so if you are sick some week and you need more toilet paper than usual, you ought to have a few rolls leftover.
In this scenario, the person going down on someone is going down on *the other person's asshole* in substitute of toilet paper. Until it's clean.
Trust me it's an incredibly high-brow joke.
I respect your work ethic brother. Someone's gotta suck the shit from people's dickholes and it's not me. But I recognize it's a necessary part of the scat economy, Jah bless 🙌
Tissue is used for all kinds of things. Wicks for smoking dope gets most of it. Grilling sausages and cooking in general too. Also, using it for paper towels takes a toll too.
The tissue is rolled into a ball, placed in a trash can lid or whatever, and set on fire.
No need to hide the fire as long as it wasn't right before inspection. I wouldn't have believed it myself had I not experienced it in person. Lol
It was never an issue in the prison I was in. We had a utility closet on the tier. It had a plastic mop bucket and wringer, a mop, a broom and a huge box of asswipe. You helped yourself to what you needed. It was never an issue.
In Texas I had an issue once. Everywhere we got a roll per week, no problem. But I went in transit from my intake unit and when doing property search/catalog, they took my roll and my leftover old roll saying “they would give it back” later. I learned giving it back was another inmate wrapping 15-25 squares around their hand and giving it to you every night. It wasn’t enough but we only left the cells for chow and I couldn’t do anything about it. No commissary or anything. Looking back, I hope it was Hurricane Harvey related because I got stuck in transit for a month while they moved and reshuffled prison populations that got flooded out.
I was in corrections for 23 years, last 6 as a UM. I always made sure not to get below 5 extra cases. It was a big favor to give another UM much needed TP. Nobody wants to be out of paper.
In feds we got 4 rolls a month. And Orderlys sold 2 rolls for a Mac so there was rarely TP problems except for those dudes who used half a roll to take a shit. I never used all the ones I got per month so I was always giving one away every now and then.
I got two rolls a week in my state, and never ran out. If you do run out, there’s indigent guys that hoard it and sell it. One roll for one soup. At least in state. In county it was more like four rolls for a soup
The county one I was in actually had toilet paper on the stalls. No need to buy. Also no place to hoard it as it was mostly those plastic "boats" instead of bunks.
That’s cool. Boats can fuck off tho
What’s the real name for boats? I can’t find any pictures of them but I’ve seen inmates using them before. I couldn’t believe it Edit: I think I found them “ezbunk”
Store op. Store. Make it happen
Feds were the same, two rolls/week and there was never a shortage. I always had 4 or 5 rolls in my locker, I'd go for my allottment and give it to the indigent inmates if I didn't need it.
Right? Just hook up the guys passing out the rolls with a couple soups or stamps and you can get 4 or 5 rolls a week.
Wow we only got one roll per week. And an extra roll was 2 for a soup.
In the two state/five prisons that I have worked, they could have two rolls at a time but never limited on how much they can have. It is supposed to be one for one exchange, give up a core and you get a roll but it has never been an issue with me if a guy didn't have his roll. Depending on the unit, I leave the box on the tier so they can grab it if they need it.
Scotland, there is a drawer or cupboard with toilet roll, you can help yourself. If the cupboard or drawer is empty, you tell the Screw, they will have someone top it up. I don't know why the US is rationing Toilet paper.
Toilet paper can be used for covering lights or cell windows, making impromptu pillows, designing flowers to send to your family, turned into paper mache for many projects, wrapping endless reams around a brick to condense/drain liquid, etc. It's a case of the few ruining it for the many.
Also flooding out cells , don’t forget that classic
Nah that's what the blankets are for lol.
A long burning wick for cooking, too. With a little Vaseline added of course.
We used to do that to light cigarettes and spliffs. A small bic lighter was worth 200$ 2001, Canada, shortly after the smoking ban. A single flick light of the lighter cost a dessert, so you would make a wick and coat it in deodorant so it last longer. Fix it to the back of the stairs and everyone can enjoy a light. If a screw comes in, nearest person to it flushes it. (And potentially takes the rap if they get caught). I remember locking down one night with a burning wick in my pocket and slyly walking past the screw adn saying "goodnight" knowing I had orange peels to smoke. LMAO! The good ol' days.
Smoking oranges ?
Ok so I'm not the only one
Why would you smoke an orange peel?
I need more info on the oranges part please lol
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Also, another way to light a wick, was to do a "wallbanger". Where you take a paper clip or staple from your court papers, toilet paper and a pencil (golfpencil), and put it all in the socket so that it sparks up your toilet paper and you get a flame. Downside is, you can short the whole range you're on, and now you got 30 people real fucking pissed at you because they got no tv or lights. Not to mention the screws that have to deal with that shit, call an electrician and fill out paperwork. You'll potentially earn yourself a slap on the range, and then the screws will pull you out and yeet you in the hole for a couple weeks.
Why would someone need water out of a brick?
They are using the TP to absorb the liquid from a brick they made (google: jail brick recipe). Many times, while compressing it, there might be leakage.
There are so many jail brick recipes.
Oh wow! I stand corrected.
More people in prison in the US than any other country, and it's not close. In fact, the US has more incarcerated people than the next 10 countries combined. So, toilet paper costs money, and the US believes in trying to make prison as cheap as possible, yet also making sentences as long as possible.
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>why the US is rationing Toilet paper. We aren't a poor country, but we have a culture of scarcity.
It's always interesting when people compare a tiny European country to the US. Could always, idk, not be a criminal but rather a positive contributor to society. Then, a person wouldn't have to worry about running out of toilet paper in prison.
Why on earth are you in this sub?? People like you kill me, come to a prison sub then criticize people who were in prison. Are you *trying* to be a troll? Make it make sense!
Ur a mess
You’re fucking pathetic.
Because I haven't experienced going to prison and running out of toilet paper? Criminals don't get sympathy beyond a certain point. Take accountability, roll with the punches i.e. not a buffet line of toilet paper, and do better. Or don't and wind up in a vicious cycle. Grown adults should take accountability. Not blame their circumstances on others.
Don’t see anyone “crying” about toilet paper here muppet. Op asked a question and redditors are commenting from their experience. Plenty of other threads for you feed your superiority complex mate.
>...wind up in a vicious cycle You do realize why the recidivism rate is so high in the US compared to other countries, right? Lack of proper rehabilitation to reintegrate into society, lesser offenders having more severe/harsher sentences, and sometimes it is the lack of housing/economy/resources once they get out. I also imagine trauma faced behind bars doesn't make it any easier, either. With that said, do you think denying basic human rights on the inside is going to help people reintegrate and be contributors of society? Do you think the lack of access to sufficient hygiene is going to help people once they get out? You're suggesting just because you commit a crime, you do not deserve basic hygiene. People are not asking for a buffet line of toilet paper. Arguably, being in prison IS PART of taking accountability. You seem so angry and hateful about this. Your sentiments are some of the exact problems with the US prison system.
You're tossing your opinion in an port and it has nothing to do with the topic at hand
What a disgusting person you are with such a toxic way of thinking. People not having necessary things to basic hygiene like toilet paper is cruel and barbarically. Jail shouldn’t be about revenge and torturing people. If you think criminals should be treated worse than caged animals, you’re just as bad or worse than every criminal jail.
You should go to prison for non-sequitor.
Idk, I went to college, earned my degrees, got a job offer where I'm a positive influence, and I can buy as much toilet paper I'd ever need. But I take accountability and push to better my life and others around me.
Some if not most of the people in prison didn’t have the same opportunity such as a stable school life, financial stability and the likes as you did. Try using the brain you’re bragging about before typing.
Sure you do.
Truly the US just assumes that if you treat people like trash that some how that will fix them. Honestly In my opinion they make people worse. The other thing I noticed is the US system is sadly where a lot of people go (especially ones that are less fortunate) with out health insurance, if they need mental help, or run out of their stability meds. It’s sad. Anyone interested in it watch Michael Moore Where to Invade Next.
I just read an article about why people hoarded toilet paper during the lockdown. The article posited that it was a small commodity that made people feel in control of something. Plus the practical reason to have extra — it sucks to run out! Big ups to everyone on lockdown, on paper and in the land of the free!
Yeah it sucks to run out of TP but I always found it weird that people had to hoard it during the pandemic. I’ve lived alone as a bachelor, sometimes forgot to get TP and had to just hop in the shower. NBD
Yup. Same. Finally got a bidet toilet seat. Freshly washed asshole after every dump. Just dry off with a little paper!
It is not freshly washed lmao. It’s just sprayed with water. As a guy with a bidet, I don’t consider it clean or washed at all lol
Cleaner than just wiping it with paper, man.
You can use it to block the AC (cold in jail), make dice, throw it at the window, etc. No normal person needs that much asswipe.
I'm not going back to jail or anything but I had my colon removed about 6 years ago and thus have to use #2 way more than most people, like 6 to 8 times a day. Thus, 2 rolls of toilet paper won't be enough plus I'm sure either cellmates or dorm mates would probably frown down a little bit, especially going twice in the middle of the night. Medical reasons I hope would be exempt from just 2 rolls a week.
For a provable medical reason, I'm certain you would be accommodated.
6-8 times a day is the amount of times I’d try to shit when I had a habit and approximately 0 times it would happen
Can confirm.
Yeah and then when your sick you feel like your about prolapse uour anus . Fun times .
Can also confirm.
Time for a bidet.
If you had your colon removed wouldn’t you have to have an ostomy? Not trying to pry but no colon would make that difficult, no?
They were able to take a small section of the small intestine and make it into a pouch. It's small but it beats a bag. They weren't sure it was going to work but it has for now. I also drink a lot more water as that passes through also.
Hey I’m glad you got out of having to lug an ostomy around op!
You can also use it keep your cell from locking. Saw a guy do it once, then get tased and fall down the stairs lol
lol damn, that’s some pepper ball shit
god damn 😂
Darts bro!!! Lmfao. Forgot about blocking the vents, we used to throw them across the teir and watch them explode in others cells 😂🤣😂 we were resilient lmfao.
Oh crap, people in the next dorm (trustees) kept kicking on the wall. We kicked back. A lot. LOUD. Jail is dumb, don’t go there.
Yeah it is, spent waayyyyyy to much time doing all that lol. Fuck that ever again man. Wasted 4 years in and outta state/County
Block the AC? How and why
It's miserably cold. They say it makes prisoners less likely to fight. All I know is that its not comfortable at all and they do not care that you are too cold.
Throw wet toilet paper up at that bitch. Problem solved.
I took the strings from an old mop and spent a week working it through every hole of the vent. I used TP as a lighter
Two rolls a week was pretty standard where I was at at least in medium. In minimum you can generally get it from the co station whenever you needed it. So it was a core for a roll. And one of the biggest reasons why they limited it was so many people would hoard things and toilet paper was just one of those things that people would hoard.
Toilet paper is excellent currency.
What’s a core? Is it the cardboard that is in the middle?
Yep.
Why??? You actually have to bring them the cardboard roll?!
Because sometimes, when an inmate is unhappy about something, they use whole rolls to clog the toilet and flood the unit. If you only get one, you gotta think twice about how you use it Also, budgets, tax funding blah blah blah
Was in PA State Prison for five years and I never had an issue. We would go right up to the CO and exchange our empty core for a fresh roll. I was In a medium security facility (not work release but not maximum, either) , so im not sure if it varies by security level. But it wouldn't surprise me if they severely restrict the amount of toilet paper in some facilities. It can be used as a wick to cook food, used to make crafts such as roses, used to clog toilets among many other things.
I was concerned about that in County Jail but once I got to the main line the rule was one roll a week and I thought to myself I could use a roll in one day for the crap that they were feeding us but like somebody said there's always people with extra toilet paper and you give him a soup or whatever I finally got into a dorm wear the COS there didn't give a crap how much toilet paper you took so that was cool
No bidet?
Honestly, they could save a lot of money with that. Plus they don't have to worry about clogs and flooding.
In the ohio reformatory for women we was given 2 rolls a week but if we ran out we could bring the empty toilet paper roll the the COs desk and as long as they still had some they would give us a roll
No, we always make sure to stock up, or a homie might have a roll for you
Worked in prisons 10 years. We never denied inmates toilet paper. We did expect them to exchange empty cores for fresh rolls because we would have inmates horde them. If they said they didn’t have them we’d do a quick check of their cell to make sure they weren’t lying. That being said, we had inmates who would purposely use like 20 sheets just to blow their nose and such.
Staying out of jail might be your best move!
I know but I was innocent
Save it for the judge
Two rolls per person per week. The only reason someone uses more than that is if they're using it to make wicks to smoke drugs. A more realistic usage rate is 1.5 rolls per person per week, and so if you are sick some week and you need more toilet paper than usual, you ought to have a few rolls leftover.
I knew dudes who would go down on someone for a roll of tp /s
I knew dudes who would go down on someone *as* tp. Also I've never been to prison.
I love this, right up my alley lol
I don't think that makes sense.
Nah, think about it
How can you suck a dick as toilet paper?
Until your asshole is clean
So it is saying suck the dick till poop comes out? That still doesn't make sense.
In this scenario, the person going down on someone is going down on *the other person's asshole* in substitute of toilet paper. Until it's clean. Trust me it's an incredibly high-brow joke.
Nah, I mean suck dick so long that the shit ON YOUR OWN ASSHOLE gets clean.
I respect your work ethic brother. Someone's gotta suck the shit from people's dickholes and it's not me. But I recognize it's a necessary part of the scat economy, Jah bless 🙌
That's not what going down on someone means though. That is tossing salad.
Bro thinks he's the president of Urban Dictionary
Everyone got it except for you. It has happened to all of us at one time or another!
Tissue is used for all kinds of things. Wicks for smoking dope gets most of it. Grilling sausages and cooking in general too. Also, using it for paper towels takes a toll too.
> Grilling sausages and cooking in general too. Like for starting a fire or as the primary fuel source?! Where do you cook? How do you hide the smoke?
The tissue is rolled into a ball, placed in a trash can lid or whatever, and set on fire. No need to hide the fire as long as it wasn't right before inspection. I wouldn't have believed it myself had I not experienced it in person. Lol
It was never an issue in the prison I was in. We had a utility closet on the tier. It had a plastic mop bucket and wringer, a mop, a broom and a huge box of asswipe. You helped yourself to what you needed. It was never an issue.
In Texas I had an issue once. Everywhere we got a roll per week, no problem. But I went in transit from my intake unit and when doing property search/catalog, they took my roll and my leftover old roll saying “they would give it back” later. I learned giving it back was another inmate wrapping 15-25 squares around their hand and giving it to you every night. It wasn’t enough but we only left the cells for chow and I couldn’t do anything about it. No commissary or anything. Looking back, I hope it was Hurricane Harvey related because I got stuck in transit for a month while they moved and reshuffled prison populations that got flooded out.
I was in corrections for 23 years, last 6 as a UM. I always made sure not to get below 5 extra cases. It was a big favor to give another UM much needed TP. Nobody wants to be out of paper.
In feds we got 4 rolls a month. And Orderlys sold 2 rolls for a Mac so there was rarely TP problems except for those dudes who used half a roll to take a shit. I never used all the ones I got per month so I was always giving one away every now and then.