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Christmas in prison â€" the loneliest time ever "It‘s hard to explain what Christmas in prison was like," the man said, "I really don‘t remember a lot of what happened."‘ â€" S _ He says his time in prison is much like a bad dream. There are constant reminders that he did indeed spend time in prison though, such as a painful stomach ulcer, and a drinking problem. * Mark (not his real name) is understandably reluecâ€" tant to talk about his two and one half years in prison. Released for two years now, he has a job as a mechanâ€" ic, and is looking forward to spending a quiet Christâ€" mas with his wife. With considerable prodding, Mark divulges some of the circumstances that led up to a five year prison term. He had been arrested twice before his third and last offence. The first time when he was 19, for breakâ€" ing into a motorcycle shop, and the second time for stealing a car one year later. His last offence consisted of stealing a car, and a number of credit cards that were in the glove compartâ€" ment. He was apprehended after he‘d used the cards a number of times. "With the record I had I knew that getting busted the last time was serious stuff. It didn‘t really hit me until 1 registered at the jail though. When they gave me that uniform I knew I‘d gone all the way," he said. Mark claims his last crime was an act of despera tion. "I couldn‘t get a job â€" because of my record â€" an I couldn‘t collect unemployment insurance because hadn‘t worked 12 weeks‘,, he explained. â€" Mark says he got more and more discouraged until he finally ‘"*went nuts for a few days‘‘ and committed his final crime. â€" Asked about the procedure for admitting prisoners into prison, Mark says his memory is very hazy. Normal daily garbage collection will take place each day over the Christmas and New Year‘s Season. 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Waterioo & Hazol at Albert St. j "I think I was in sort of a shock," he said, ‘"but I remember being given a uniform, and being put in a cell block â€" block D I think it was."‘ "I remember one guy in my block who was a junkie when he came in. He kept getting prescriptions from the doctor for valium and 292‘s. He was spaced three quarters of the time,"‘ Mark said. Mark remembers other things from his prison term, like drug abuse that was sanctioned by a phannac;ist_. â€" Oddly enough, Mark doesn‘t think prison was all that bad when he reflects on it now. He served time in a minimum security institution before he committed his last crime, and he wishes now that he‘d gone directâ€" ly to prison. | _*‘*Minimum security was good â€" I learned a trade there â€" but I wish it had been harder â€" maybe I wouldn‘t have screwed up again," Mark said. _ _ Mark is a firm believer in strong sentences for first offenders. e "I think if a kid steals a car, or breaks into a house, he should serve about a year in maximum security. If I had served time after my first mistake, I know I wouldn‘t have made another like I did. I think miniâ€" _/ We wish you and glad tidings season. 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