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Continuing the topic of banned substances (drugs), I remembered another story. It didn’t happen to me, but I was slightly involved—just a tiny bit. From my side, there was nothing criminal, hahaha. In the Dominican Republic, drugs are one of the most serious offenses under the law, and they come with long prison sentences. And Dominican prisons are the last place you’d want to end up (actually, any prison is a bad place to be—unless maybe it’s in Finland or Sweden))), I’ll explain more about that later. But one guy did manage to end up there. I didn’t know him well, but our social circles occasionally overlapped.

Considering the level of corruption there—which is completely out in the open, and where police often straight-up offer you to pay a bribe—it’s actually hard to end up in prison for something like that if you have at least some money. But this guy made a big mistake. Probably, being in that laid-back atmosphere for a long time, combined with frequent marijuana use, made him overly careless. The point is, he didn’t leave the illegal stuff at home when he was going somewhere, and they found it in his pockets right at the airport. Theoretically, he might’ve still been able to pay someone off even there, but it would have cost much more—and as far as I know, he didn’t have any money at all...

So, this guy ended up in a Dominican prison for two years because of a foolish mistake. I don’t know all the details, but his friends said he only had a couple of marijuana joints on him… maybe that’s true, maybe he had more — the point is, it was a stupid decision that cost him not just the two years he was sentenced to, but almost three in very unpleasant conditions. Why almost three? — I’ll get to that later.

I actually found out about this story when a good friend of mine was gathering "humanitarian aid" for the guy. The thing is (I can’t say if this applies to all prisons there or just this one), the responsibility for supporting inmates falls on their relatives and/or friends. They feed them the bare minimum, and clothing or other essentials are either given only once or not at all (I didn’t fully understand that part).

So, a couple of times a month, his acquaintances would collect “humanitarian aid” and bring it to him in prison. They brought clothes, food, hygiene products, bed linens, and money. Yes, apparently there was some kind of store inside the prison, so money was also necessary.

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Well, basically it's his own fault. He's a victim of his own stupidity 🤷🏻‍♂️

What a tough time he had to go through. People who fall prey almost always have few resources to get out quickly...
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