Prisoners in prisons do a lot of work, including manual and machine work. Most manual labor is knitting, buttoning, embroidering, making paper bags, folding envelopes and so on, while machine labor is stepping on sewing machines. When doing manual labor, it is basically in the prison room, 12 people, six iron beds on both sides of the upper and lower floors, and one stool for each person in front of the bed. Besides, there is only a narrow passage in the middle. Working in prison is hard. The room is small and there is no table. All the work that has been done and not done well can only be put on the bed. People who sleep in the lower bunk are always stuffed. Because of this, quarrels and fights often happen. Lunch and dinner are only 30 minutes, and each prison has a supervisor. When having dinner, the supervisor first goes to the corridor to call in 12 people's meals, all in lead barrels, and then distributes them to everyone. There is no table, so we can only eat in bed. There are no chopsticks, only spoons. Clean people will spread newspapers on the bed. Most people don't pay attention to these because the indicators are too heavy to sleep at night. Even eating feels like a waste of time. Every bite of rice is swallowed, and as soon as they put down their work, they immediately went to work. Therefore, people who have eaten lawsuits eat quickly. It has been difficult for me to get rid of this habit since I got out of prison. It seems that I will never chew slowly and taste delicious dishes again. Eating in it is just to prevent yourself from starving to death, and everything else is ignored.
Knitting is the most difficult job because there is no need for tools. The tools mentioned in it are iron tools such as needles and scissors, and the sweater needles are made of bamboo, not counting. The management of tools in prison is quite strict. All "recruits" are taught as soon as they enter prison: tools are your life, tools must be there when people are around, and tools must be there when people are not around. I didn't understand why I was so nervous about tools at first, but I didn't know until I saw more. Many people can't bear the high overdraft of physical strength, and more importantly, they are under great mental pressure, so they will think of suicide and self-harm. Suicide and self-mutilation is the most important thing in prison. If there is such a thing, all prisoners from prison leaders, squadrons, squadrons to brigades will be severely dealt with. During my imprisonment, only one female prisoner committed suicide successfully. As a result, all the captains, squadron leaders and squadrons of her brigade were transferred. In that year, the index of "reforming activists" in the whole brigade was halved, and every prisoner in the squadron where female prisoners committed suicide was cancelled. You know, prisoners work hard in it, hoping to get a reduced sentence, and a year's hard work goes up in smoke because of other people's affairs. What a sad thing it is. So there is also a system of mutual supervision between prisoners. To tell the truth, suicide is not easy, but it still happens frequently, but it is difficult to succeed. If there is any tool work, the team leader on duty will collect it at night. As for when to collect it, it depends on the number of posts and the mood of the police on duty. But no one cares about knitting sweaters. You can call anytime. We are not allowed to turn off the lights when sleeping at night, so we often stay up all night. I hope I can do more even if I finish the index of the day. Only when the output exceeds others can I fight for a reduced sentence.
In his second year in prison, he was transferred to a new brigade, and it was a job of stepping on a sewing machine. We have made cotton underwear, bedding, clothing, shoes and hats, as well as domestic famous brand underwear. Machine work must be carried out between factories. After work at 7 o'clock, it is impossible to return to the cell after 12 o'clock. It takes two hours to wash after work, because all activities are collective actions. You have to wait in line to report, and you have to take turns in a prison area. You can go to bed at almost 2 or 3 o'clock.
You can't be lazy when working between factories, because it is assembly line processing. If you haven't finished this process, people in the next process will curse and you will delay others' time. The sentence "Time is money" is fully reflected here, but let's put it another way: "Time is output".
Having said that, I want to remind everyone that underwear, sheets and quilt covers bought in the future must be cleaned before use, even if they are bought in a specialty store. When we work between factories, in order to save time, auxiliary materials, semi-finished products and finished products are piled on the ground, and the lathe workers can't walk around while sitting in the parking space. Auxiliary workers drag piles of things around the ground, and the finished products are directly packaged and labeled as manufacturers. Although we feel sorry, there is nothing we can do. I think it must be the same in men's prisons or other prisons.