A story of BNB:
In prison, no one cares who you are. They won't treat you specially just because you are #CZ or rich. I was told that I was under "central supervision", which means that a higher-level unit would monitor me specially. This is probably the only difference. But the prison guards and prisoners in the prison basically didn't know who I was. They just followed the procedures.
According to the law, I was a white-collar criminal, and even if I was guilty, I should be placed in a minimum security prison. But because I am not a #US citizen, even if I voluntarily flew there to cooperate with the investigation, I could only be placed in a "low security" prison. And there are murderers in this level of prison.
My roommate, his sentence was 30 years, and he committed two murders. Because he behaved well, after 12 years, he was transferred from medium security to low security, which was the lowest level he could go to. He could never be transferred to a minimum security prison. And I was assigned there. In addition, Asians, Pacific Islanders, and Native Americans are classified as a "racial group", so I lived in a cell with a Native American. Although it was scary at first, we got along okay later.
When you first enter the prison, you will be registered, photographed, changed, searched, and then taken to the cell block. The cell block is a three-story building with symmetrical cells opposite two long corridors. There are about 240 prisoners in total. The moment you walk in, you will see big guys with facial and head tattoos yelling loudly, which is very scary.
As soon as I walked in, I was assigned to cell number 5 on the first floor. I tried to open the door but couldn't. A few seconds later, a big guy came over and said to me, "The door doesn't open like that. You have to let the prison guard open it." At that moment, I realized: everyone knows that I am a "new rookie". In fact, they can recognize me at a glance from my clothes.