6:30 came soon enough for Catherine Tuesday morning. She awoke in a daze, having been processed into the prison system Monday. She was stripped search; the prison officers searching all of her body to check for contraband, even though they knew she had none as a reporter doing a story on prison life. Then she was made to march buck naked to a solitaire cell for her first night in prison. Why had she decided to do this? Simple. Though she knew it would be hard, she was for justice, and she wanted to see another side of the justice system. Besides this would show critics and other reporters that she was capable of doing hard stories. She was always being accused of being nothing more than a pretty face, even though she graduated Harvard with high honors. Now she sat all alone, naked, in a solitary cell. She rose from the bed, went to the sink and brushed her teeth. She splashed some water in her face and prepared for her first day among the prisoners.
7:00 the prisoners went to the cafeteria to get breakfast. Catherine did not join them on this first day, she was served breakfast in her cell. At 7:45 the prisoners went to their work stations, including the ones that were scheduled to go to class where Catherine would be teaching them some basic reading and math skills.
Catherine wondered how she would be treated, when suddenly her prison door opened. A female and male officer were there to greet her, the male officer being Bob from the day before.
Step outside.
I don't have any clothes on.
I said step outside.
Catherine stepped out of her cell. The catcalls and wolf whistles began.
Look at dat nice shaven pussy.
Come here sweet pussy
The officers handed her a green jumpsuit. After Catherine slipped it on, she was given some sneakers to put on.
This way.
Catherine was escorted to her classroom. When she arrived to the classroom Louise, the female officer addressed her.
This is the classroom you will be at for the next two weeks. You will have 15 students, no more at any time. You will have an officer watching you at all times. Bob will be here in the morning, Raymond in the afternoon. You will also be watched at lunch and dinner, and at night, plus when you are in the shower. It's for your safety. If somebody tries something, one of these strong men will be at your side in no time flat. This morning you will be teaching fractions and decimals to these women. These girls do not even have a high school diploma, you can help them get a GED and from there they can learn a trade, or if they're fortunate maybe go onto college. Time to get started. Good luck.
Catherine entered the classroom and 15 pairs of eyes latched onto her with very suspicious eyes. Catherine recognized Lisa and Cindy from yesterday.
Good morning ladies, as many of you know I'm Catherine Boyd, and I'm doing a report on what it is like to be locked up. Obviously I won't be able to get a full experience in two weeks, but I do hope to get some insight on what it's like to be incarcerated. For the next two weeks I'll be helping you to obtain your GED and I'm looking forward to working with you.
Bravo sweetcakes, Bravo. U jist lookin fawad to helpin us out. Ain't that sweet of u, one of the prisoners retorted.
Shut up Mary. She is trying to help us. It was Cindy, one of the prisoners who demonstrated to Catherine what she would be going through in the strip search and the delousing process.
She went through the strip search and got deloused like the rest of us who ended up in this joint. She didn't have to, but she did anyways to see what we all had to go through.
Thank you Cindy. This morning we are going to work on fractions. Let's start with what a fraction is. You have all heard of a half, haven't you?
They all nodded yes.
Ok, say you buy a pie and you want to serve half of it. It is written out 1/2. The one is the numerator, and the two is the denominator. This confused the ladies and Catherine had to show them what this meant. It wasn't going to be easy, this teaching assignment. Some got it quicker than others. After about two hours, most of them had an idea of the basics. They then took a break and started to learn how to add fractions. It came very clear early to Catherine that they were poorly educated, and this would make it difficult to get through to them. This would try all her patience, teaching was indeed hard work. When lunch came, Catherine was relieved. Besides she was starving.
Lunch was a bowl of broccoli cheese soup, plus a ham and cheese sandwich. It wasn't the best, but it was food. After all, this wasn't a three star Michelin restaurant. It was also the first time she ate with the prisoners. She was studied by all of them.
After lunch, English was the main subject for the afternoon. Catherine decided to see what they knew. She asked what a noun was, a verb, an adjective, and an adverb. Some knew, some did not. Catherine went over the basics, and some of those were able to get it, while others did not. Catherine spent the rest of the afternoon in basic writing skills. At the end of the day, Catherine was exhausted. When the classroom ended most of the classroom went to the exercise room. Catherine decided to join them. Although not like the fancy gym she worked out in New York City, it did have stationary bicycles, along with treadmills, and Stairmasters. Plus there were weight machines. Catherine warmed up on one of the bicycles, before doing some jogging on one of the treadmills. She worked up quite a sweat.
Lookie at Miss Universe, she got herself up a little sweat.
It was Mary, who had greeted her with another dose of sarcasm. Beside her were two other inmates who snickered along with her.
Catherine ignored them the best she could. It was time for dinner.
Dinner consisted of roast beef, scalloped potatoes, green beans, and a hard roll. There was a small piece of yellow cake for dessert. This wasn't the kind of food that Catherine ate, she tended to eat salads and lots of vegetables. She limited her meat to fish, sometimes she would have beef. But she had to eat what everybody else ate. It also wasn't the best, but she was famished after a hard day's work along with a workout.
After dinner she was led to her cell, where she found out that Lisa would be her roommate for the next two weeks. The cell had two small beds, a toilet, a sink, and two shelves for personal items for each inmate. Lisa was rather quiet, so Catherine picked up a book to read. Lisa left her alone until about 8:30 when she mentioned that she was going to take a shower. Then Catherine remembered what the warden had told her, that she wanted her to shower every night, so the inmates could see her nude.
Are you going to shower tonight, Catherine?
Yes, in just a bit.
Lisa went out of the cell and stripped out of her jumpsuit and put on her shower shoes. Catherine watched as Lisa walked to the shower room nude. She was a pretty girl, about 5'7", slim build with small tits and a nice ass, that had a nice jiggle when she walked. After about 5-10 minutes, Catherine decided she better go for her nightly shower. Besides she needed it.
She stepped out of her cell, took a deep breath, and pulled down her jumpsuit. Already eyes were looking at her nude body. She began her walk to the shower room. Inside it was crowded; Lisa was there, as was Cindy. Unfortunately so was Mary and her two pals.
Catherine was looking at Lisa, as the soap was cascading down her slim body. She was taken aback when Mary shouted, "Look at that bare mound on Miss Mighty". She snickered along with her pals.
Catherine held her head up high as she went to one of the empty shower heads. She turned the water on, it was nice and warm, and she was able to adjust so it could be even hotter. Even though she had her back to everyone, she knew all eyes were on her. She turned around and let her hair get wet, along with her backside. It felt good. She poured out some shampoo on her hand and lathered it up and started washing her hair. Then she got some bath gel, put it on a sponge, and started washing herself. All of the prisoners watched her as she did this, many of them enjoying it. This made her nervous; she did her best not to show it. She continued to shower, not hurrying, but being deliberate, to show that she would not be intimidated by the prisoners. Finally she finished and walked to dry herself off. As she was drying off she noticed Lisa and Cindy. The two of them bid each other goodnight. Lisa was given a clean jumpsuit, however Cindy walked back to her cell in the nude. There were other prisoners who were walking to their cells nude. Catherine asked Lisa about it. Lisa told her that some of the prisoners slept in the nude; Lisa said she did sometimes also. Then Catherine was asked if she wanted a new jumpsuit or if she would sleep nude. Catherine reported curtly that she would take a jumpsuit. With that she followed Lisa to her cell. There was small talk between the two until 10:30. Then the lights went out and the cell doors slammed shut.
Wednesday was similar to Tuesday. There was some progress, albeit little in the math department. The English skills were getting better. After classroom, Catherine went to the workout room. She worked on the treadmill and did some light weightlifting. Some of the other prisoners lifted heavier weights, those women just snickered at Catherine. Catherine could feel that if they could get her alone, they would have their way with her.
Supper came, it was spaghetti. Just some bland meat sauce with not much meat. Catherine would just have to get used to this. After dinner she went back to her cell. Lisa was already there.
Thanks for what you are doing, Lisa told Catherine.
I'm trying my best.
You're doin a real good job...i ne'er had much of an education. Dropped out in 10th grade.
Why did you drop out?
Boyfriend. Stupid boyfriend. He's what got me in trouble. Petty stuff at first, then real trouble.
What are you in for Lisa?
