Formerly Incarcerated People, We Wanna Know The Things You Learned In Prison

Tell us what lessons you'll never unlearn.

Have you ever been incarcerated? And if so, what did you learn from your time spent in prison?

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Maybe you learned how to build a makeshift tattoo gun and made tattooing your "side hustle."

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Or, maybe you learned that you can make "Chinese food" from pork rinds, dehydrated rice, hot sauce, and instant tea mix.

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Or, perhaps you learned that — at least in your experience, prison is actually a lot different than how it's portrayed in the media.

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Or, maybe you had certain prison etiquette drilled into you, such as never borrowing anything or always asking permission to sit on someone else's bed.

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Tell us what prison lessons you learned in the comments below or in this anonymous form. Your submission may be featured in an upcoming BuzzFeed Community post or video.