There are worse things in stir, so I've heard...
My brother works in a prison, doing the nurse work, interviewing the newbies to make sure they wont implode or explode.
My favorite story, He had a guy eyeing him for a beating during the interview, like a steak dinner, and the guards saw all the signs. He leaped at my brother, and the guards slammed his head into the ground. Off to the hospital, like humpty dumpty.
Most of the newbies are on heroine, and spend the first week shitting and puking all over their cell.