A close friend of mine ended up in prison out in Drumheller and eventually was moved to Maximum in St. Albert.
He used to call me randomly from different numbers, people would be smuggling in drugs, booze, and cell phones.
He basically watched all of Game of Thrones live on HBO from prison.
The guy lived like a king, partied regularly, came out of prison jacked and unscathed.
Prisons out here are extremely lax in comparison to other countries but for him in particular life outside prison was extremely difficult.
After two years of being out, getting married to the woman who actually waited for him to get out of jail, having a kid, and getting a good job where he was making $80k (great for a person fresh out of jail). He kept that up for the first year, eventually I’d get sporadic texts from him at weird times and the guy just started to unravel.