In high school, my class took a trip to a women's prison in Oklahoma City.
I have a hard time remembering why, but I think it was for a sociology class.
We all boarded the school bus and prepared for a special day.
All of us went on the tour and then assembled in the prison gym for a Q & A session with three of the inmates.
They sat there and patiently answered all of our questions.
And then we heard a craggy male voice speak up and ask:
There a lot of rape between you gals in here?
40 heads swiveled around to find the source of such a gawd-awful question.
The bus driver, who--I'm pretty sure--was supposed to have stayed on the bus and waited for us, tagged along on the tour.
And he'd apparently watched Caged Heat far too many times.
Gross.
Freaking hilarious. I don't remember if I was on the same trip as you were; I don't remember that moment. I'm sure I would remember if I had been present. Super classy. I did go on those prison trips -- one to a medium security men's, one to max security women's. Or something along those lines. I'm a criminal defense attorney now. Guess it had an impact. I remember thinking the guys seemed nice (of course they were cherry-picked for us) and the women being.... scary, hardened. Oklahoma imprisons more women per capita than any other state, save 2. We're #3! We're #3! Just like football. Always aiming for excellence..... arg
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