Prison Camp – York County, South Carolina

“You have to focus on your own program. Keep to yourself and fly under the radar. Be anonymous. Don’t volunteer any information about anything. Don’t talk about how short your time is. Don’t draw attention to yourself. Don’t talk too much or be overly friendly. Respect boundaries. Keep yourself neat and clean. Organize your personal items and don’t make too much eye contact with anyone – at least at the beginning.”

The Prison Camp is next to the York County Detention Facility. The entire complex is part of the Moss Justice Center. The names are misleading because the detention facility is actually the maximum security facility and the prison camp is a minimum security work dormitory housing inmates who are in for unpaid child support and unpaid traffic tickets. All things are relative in their scope and interpretation.

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