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Oscar Castro

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Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
How He Survived 7 Years in the World’s Toughest Prison

Right.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
How He Survived 7 Years in the World’s Toughest Prison

So when the guards are coming in, they would let us know, you know, we got one coming in.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
How He Survived 7 Years in the World’s Toughest Prison

We got two.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
How He Survived 7 Years in the World’s Toughest Prison

So I know to get one or two dollars ready.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
How He Survived 7 Years in the World’s Toughest Prison

If it's the head guard, he gets 10.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
How He Survived 7 Years in the World’s Toughest Prison

You know, I believe there was like 26 guards on shift.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
How He Survived 7 Years in the World’s Toughest Prison

So twenty five dollars, a dollar per each one.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
How He Survived 7 Years in the World’s Toughest Prison

And then the head guard would get 10.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
How He Survived 7 Years in the World’s Toughest Prison

And this is every day.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
How He Survived 7 Years in the World’s Toughest Prison

And I'm not the only one.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
How He Survived 7 Years in the World’s Toughest Prison

But throughout the prison, there's probably, you know, 20 or 30 other people doing the same thing and just with liquor.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
How He Survived 7 Years in the World’s Toughest Prison

And then there's probably 20 or 30 other people doing this with and then another 20, 30 selling.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
How He Survived 7 Years in the World’s Toughest Prison

So, you know, it's a it's a different world inside.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
How He Survived 7 Years in the World’s Toughest Prison

Everybody's got their own trap house.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
How He Survived 7 Years in the World’s Toughest Prison

The guards are making money off of that because at the time they were only making $200 a month.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
How He Survived 7 Years in the World’s Toughest Prison

Yeah, their normal wage was $200 a month.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
How He Survived 7 Years in the World’s Toughest Prison

That's what they were getting.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
How He Survived 7 Years in the World’s Toughest Prison

So imagine, you know, you're going into the prison.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
How He Survived 7 Years in the World’s Toughest Prison

These people live in cells that are better than their house, right?

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
How He Survived 7 Years in the World’s Toughest Prison

They have TVs better than them.