MY PRISON BREAK

Category-real life story by Omojuyigbe olanrewaju. Location-Lagos. This happens to be one of the most unbelievable stories I have heard this year and I thought it would not be a bad idea if I shared it. Bola is a young man,of about 25 years of. age. Dark skinned,black eyes and an introvert. According to him in a one on one interview,a couple of years back,he happened to fall into the category of youths that have this jevenile deliquency problem. His parents worried a lot and were hell bent on looking for a way to make him change for the better.Despite his misdeeds,he was still a very brilliant kid and it did not take long before he got admission into one of the tertiary institutions in the western part of the country. Not long,the first semester was over and he got back home. He was received with joy by his parents and things went on normally. Second semester approached and it was time for him to go back to school.His parents promised to take him back to school and he was very happy.On the D-day,he woke up early,packed his things into his dad's car and was fully set for school.His parents got into the car and they set out. It did not take long before he slept off and what woke him up was a loud sound and he saw a big gate open. He was surprised but thought maybe his father wants to just say hi to one of his friends. He decided to look around and he realized this place was more of a youth prison,the type you call a correction facility. He was very shocked . They all alighted from the car and his parents whispered something into the ears of an elderly man who came to receive them. He immediately made a call and in the twinkle of an eye,everything changed. Bola was given a new set of cloth,a new monitor,a new phone and everything just changed.Then it occurred to him that he was surely in a correction facility.He was scared to death but still could not utter a word. His parents then left . On the floor,somewhere west of where he was standing,he saw another set of youths tied together with chains and some were just in a single man cell. He was helped to his room by his personal monitor and there he met another set of youths who were to be his room mates for as long as his parents wants him to stay there. There were 5 sets of bed to contain two. He decided to 'interview' his room mates sort of. There and then he shouted 'Mogbe' which is a yoruba language meaning I am in trouble when an inmate said he had been there for 6 years and his parents came regularly.Then,he realized most of the people there are rich kids brought down there by parents bent on correcting their kids.Everything there was planned and not long,it was time for them to go to bed.He could not sleep at all because thought of what was going to happen to him and for how long he was going to be there filled his mind. He was about closing his eyes when he heard a trumpet like sound which means 'wake up!'. According to him,the correction facility was being controlled like a secondary school with the head called Headmaster.They also had teachers who are former mental patients. Now,in this facility,you are being treated according to how stubborn you are. Some in chains,some in cuffs,some totally made immobile. Some even have terrible bruises on them. It was time for hard labour and they were packed to the field. There and then,something struck him. He looked around and he saw nobody was looking his direction,then,he just kept moving towards the direction of the gate.He kept moving till he got to the main entrance. Luckily for him,there were lots of guests that day so he mixed with the children of one of the guests and they helped him out.That was it. He just managed to escape from a State Welfare Facility. Just a day's experience and it felt like ten years. 'I will never go back to that place' he said and since then,he changed for the better. His advice to stubborn kids is that they should take things cool and change for the better as they would not like to be an inmate in one. He also advised parents to take their time to understand their kids and be very careful as regards decision made because it could have either positive or negative effect on their wards. Bola is now working in one of the companies on the island.