An Inmate's Joke
By: Eric Portugal

An inmate is running along the prison sidewalk on a humid August morning. Suddenly, he's stopped by a correctional officer who was hiding behind a wall. Cursing up a storm, the inmate pulls up in his tracks.

"What's the hurry?" the guard asks smuggly.

"I've got a work-emergency," the inmate replies. "I'm in a big hurry."

"Oh, yeah?" the correctional officer sneers. "What exactly do you do?"

"I'm a turd-piler," the inmate explains.

"A turd-piler?" the guard questions suspiciously. "What the hell is that?"

"Well," explains the prisoner. "I have to take a pile of turds and build them up a foot a day, putting them into a larger pile until I have the heap six feet tall."

"What the hell do you do with a six foot pile of shit?" the guard demands.

"Well, usually, they give them a uniform and a job at the Department of Corrections."


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