Prison Life
Beating a Piss Test
In the federal Bureau of Prisons prisoners are subjected to random urinalysis at any moment. This fact in itself and the necessity of spending our tax dollars to drug test individuals incarcerated shows the futility of the current War on Drugs campaign, which obliviously has failed miserably. Especially given the knowledge that we can't even keep the drugs out of the hands of the people put in prison for selling them. But not only are prisoners taking drugs on the inside, they are also beating the urine tests given to detect drug usage.
"It’s not difficult," a prisoner tells me. "There's several different ways, some easier than others. You can try to get off a couple of pisses before you give your sample, so that you piss clear. With clear piss no drugs will register." Prisoners who take drugs and are on the hot list know to drink lots of water and stay hydrated. When they are called to urinate, they do so with no fear that they will be dirty because they are giving a watered down sample.
"Also you can put Ajax or some other cleanser on your fingers and piss on them to dilute your piss when you piss in the cup." The prisoner says. "If you really want to get technical and make sure you beat the test you can carry someone else's piss in a Visine bottle and squirt it into the testing cup. You have to be careful though because the C/O's are watching but most of them don't really give a fuck. They are just punching the clock and trying to get a paycheck. Why do you think there are so many drugs in prison?" Beating a piss test is a regular occurrence inside and the ways to beat the test listed above are only a couple ways prisoners beat them.