[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="237" caption="Time"][/caption] What is time? It can be a short time, a long time, an easy time, or a hard time, but for an inmate it can also be a slow time. Time seems to pass slower in prison, for many a day can seem like a week or a month. Years don’t fly by in prison, they crawl and it can truly feel like an eternity. Books help the time pass and let you forget where you are for a while.