A New Opportunity
And because of all the negative feedback about Walter, he was given the worst job for an inmate. He was assigned to clean up the roads and for this specific task, he had to wake up earlier than the rest of the inmates. After that, he would get inside the bus that would travel to Raleigh where they would pick up trash.
The Plotting Begins
Walter Miller recalled how bad the experience was for him. He said, “It was awful. People would be throwing hamburgers and milkshakes at you. And it was almost winter, so it was starting to get cold. That’s when I started planning and plotting.” Despite all the bad conditions, Walter decided to make an opportunity out of this.