No Handle
Upon first entering prison, you’ll notice that life is completely different, down to the very last detail, as this inmate quickly finds out. For instance, when you come across a typical door, what do you expect to find? That’s right, a handle to open it.
Since the whole idea of prison is to not let the prisoners out, it’s easy to understand why the cell doors in prison do not come with a handle or any means to open them from the inside. While lacking this feature makes perfect sense, it still threw this inmate off until he got a handle on the fact that he could no longer come and go as he pleased.