I used to think that paying someone's bail means you pay to get them out of prison forever. Like even if you were sentenced to life in prison you could buy your way out.
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- I used to believe when a person was convicted of a crime and sent to prison, his lawyer went to prison, too.— Tara
- I used to think a con artist was someone who painted pictures in prison.— Brandon Campbell
- I thought "prison" and "prism" are the same words as each other.Anon
- all people who smoke roll up cigarettes have been to prison— spam
- I Used To Believe That Jail & Prison Are Both Timeouts For Adults/Grownups— Kelly Bulanek
- my uncle got sent to prison on the Isle of Wight. I thought that he had been sent into exile.— nns