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Alan, it would be good if those men had Internet access. Then they could express their opinions on their current situation and they would get away from watching TV which is one of the toughest punishments in modern society...
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| #4 (permalink) Wed Jul 19, 2006 19:40 pm Inmates in the UK |
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Hm, I somehow miss the TV set and the phone to order new stuff from Argos... 
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| #5 (permalink) Wed Jul 19, 2006 20:59 pm I don't believe it (1) |
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| What strikes me as incongruous is the toilet (given the relative comfort of the rest of the cell). Having to use it in full view of the other inmate/s (and guards!) must be humiliating and degrading. Unless men don’t care about these things? To me, it seems quite a punishment in itself – I wonder if women’s cells are laid out differently. |
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| #6 (permalink) Wed Jul 19, 2006 22:04 pm I don't believe it (1) |
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| is it a jail, so nice, like a home, |
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| #8 (permalink) Fri Jul 21, 2006 23:03 pm I don't believe it (1) |
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| Conchita wrote: |
| What strikes me as incongruous is the toilet (given the relative comfort of the rest of the cell). Having to use it in full view of the other inmate/s (and guards!) must be humiliating and degrading. Unless men don’t care about these things? To me, it seems quite a punishment in itself – I wonder if women’s cells are laid out differently. |
Conchita, you really are a softy through and through. These are not bunnies; they are criminals. If a man has murdered a family, or raped a woman and cut up her face, or sexually molested children, or exploded a bomb in a building, or caused thousands of corporate employees to lose all their retirement money, I don't really care if he's humiliated by the placement of his toilet. Do you really think that being observed while tinkling or pinching a loaf is too much punishment for a rapist or murderer? Besides, the prisoners have to be observed this way, so that it can be seen whether the prisoners are about to throw their feces or a cup of urine at the guards. (This is attempted many times daily in a typical prison.)
In one of the states in the southern US, the chief prison officer reinstituted the use of chain gangs to do road and construction work. He was asked by outraged journalists whether it had ever occurred to him that the prisoners might be humiliated when they're seen working on a chain gang. The prison chief replied, "Of course! That's the purpose of chain gangs!"
I think everyone should read a book called "Life at the Bottom" by Theodore Dalrymple, the pseudonym of a retired British prison psychiatrist. I'm one of the few people who believes what he writes, because I've dealt face to face with the type of people he's talking about. |
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