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Topic History of: US prison
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Green Man |
Jo wrote:
Was watching a documentary last night about Effingham County Jail in Georgia. It made pretty depressing viewing. The prison didn't seem to be a place geared to rehabilitation, but a holding facility to make life as aimless and unpleasant as possible.
The documentary focused on the women's unit, which was dominated by a burly lesbian drug dealer who was a white supremacist and decreed that white inmates (approx. 80% of the inmates) and black inmates must not associate with each other. Anyone breaking her rules was beaten up, sometimes to the point of needing hospitalisation. She had favourites, who were expected to become her lovers in return for protection, e.g. from rape. The guards didn't seem to care about, or have any influence on, this situation.
One of the inmates was a married mother of four who had never previously broken the law, but had driven home from her mother's house when over the drink driving limit and had an accident with a motorcyclist, who had needed surgery on his knee as a result. She was serving 5 years and seemed lost and bewildered. She was shown walking aimlessly round a quadrangle and lying on her bunk looking at papers with the names of her children which she had stuck to the underside of the upper bunk. No photographs of family, as the inmates were not permitted to have photographs.
There was nothing for the inmates to do other than sit or lie around or wander the quadrangle when allowed out for exercise. They also weren't allowed to see family members face-to-face when they came to visit, just via a video phone which cut out automatically after 30 minutes, and the inmates had to pay for this.
All in all, it seemed to be a rather inhuman set-up.
Only twats drink and drive. Yeah, sure the biker needed surgery however the knee will get worse over time and undergo an operation due to someone's else stupidity.
Just lawyer up and better still just don't break the law...if you're innocent get more lawyers and fight. If you are black get Al Sharprton on your side.
Prison is punishment over not a holiday camp especially in the South. Maybe California is the place for you to commit crime and get away with it. New York City is pretty much lawless again, which is a shame.
My Father witnessed a thief getting one of hands chopped off in public in Afghanistan in the 1970's. He went backpacking across the Europe and ended up in Afghanistan for several months.
He also once told me the Afghans loved Beatles, Kinks, Moody Blues and Jethro Tull before the Taliban took over. The women wore short skirts and carried small transistors radios.
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Green Man |
They don't fuck around in the US.
Just prepared to the time if you have done the crime. When I did my time for a dodgy tax return done by dodgy accountant. I was in solitary which I did enjoy!
I told my lawyer I want to do the time and not do anything stupid. I got my wish. However the Prison Governor turned out to be a family friend. 
I didn't get any special treatment apart from extra pencil and paper, to write short stories. |
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Jo |
Was watching a documentary last night about Effingham County Jail in Georgia. It made pretty depressing viewing. The prison didn't seem to be a place geared to rehabilitation, but a holding facility to make life as aimless and unpleasant as possible.
The documentary focused on the women's unit, which was dominated by a burly lesbian drug dealer who was a white supremacist and decreed that white inmates (approx. 80% of the inmates) and black inmates must not associate with each other. Anyone breaking her rules was beaten up, sometimes to the point of needing hospitalisation. She had favourites, who were expected to become her lovers in return for protection, e.g. from rape. The guards didn't seem to care about, or have any influence on, this situation.
One of the inmates was a married mother of four who had never previously broken the law, but had driven home from her mother's house when over the drink driving limit and had an accident with a motorcyclist, who had needed surgery on his knee as a result. She was serving 5 years and seemed lost and bewildered. She was shown walking aimlessly round a quadrangle and lying on her bunk looking at papers with the names of her children which she had stuck to the underside of the upper bunk. No photographs of family, as the inmates were not permitted to have photographs.
There was nothing for the inmates to do other than sit or lie around or wander the quadrangle when allowed out for exercise. They also weren't allowed to see family members face-to-face when they came to visit, just via a video phone which cut out automatically after 30 minutes, and the inmates had to pay for this.
All in all, it seemed to be a rather inhuman set-up. |
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