I recently read a book called "Marching Powder" by Rusty Young which told the story of an inmate in a similar prison setup in Bolivia.
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I recently read a book called "Marching Powder" by Rusty Young which told the story of an inmate in a similar prison setup in Bolivia.
I thought it was a tampon joke!
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I cant remember the exact country,but the Discovery Channel had a show once where they went inside one of these prisons.The freakin' yard reminded me of a state fair with food booths selling all kinds of fresh cooked food.Truly unbelievable
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In reality imates run prisions in America. They have their own set of rules they live by. They have a definate pecking order. Everything they have on the street, drugs, guns, boose, cell phones, and women, are available inside.
The guards merely keep a lid on their activities...If they can. Many guards are intimidated to look the other way or to help supply the inmates needs. Others join in willingly to make a profit.
We have several privitely run prisions in Tennessee. They hire ex-inmates to work inside after they have been out a couple of years...Because they know how things work inside. What's wrong with that picture?
Serious reform needs to be made to insure the prisions are secure. They are far from it now.
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Damn, I'd hardly call that a prison.
Sounds like in some of the prisons in the US, the only penalty you're paying is lack of movement. Otherwise you can get whatever you can afford to purchase.
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Except on the outside we don't use photos of Macauly Culkin as money.Originally Posted by cigarsarge
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Not really. They could, but they are too divided with gangs and race.
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Beg to differ with you on this. Prision gangs will call a truce if something major needs to be acomplished...Dealing with a snitch or a guard that has angered them. That does not mean they are friends...That does not mean they won't do each other in after it's acomplished.
Like I said they run the show...The guards merely try to keep a lid on it.
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sarge correct me if I'm wrong but didn't you say you don't like that warden out in Arizona? Wouldn't his methods put a stop to that crap? I don't know much about him other than his wikipedia article.
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The guy you are talking about is Sheriff Joe Arpario. He is the Sheriff of Maricopa County Arizona.
He is over the county jail...Not the same as a prision. A jail merely holds people convicted of misdermeanors and people waiting to go to trial. I've seen parts of his jail and talked to several people that have been locked up there. IMHO his jail, while saving the taxpayer money, is borderline inhumane.
Jails and prisions have totally different sets of rules. Long term prision inmates have many more rights than people housed in county jails. If Sheriff Arpario was running a prision in the manner he runs his jail he would soon be out of a job and the state would be overrun with lawsuits.
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Gangs don't need to unite to deal with a snitch or guard.
I use to be a guard. There is really not much you can do except give and get respect and be ready when the gangs jump off on each other.
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I know of several instances where gangs did cooperate to solve a problem. Also I overheard a couple of inmates talking about a "common gun" they had stashed inside a prison. They said they would nover use it on each other...It was for the guards.
Hats off to you for once doing a job not many would have the guts to do. I could not imagine having to work in those conditions. In my new position I get to meet many inmates. It's just in a little more controled enviorment than "the yard".
In reality solving prision problems all boils down to money Do you want to spend it to build a system that works and is safe...Most taxpayers don't.
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