“The dentist dismissed the necessity of fillings if patients commit to brushing and flossing,” the report said. “Floss is only available through detainee commissary accounts, but the dentist suggested detainees could use string from their socks to floss if they were dedicated to dental hygiene.”
i suspect that this is nowhere near out of place in for-profit prisons, and that worse things go on in them (especially the immigrant jails like the one in the article) pretty regularly. a few...
i suspect that this is nowhere near out of place in for-profit prisons, and that worse things go on in them (especially the immigrant jails like the one in the article) pretty regularly. a few weeks back i read a massive mother jones piece from 2016 of a for-profit in louisiana, and it was genuinely eye-opening and described things that feel like they'd be not out of place in the immigration jail here.
just from the first two parts of that mother jones article:
[In training, the prison guard instructor] asks us what we should do if we see two inmates stabbing each other.
“I’d probably call somebody,” a cadet offers.
“I’d sit there and holler ‘stop,'” says a veteran guard.
Mr. Tucker points at her. “Damn right. That’s it. If they don’t pay attention to you, hey, there ain’t nothing else you can do.”
He cups his hands around his mouth. “Stop fighting,” he says to some invisible prisoners. “I said, ‘Stop fighting.'” His voice is nonchalant. “Y’all ain’t go’ to stop, huh?” He makes like he’s backing out of a door and slams it shut. “Leave your ass in there!”
“Somebody’s go’ win. Somebody’s go’ lose. They both might lose, but hey, did you do your job? Hell yeah!” The classroom erupts in laughter.
We could try to break up a fight if we wanted, he says, but since we won’t have pepper spray or a nightstick, he wouldn’t recommend it. “We are not going to pay you that much,” he says emphatically. “The next raise you get is not going to be much more than the one you got last time. The only thing that’s important to us is that we go home at the end of the day. Period. So if them fools want to cut each other, well, happy cutting.”
The next inmate, an orderly in Cypress, enters. He is charged with being in an unauthorized area because he took a broom to sweep the tier during rec time, which is not the authorized time to sweep the tier. He starts to explain that a CO gave him permission. Miss Lawson cuts him off. “How would you like to plead?”
“Guilty, I guess.”
“You are found guilty and sentenced to 30 days’ loss of good time.”
“Man! Y’all—this is fucked up, man. Y’all gonna take my good time!?” He runs out of the room. “They done took my good time!” he screams in the hall. “They took my good time! Fuck them!” For removing a broom from a closet at the wrong time, this inmate will stay in prison an extra 30 days, for which CCA will be paid more than $1,000.
on some level it's crazy that things like this are allowed to happen in a manner that's basically systematic in the private prison system, but at the same time it's not the slightest bit surprising given how people in this country think prisoners should be treated. i'm sure the complete lack of budgeting for the few sorry fucks who have to guard these places doesn't help matters any either.
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i suspect that this is nowhere near out of place in for-profit prisons, and that worse things go on in them (especially the immigrant jails like the one in the article) pretty regularly. a few weeks back i read a massive mother jones piece from 2016 of a for-profit in louisiana, and it was genuinely eye-opening and described things that feel like they'd be not out of place in the immigration jail here.
just from the first two parts of that mother jones article:
on some level it's crazy that things like this are allowed to happen in a manner that's basically systematic in the private prison system, but at the same time it's not the slightest bit surprising given how people in this country think prisoners should be treated. i'm sure the complete lack of budgeting for the few sorry fucks who have to guard these places doesn't help matters any either.