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>in most prisons in the US, prisoners generally aren't actually cuffed or restrained unless they're being punished. Maybe I wasn't very clear, this was while w
by lightbyte 9y ago
>in most prisons in the US, prisoners generally aren't actually cuffed or restrained unless they're being punished.
Maybe I wasn't very clear, this was while we were walking around among them and talking with the prisoners. I don't think any US prisons would allow students (this was for a study abroad class) to walk among and interact with unrestrained prisoners for safety reasons.
- chimeracoder 9y ago> I don't think any US prisons would allow students (this was for a study abroad class) to walk among and interact with unrestrained prisoners for safety reasons. No, they definitely do.
- ficklepickle 9y agoMy impression is that in the USA, they like to try to "scare em straight" by having guards and inmates terrorize troubled children, compounding their trauma and all but guaranteeing they end up in prison later.