At first for weeks or months, each of us were kept isolated from the outside world, with no mail, no telephones, no radio or newspapers, WE remained in prison. Men women and children seeking asylum in Australia are locked behind bars in remote detention centres until they are either granted via or deported back to their persecuted lives that comprises of terror and in justice. However long that process takes, be it three months or six years. Even blind men and pregnant women are kept behind razor
Only the prisoners and guards knew what happened inside so the prison became a place where unspeakable torture occurred without any restraint. It also became a place for cultural fantasy. American
Ideally, the prisoners would not have had sufficient access to enough materials within their cells to create a successful riot. Therefore, it was not necessary to install tear gas outlets in the individual cells of the prison. The next security feature that was added to alcatraz penitentiary was the hiring of armed guards. For every three alcatraz inmates, there was one guard, who was professionally trained to maneuver a gun. johnston established gun galleries in different ends of the cellhouse, and installed electric doors and gates throughout the prison.
The original role for prisons was just to hold criminals and no regard was given for an inmate’s well-being. These prisons were often overcrowded and dirty (2011). The welfare of the inmates did not seem to matter. As Roth states in the text “Contrary to existing penal protocol, Rush envisioned a prison system in which convicts were housed in a large building equipped with single cells to segregate the more dangerous and disruptive prisoners. All others were lodged in apartments” (2011, p. 89).
. . such things as leaving inmates in their cell with no clothes or in female underpants, handcuffing them to the door of their cell—and the answer I got was, “This is how military intelligence (MI) wants it done.” . . .
Philip Zimbardo actually played the role of the warden and looked over the behavior inside the prison. The Stanford experiment was originally supposed to last for 14 days but had to be cut short due to what was occurring inside the mock prison. The guards became abusive and the prisoners began experiencing stress and anxiety. The guards and prisoners were never instructed in how to behave and were left with that freedom. Instead of behaving in a positive manner the guards started to become aggressive and abusive towards prisoners and the prisoners started to become passive
They are completely secluded from the outside world (sometimes even locked in heavily guarded rooms), have no one to talk to (beside the pimp’s other girls), and have no idea who to reach out to, or how to get help. If they are picked up by the police for prostitution, they are arrested and taken to jail. A punishment from their pimp usually ensues after they are released. Sex trafficking is not limited to certain regions within the United States; it is universally prevalent. Approximately 10% of American men buy sex each year.
3) From Reicher and Haslams BBC prison study, describe the prison environment created for this study Prisoners were allocated to lockable 3-person cells. These and the showers were located off a central atrium where the prisoners ate meals and did chores. This was separated by a lockable steel mesh fence from the guards section which included their bathroom, dormitory and sitting area. This separation caused a physical divide between prisoners and guards which turned into a social
The experiment quickly took on a very serious tone. With the guards acting like real guards and vice versa for the prisoners. The experiments relevance can be realized with situations such as Abu Ghraib , and the Attica and San Quentin riots. “In only a few days, our guards became sadistic and our prisoners became depressed and showed signs of extreme stress.”-Philip Zimbardo. Its amazing that after a whole life of being a one person, in only a few days this experiment turned all the participants into stereotyped
Those who refused to take it, disobeyed the rules of the camp, or were suspected troublesome were sent to a facility in North Carolina called the Tula Lake Facility, which was later named a segregation center. We all were housed in barracks, with cots pushed close together, and not given the care we needed. Many died due to lack of medical attention; along with the intense amounts of stress that each of us had endured. The camps were surrounded by fence and constantly watched by a countless amount of guard towers holding only white men. We were forced to work in the camps in order to keep the facility running.