Fyodor Dostoevsky once said, "The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons." Try it here in the U.S. But wear boots; it's a sewer.
You may know that our prisons are appalling. If you don't, you should; you're responsible. But even with what you think you know, you've certainly missed the disgusting secret of U.S. jails and prisons: rape. Rape is a method of control with the collusion, sometimes instigation, of guards. Men rape men; women are raped by guards, staff and other inmates. Rape, with the silent acceptance of wardens and staff, is the savage routine in our prisons. It is the initiation process for frightened "new fish;" it's the price of survival for the small, the weak, the defenseless, the gay. It is the fear that haunts the days and nights of those not yet turned out -- or turned into predators. Per the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun, its "horrors... border on the unimaginable."
Imagine it.
First off, if someone is assaulted by another inmate, then that inmate should be brought up on charges.
Secondly, prison isn't supposed to be a "cake walk". It's a scary place that is filled with horrible people. It houses societies worst people. It's punishment and it's entire purpose is to make sure inmates don't come back in.
And liberals wonder why they have the reputation of being soft on crime.
While we're at it, why aren't they so impassioned about veterans who defend their right to say the things they do?
Why are they always posting articles and pictures such as "fuck the troops"?
Why don't they get impassioned about capturing or killing terrorists, instead of worrying if they have a book being flushed down a toilet?
When they get impassioned about issues like that, then I'll lend more credence to theirs.
Travis
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