>>>But what about the reality shows? hahaha.
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>>>Another thing he is forgetting is that a good number of the prisons here now have what is called "23 hour lockdown". That is where they keep the inmates in a tiny cell 23 hours a day - and the other 1 hour a day they're put in another area that is perhaps 10foot x 10foot at the most - again with no other inmates. Few of these inmates have access to a TV and rarely any books. This is actually becoming the "norm" in USA prisons because the people working in the prisons find it easier to deal with the inmate population when they are just sitting in a cell. Every state now has several of these facilities. Now explain to me how that is club med? Hell that would drive a guy nuts and as matter of fact they've proven that is does.
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>>>>Wait! Are you saying that I have to go deeper than just listening to TV to have a good understanding of things of life? Damn, I knew it was too easy ;)
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>>>>>Of course I've seen these things on TV. I've also seen riots, rapes, and murders in prisons reported on the news too. I'm not going to try to have a debate with you about it because you're argument is that "you saw it on tv so it's club med" and it's not possible for you to have a clue about the reality of what USA prisons are like based on a few choice new clips that the department of corrections allowed the media to have. Like I said (and Tamar indicated) - go visit one and get back with me.
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>>What you're describing is a maximum security section at a prison. Not all sections in prisons are this way. Each prison has a section for the 'trouble children'. In most of the prisons the inmates are out of their cells all day playing basketsball and watching TV in the lounges. They call these sections 'General Population'.
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>While there are maximum security sections, there are still a HUGE number of 23 hour lockdown FACILITIES - where the entire population is locked down. Don't you watch MSNBC too?

Oh, boy, you're asking for it there ;-)