Lock Down:
I recently received an email from a friend in prison. he apologized for not emailing sooner. In the email, he said the guards stripped searched them, put them get naked in the field while the guards went through the cells. The guards destroyed all the cells, and everyone’s things were taken out. Crafts, blankets, clothes, and other items were all gone!
Contraband:
Certainly, some things must be thrown out; however, if it isn’t contraband, why throw it out? If it is a craft project, a blanket or nothing that causes harm, why not just leave them in the cells? Guards do not care that it costs families and inmates money to replace blankets, sheets, and pillows. It cost money to replace craft supplies. So every time they throw something out it is more money for inmates and families to come up with that they may not have to spend.
Embarrassing:
I realize strip searches are necessary but is it necessary to put everyone naked in a field together? Is it necessary to destroy cells while everyone is naked in a field? This is embarrassing and dehumanizing for the inmate. Just because they are in prison does not change the fact that they are still human beings with feelings. It does not give guards the right to have a power trip or to treat people this way.
Dehumanizing:
Inmates feel that they are not treated as humans. It is bad enough they must shower, use the bathroom, and get strip-searched with other people. Then guards come along and make comments that are inappropriate to them. Some inmates are locked in cells 23 hours a day. They get an hour they get out of their cells, and that is for a shower, one 10-minute phone call, and 30 minutes rec time.
What needs to change?
Training guards on treating inmates better. Help for families and inmates so things do not cost so much money. Better programs and jobs when an inmate gets their property thrown out they can replace it. Inmates treated as human beings!! Treating inmates less than human isn’t making them pay for their crimes any more than they already are. That is what prison is for!
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I agree inmates shouldn’t have feel dehumanized. They are people and they’re already paying for their crimes.
I hated these when I was on prison. They make you feel like embarrassed and ashamed. You already go to the bathroom and take a shower in front of other people. You have no privacy what so ever. But to put you in a field naked while they tear your cell apart just isn’t right.
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