Wut? I thought our prisons were the worst.
Mind you I'm not talking about it in terms of food, shelter, overcrowding, hygiene, etc. (which probably isn't too bad compared to most other countries), I'm referring to the rapes, violence, murder, gangs and the totally fucked up unreasonable and crazy prison "culture" in general.
My impression is that in most other countries prison is a case of -
"do your time in a shitty cell, occasionally get beaten by the guards, come out malnourished and possibly sick"
but here it's like -
"don't drop the soap; stay away from blind spots if you want to keep your intestines; if you reject a sexual advance by a shot-caller be prepared for violence (and possible future ambushes for the rest of your time inside); if you're invited to a prison gang you're fucked whether you join or not; if you join a prison gang you will have to work for them even when you're out;" etc.
