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male-us-prison-experience · 16 hours

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The Australian way of Prison Life. Also with waist belt, handcuffs and leg-irons, but the cuffs of a slightly other model, with an extra heavy padlock added to the wrists.

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male-us-prison-experience · 3 days

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Hands through the slot inmate so we can get your cuffs on.

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male-us-prison-experience · 6 days

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This is one of my favorite images of The American Way of Prison Life. I would like to experience what it is like to be in the position of one of the two young men on the left and right. What stands out at first glance at the photo is their identical, bright orange-colored outfit, consisting of pants and a short-sleeved shirt. The right one looks at the ground, the left one stares ahead. Between them is an older man dressed in black, who takes them both under his arm in a rather conversational, but also with a determined look.

On the second look you see diagonally behind the trio a van with the text 'Police' on the far right, with 'City of Harrisburg' further back, also just legible. The man in the middle is a police officer, as can be recognized on closer inspection by the revolver on his right hip and the badge on his left chest. They've just stepped out of that bus, as another pic of the police offer with the left guy shows.

A third look: on the left trouser leg of both young men, DCP is printed on orange in large black letters. That trio of letters stands for Dauphin County Prison, the penitentiary of Pennsylvania. Both are inmates, and their orange clothing is their mandatory prison uniform.

As its Inmate Handbook found on the internet states: “You will be issued your prison uniform immediately upon arrival”. And a little further on: “You are required to be properly dressed in your Prison uniform at all times” - inside the prison, but of course also outside it. Although the officer who takes them away holds them quite loosely, they make no move to resist or run away.

Two inmates accompanied by just one police officer in between them: you will not often see that. Usually you will find pics of the reverse: two police officers escorting one inmate in between.

On a fourth look at our main pic you however will see that both prisoners – in the case of the left one largely hidden behind his left arm and the envelope he is holding in his right hand, more visible in case of the other - are wearing a wide brown leather belt around their waist. It's a rather tight fit, much tighter than would be necessary to keep his pants from falling down. It is not for that purpose either; where you would expect the buckle, instead a large steel D-shaped ring protrudes, which is fixed to the strap. The latter can be seen slightly better at the left inmate.

Through this sturdy ring passes the very short chain of a pair of handcuffs, which are closed around the prisoner's wrists. These handcuffs leave the wearer very little freedom of movement in this way; he is forced to keep his hands pressed tightly against his crotch all the time, and can no longer do anything dangerous with them. Because the handcuffs are inserted through the ring of the belt, there is no way for the wearer to free himself from that powerless position. The belt itself is buckled behind his back, putting the buckle completely out of his reach.

That buckle of course isn't visible on this pic here, but when you search a bit on the internet, you will find some (not very much) pics of inmates seen from behind showing this arrangement very clear. In fact the belt is a normal waist-belt worn the other way round, the front at the back, the back at the front, with just that big D-Ring fixed with help of strong nails on what has become the center of the front afterwards. This pic combines a front view from one inmate with a back view of another, for sure dressed and restrained the same way.

Although thanks to this arrangement the buckle is complete out of reach of the restrained wearer of the belt, if you have more inmates together, they might help to free each other. For maximum security in that case a padlock, fixing the belt in place, might be added to be absolute sure. If that's indeed done in our case, we can't discover.

To return to our main pic: On a fifth look you finally see - it is not noticeable at first - that a short chain runs between both feet, directly under the end of the orange trouser legs and above their shoes. Both prisoners wear not only handcuffs, but also leg irons.The shackles themselves, which are locked around their ankles, cannot be seen; they are hidden under the trouser legs. The connecting chain is so short that running away is completely impossible.

Already the little step of the left fellow is enough to almost completely tension the chain; a slightly larger one, and he stumbles. Because the shackles are not tied over, but under the trouser legs, i.e. directly around the prisoners' socks, the wearer feels them extra; with every step the chain tugs slightly on the foot cuff. This is much more painful on thin socks (let alone bare skin) than if there is also the fabric of the uniform trousers in between. That also puts a brake on fast walking.

In many cases, however, you will rencounter the reverse: the cuffs of the leg-irons locked not under, but over the pants of the inmate. In that case, the shackles are of course much more noticeable, which some prisoners may experience as more humiliating. On the other hand, it is clearly more comfortable to wear them like that, especially if you have to walk more than just a few meters.

Is there any conscious policy underlying this choice from the side of the prison authorities? You come across both variants very often, it is difficult to say which is more common, anyhow: I have not been able to discover any system so far. That is worth further investigation. Here at least is a pic showing the very intense moment a brand new inmate is getting his leg-irons locked on the opposite way for the first time.

Anyhow: it explains why both prisoners of our main pic willingly allow themselves to be taken here, outside the walls of the guarded prison: not only is any attempt at resistance made by the handcuffs, but also any attempt to escape because of the shackles pointless. This combination of belt-with-handcuffs and leg cuffs is known as 'full restraints'. The use of full restraints is mandatory in most US states as a standard security measure for all prisoners during their transport.

#jail #prisoner #inmate #prison uniform #shackles #prison #handcuffs #handcuffed inmate #waist belt #full restraints #orange prison uniform #leg irons

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male-us-prison-experience · 6 days

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Trusty Transit

Suit ‘em up, round ‘em up, line ‘em up, and ship ‘em to their new home.

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First Sight of It

Your ride to Prison wasn’t too bad. The car was big and fast, and the cops treated you fairly well. They even asked you whether you were “doin OK back there.” The back seat is actually pretty comfortable, if you don’t mind riding in chains. You can pretend to yourself that this is a normal trip to court and back again. But then you get to your prison and you see it for the first time.

In the next couple hours they’ll remove your chains. They’ll fingerprint you and give you a prison number. They’ll tell you to strip. They’ll search you and probe your “cavities.” They’ll make you squat and cough. They’ll take pictures—front, sides, any tatts or body mods. They’ll shower you and delouse you. They’ll buzz your hair off. They’ll stick you with needles and make you piss in a plastic jar. They’ll give you a uniform with your number stenciled on the chest, back, thigh, and butt, and they’ll make you put it on. They’ll take another set of mugshots of you wearing your uniform, so they can put them on their website for everyone to see, including your friends and family. Then they’ll take you to your cell and lock you in.

You don’t know any of this when they pull you out of the Corrections car and point you toward the Intake door. But your first sight of Prison tells you that your life has changed. You’re used to acting like an awesome guy, a tru dude, BRO. But when you see the steel door and the razor wire and the concrete city rising up behind them, something happens. You realize that you are small and soft and young, and Prison is old and hard and big and strong and ugly—and Prison is the place where you’re going to spend your life.

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Let Me Help You

This is your first step into the world of cages.

There’s a lot going on. You are appropriately restrained—thick belt locked onto your belly, cuffs locked to the belt, shackles locked to your legs. With that 15-inch chain between your leg cuffs you couldn’t possibly get up those stairs without the strong arm of the correctional officer pulling you along. Note that his arm is lots thicker than your arms. You’d be at his mercy, even if you weren’t chained up. Note also that he’s wearing a glove, so he won’t catch anything you’ve got on you, or inside you. Soon they’ll put a quart of de-louse on your body, just to make sure.

For this journey, you’re wearing your designer jeans and your hottest tee. What were you doing when they put you in custody—getting ready for some horizontal action, or just advertising your availability? The two dudes that are already in the cage are also in cool-clothing mode. You aren’t looking at them now, cuz you’re so busy with those fuckin steps, but you’re gonna get pretty used to them on the nice long ride you’ll soon be taking. The one on the left is hot, but he’s already looking wistful, like, “Is there somebody out there that can take me out of this cage?” But there isn’t.

You’re going to discover that your travel cage is very secure. It doesn’t have all the amenities you might expect—just a pair of steel benches, to which you and your new friends will be attached, and some airholes, so you don’t suffocate or anything. If there are springs on this vehicle, you won’t notice them. Every little bump will send your ass bouncing up and down on that little shelf of steel. But your cage is double-locked: that door on the left, the one with the little rectangle of steel mesh—that’s only the inside door. Once that door closes up on you, there’s another door that will close outside of that, and in case you wonder if you’re really secure, you’ll hear them both lock tight. No chance of error. Once you’re in the cage, you’re going all the way.

Of course, when you get to the Pen, you’ll be locked in a lot more cages. There’s a double ring of razorwire around the whole place, 30 feet high. Then there’s the big zoo that they call the cellblock. And then there’s the little monkey cage on Tier 4, where you’re gonna live. Like the cage you’re climbing into now, it’s made especially for you–it’s exactly the right size for you and your cellie, and it’s totally secure. Like they say, the longest journey begins with a single step.

#transport #cuffs #cages #prisoner #prisoners transport

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male-us-prison-experience · 8 days

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This picture shows that in earlier times, even outside America, professionals had already given careful thought to terrifying prison architecture from which there was no escape. It shows the (never executed) design of the famous French revolutionary architect Claude-Nicholas Ledoux for a prison in Aix-en-Provence from 1786. We do not know exactly what it was supposed to look like from the inside. But the picture suggests the worst. Who would (not) want to stay there for a while? Imagine yourself stored somewhere inside...

#prison #prisoner

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male-us-prison-experience · 9 days

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Nothing to add about the Czech way of starting prison life

tall czech boy. The sound of his shackles is music to me

#jail #inmate #prisoner #shackles #handcuffs #handcuffed inmate #arrested

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Securely locked up behind bars - the inmate, of course wearing prison stripes, being left inside, the jailer now can close the door

#jail #inmate #prisoner #prison uniform #prison stripes #locked up #behind bars

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male-us-prison-experience · 9 days

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Great demonstration video about handcuffing and shackling

#inmate #prisoner #prison uniform #shackles #handcuffs #handcuffed inmate #arrested

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The camera zooms nicely in when he first gets shackled and then handcuffed as part of a four-way-system - all four cuffs connected by a central chain - before led away

There’s so much good Polish criminal justice system content that it’s hard to pick the best of it, but I rediscovered this in my files and it’s amazing. (This is the soundtrack it came with… too bad it doesn’t have the sound of the shackles but still hot to imagine having your arrest become police PR material)

#jail #prisoner #prison #shackles #handcuffs #handcuffed inmate

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male-us-prison-experience · 9 days

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Usual kind of shackles (handcuffs, leg-irons and connecting chain), but more boring grey prison uniform. Would be interested, which movie this clip is taken from. It's not a Russian one, there is a short text in English visible to the left on the wall when the inmate is sitting behind the desk for his telephone-meeting