Why do u think the visitation rooms are closed in prisons?
466465
Some prisions have both systems, and only inmates that are low risk get to spend time with their family. Obviously the reason they seperate eachother is because the are in prision and are meant to be punished, plus it allows them to not be able to exchange items without a guard looking it over. I am sure there is not prision with high risk people the allow them to see their visitors unprotected.
377938
there shouldn't be any, alcatrazz was a male prison and it has been closed for many years
82480
yes i have been in most of my life and it's not what others expect depends on the state and the facility u are put in along with the care u recive there i agree some of them should be closed down due to the things that happends in there i was rped and locked in rooms, chained down to the bed and given muscle relaxors just because the nurses didnt want to be bothered with me other places actually listened to me and what was going on so it just depends on the place and the people that are running it
439209
Of all the people I know in prison, not one of them has ever mentioned being able to use a computer with Internet. They can use computers' to write letters and practice typing skills, play games but that's about it. Unless they are granted special privelages to go online but then I would believe they would be watched awful close. Real close.
271984
No solitary, are you kidding they have em sleeping on the floor as it is. I don't know about visiting hours but you must be related to the prisoner to visit them.
270209
No, because it doesn't deal with the underlying problem.  Solitary confinement doesn't resolve issues, it propagates them-people are social beings, excluding someone from human contact is a form of torture.
962745
a prison cell?\ndont ask!!!
145479
thats bullshit jails arent comartable plus theyre over filled and some inmates dont even have a bathroom to use because they sleep on cots in rec rooms
788086
You have tons and tons of company!\nCheck out http://www,prisontalk.com\n\n(and be thankful it's only until March, I have 3 people I care about inside... two are lifers and I won't get my baby brother back until 2014)
1157886
Go to the forum for your state at http://www.prisontalk.com to learn all the details of the corrections system in your state.\nAlso, such visits are usually called "Family Visits" now, not "Conjugal Visits"... someone figured out that it was dumb to call it a "Conjugal" visit when often it is an inmates parents, children and or siblings spending the time with him, not always a spouse.
800485
This is different with different prisoners in different prisons in different states. No easy answers here, but my brother-in-law(a prison guard) used to say the recreation privileges(TV, books, weight lifting) they received was the only way to control and keep guards safer.  He also said there were those who shouldn't have been there although we'd like to believe our justice system is fair. He was especially concerned with the younger prisoners. You might try searching the internet for a local prison and see what information you can find-there's usually lots! \n\nFor instance try "federal prison privilege".
204579
Actually, most prisons have done away with the candy and soda.\n\nSome inmate rights include:\nSending and recieving mail, in a timely manner (If abused, that right can be suspended or terminated, but it is a right not a privilige)\n\nAccess to legal assistance, but that does not mean a lawyer paid for by the state except if there is to be an appeal of a sentence more severe than 25 years without the possibility of parole, and in that case, the state provides counsel for ONE shot at the appellate court. On a more routine basis, it means that the facility shall maintain a basic law library and that mail between an inmate and an attorney, legal aid organization, state or federal official and news organizations shall be considered "Confidential" and cannot be monitored or read, though it can be checked for contraband, in the sight of the inmate.\n\n4 hours per week minimum yard time, except if extraordinary circumstances require that the facility be "locked down" for a period of time.\n\nReasonable medical care, and this right is so flagrantly violated in many states that the Federal courts have had to intervene to ensure compliance\n\nThere are many, many more...and they are routinely violated and contrary to popular myth, do not include such things as cable television or top notch excercise facilities. \n\n\nPriviliges include \nrecieving visits from approved persons, (Conjugal visits are very rare, contrary to popular impression) \n\nUse of the telephone (In most cases the calls must be collect and are horrendously expensive, I pay 20 bucks for 15 minutes) \n\nThe option to purchase and possess a television or CD player, a microwave oven, certain musical instruments, craft supplies and/or various other items.\n\nExtra time in the day room or on the yard\n\nThe option to spend a little more money at the canteen (the prison store where inmates purchase soap, shampoo, writing supplies,coffee, food and assorted other small items)\n\nAgain, there are other priviliges an inmate may earn, but those are a few of them.\n\n\n\n\nForget the fairy tales, some prisons are "better" than others, but prison is not some kind of luxury resort or summer camp.... Prison is just that "prison".
97806
it is up to the instution you are in if it is a maximum security you do not leave the cell for any reason during a lock down ,not even rec,, only way you can move during a lock down is to go to chapel or see your attorney, if you a in a minimum security you may go to chow, chapel,attorney vist, but no rec during a lock down it is for punishment, rec is a privalige, phones are turned off during lock downs as well, but most prisons will allow you to go and eat , to much of a hassel to feed each inmate in cell , plus they would have to have the extra man power ie guards to follow trustees carrying the food
941410
They are nothing more than institutions.  Like prisons with the prison mentality.  I have two kids in school and two in college.  Believe me I can't wait until I no longer have to deal with those lazy, incompetent, self-righteous, prozac induced loser administrators and office personnel
961498
Good god.   I have never seen so many "probably," "maybe," or "most likely" answers in one place in awhile.\n\nMy husband has been in federal prison for 26 years so please allow me to shed some authenticity on the subject.    The convictions on specific crimes do determine where they start out, such as a U.S. Penitentiary, like Leavenworth.  \n\nBut over time, some can wind up at a Medium or a Minimum.   IF they live long enough, they can be released to a camp before going home.    Camp is still a controlled environment.\n\nYou were not give accurate descriptions at all of the various levels, including the Wikipedia response.   \n\nMy husband was convicted on less than four ounces of cocaine, and got 41 years, thanks to RICO back in the 80's.  Due to his age and health, he  is currently at a Minimum.   He has been in prisons in Kansas, Georgia, Mississippi, Kentucky and Florida.   Go figure.   He is currently 700 miles away from any family, one way.   He is 65 years old, with health problems, and has been thoroughly screwed over by the parole board (long story).    We have been trying to get THAT straightened out for four years now.   \n\nMinimums are not Cupcake Facilities.   Minimums are enclosed by razor wire, they are patrolled internally and externally, and the guys are told when to get up, when to eat, when they can go outside, when they have to come inside, when they have to go to bed.    Visitors have to be on a list, and go through metal detectors, and at least three interior doors to get to the visiting room. \n\nThere is one doctor for the 2000 men at his facility.   I knew a young man that got gangraped and died from his injuries there, and an elderly diabetic who died in his wheelchair outside the med unit waiting for help.    Miniums are no picnic.   \n\nUnlike TV shows (I Hate Prison Break!), the guys do not discuss their crimes.    Child molesters keep their mouths shut, and gangsta wannabees brag to enhance their reputation.   You can't believe anything the inmates tell you, period, so no one really knows what anyone is in there for, unless it makes the news.   \n\n If you check out my husband's web site, you will see that he was not a white-collar criminal, as someone else stated.  There are white-collar criminals there, like income tax evasion or embezzling, but I would guestimate that 90% of the inmates in federal prison are there on drug-related charges (thanks to our politicians and their "get tough on crime" mandatory minimums  - 5 years for one joint).  \n\nThere are a lot of men and women who have no business in prison, but the power to decide cases on individual points has been taken away from judges, by the politicians and their laws.    Those laws always impress voters, until someone in their family gets in trouble.   Then they find out that once those doors slam, that's it.   The kid who died after being gang-raped was only in there for a three-year drug sentence, not a death sentence.   I met his parents and they will never get over it.\n\nThere are Cupcake prisons, for Martha and the politicians, but regular folks will never see one of those.  \n\nFor the most part, the documentaries you see on PBS are more accurate about current prison life, in any of the prisons.   Prison is hell on earth, with camp being Purgatory.   They are not intended to rehab, but are warehouses, to keep the "bad" people away from the "good" people.    \n\nHope this gives you more accurate info.
269653
YES,,IT STILL EXIST.. BUT IS NOT THE TYPE OF VIOLENCE WE ENCOUUNTER IN THE STREET OR ANY PUBLIC PLACE.\n\nTHE TYPE OF VIOLENCE THAT EXIST IN THE PRISON HAS TO DO ALOT WITH RACIAL PROBLEMS.. STATE PRISONS INCLUDING LOCAL AND FEDERAL JAILS ENCOURGE RACIAL PROFILING IT CONSTISTS OF\n\nWHITES\nBLACKS\nHISPANICS\nAND \nOTHER.\n\nMANYLY FIGHTS OCCUR BECAUSE SOMEONE FEELS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DISRESPECTED OR BECAUSE A BAD DRUG DEAL WENT SOUR.\nMOST VIOLENCE IN PRISON ALSO AFECTS THE GUARDS..
1138686
In our society we believe that all should have basic rights. Criminals have more access to these not because they have more rights, but because they no longer have access to the outside world. They cannot go out and earn money for things like doctors and dentists. As for visitation, they can lose those rights. To be punished there must first be something to punish with. Since criminals have already lost so much, the system manufactures new ways to punish these people. So they allow visitation and other things in order to reward or punish the criminal. It is simple conditioning. What else would they have to behave for if these things weren't available.\nI agree sometimes though that it seems that they "have it made." Most of us cannot go see a dentist when we need one. Why don't we just let them suffer? Unfortunatly this country believes in human treatment of its prisoners. Need a tooth filled? steal a car!\ndoesn't seem quite fair that they get stuff when there are innocent people starving and dying on the streets.