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1. MichaelNolan · 1790270525 · focus · HN ↗

   Just out of college I didn’t know what I wanted to do, so I took a job at a prison near Phoenix AZ. It was outdoors, the cells had no AC. In a 10 hour shift in 115 (46c) degree weather I would go through 1.5 gallons (5.6 liters) of water. Every single day at least one inmate would pass out from the heat. At least they got heat for the winter.

   Thankfully I left all that behind a long time ago. Though I just checked and they still don’t have AC.

   There is a fairly famous quote: “The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons” - Fyodor Dostoevsky

   1. throwawayqqq11 · 1790271641 · focus · HN ↗

      Was it a privately owned prison? How much freedom do private prisons have to turn opaque for inspectors?

      1. MichaelNolan · 1790282885 · focus · HN ↗

         No I worked at a state run prison. All I know about the private ones is 1. The staff get paid less, and 2. They mostly only get “good” inmates. That was over a decade ago so idk if the 2nd part is still true.

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