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USS New Jersey brig
What kind of pervert would take a tour of a famous battleship, then head right for the BRIG? A Metalbond reader, of course. Check out the picture below and the information sent in by an anonymous reader of this blog:
Dear Metal,
The New Jersey was very cool. I took the self-guided tour, and enjoyed the berthing areas, Marines’ compartments — and the brig. There are no sinks or toilets in the brig cells, so the prisoners have to be escorted by a Marine to the head. I’m guessing they’re cuffed and/or shackled for the excursion. There are three cells right next to each other, each just barely bigger than the fold down bunk. Inmates were only served bread and water in the brig, for up to three days. If longer than three days, they were escorted by the Marines to the mess deck.
—from a reader
Metal would like to thank the reader for sharing this brig picture. Anyone else who has experience with a brig is invited to get in touch via email!
Another year of service, another link
Check out the tattoo that slave art has on his back
You can find this guy on Twitter and Recon, under slaveart
Recent items in the news
Check out these recent news items of note:
‘Spring Breakers’ and the Partiers’ Beachfront Jail (More of this here and here.)
Old Cell Block at Baruch College Is No Barrier to Learning
NY Corrections Officer Caught Making Out With Inmate
Best Prison Hotels (photo gallery)
Lawfully wedded – First gay union of National Police officers held in Spain (Spanish language version here)
Fosse-Meets-Fetish Video for Folsom Street Fair (article and video)
Savage Love: Ballers (advice column)
Thanks to Metalbond readers William, Louis, Pepe, RH and David for passing these articles along!
Would you rather be a guard or a prisoner?
Hey, how many of you guys ever heard of the Stanford Prison Experiment? This really happened back in the early 1970s, and I remember it being covered in a psychology class I took in college. The experiment was aborted because it got too intense. Now, there is a new movie coming out about it. Here’s the trailer:
In my own personal view, this experiment was conducted very poorly and the professor in charge of the whole thing was really a kook, but I’m definitely going to see this when it comes out.
This was also documented quite extensively in this BBC documentary, and on the Stanford Instructional Television Network.
There was also a fictional movie on the same theme, called Das Experiment.
Comedian Jeff Ross roasts inmates at Brazos County Jail
Corruption Officer
In addition to watching all the reality TV programs on life behind bars, such as “Lockup” on MSNBC, “Lockdown” on the Discovery Channel, “Jail” on the American Heroes network, not to mention “Alaska State Troopers,” “Cops” and “Locked Up Abroad,” among many others, I also like to read books about what it is like on the inside.
One such book that I could not put down recently is called ‘Corruption Officer,’ about a NYC corrections officer at Rikers Island, who turned corrupt, and ended up doing time himself!
It was horrifying, reading his tell-all account. It makes one thing VERY clear: Don’t ever even THINK about getting locked up for real. You will definitely regret it. It’s worth a read if you don’t believe me.
(My only complaint about the book is its cover picture. I don’t know why they would have him wearing leg irons on his wrists. Weird.)