The Human Zoo

Like the old Bedlam, all prisons are sporadically invaded by gawkers.  These tend to be various species of criminal justice professionals, magistrates, students and the like.

Here, in the Block, we can only listen as they appear whilst we are banged up.  It is frustrating, and some cons shout out entertaining allegations to these unseen visitors.

Why not introduce these enquirers to a con or two?  Staff may well be able to adequately describe the basics of the Block regimes, but only a prisoner can begin to explain the experience of isolation and bang-up.

At the very least, let the visitors bring in bags of peanuts or sticky buns to throw at us!