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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Jul 22 03:42:52 2019, in response to Re: Why are MTA workers not striking due to tonight's conductor assault?, posted by randyo on Sun Jul 21 22:01:17 2019. The inconvenience is designed to "impact the inmates' families", and discourage them from visiting.I went to Rikers on assignment to interview an inmate, and the "security procedures" you have to go through, plus the long wait to actually see the inmate, are among the obstacles to visitation. Yes, I agree that the prison must be kept secure, but still, some of the onerous "requirements", like the low-level grilling you get on entry about your visit, are clearly there to make the experience even more unpleasant. Prisons aren't there to rehabilitate, but to punish, and everything that inmates experience, including barriers to receiving visitors, is done specifically to achieve this goal. I say this as someone who has both worked in the NYC jail system, and experienced it later as s visitor. PS, the harsh visitation rules and "procedures" were made even more difficult under Giuliani, who is hardly a "liberal". |
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