DEGRADING AND DEMEANING PRISONERS

Degrading And Demeaning Prisoners



Degrading And Demeaning Prisoners

The prisoners work very much within the sight of the public and the degrading aspect of their exposure is all to apparent from the reactions of some of the prisoners interviewed:

"(it is a) show, a circus, a zoo",

"it`s degrading and embarrassing - these chains are like slavery".

However it has become an increasingly popular opinion in America, amongst republicans and democrats alike, that criminals should be visibly ostracized. We must not understate the enormous significance of the reintroduction of the public display of prisoners - in the television film ...