Opinion: What happened during my first visit to a prison since being released from one
An aerial view of San Quentin State Prison in California in 2014. By Jason Rezaian Jason Rezaian Global Opinions writer Email Bio Follow Global Opinions writer March 26 at 6:00 AM On my latest trip to the Bay Area, I did something a bit different from what I usually do when I visit the area in which I grew up: I went to prison.
Prison takes on many forms around the world, and many of the people behind bars, it can be argued, are there for good reason. Regardless of an inmate’s innocence or guilt, however, there are two things that can’t be denied. The dehumanizing of an inmate begins early. Freedom of movement is neutralized. Senses are deprived, possessions seized. Then the “processing” portion of incarceration begins. Fingerprints, mugshots. A new set of clothes — a uniform — is forced on you, designed to take away one more marker of your identity. And then you are given a number to replace your name.What imprisonment often lacks, though, is the promise of rehabilitation or “correction” that’s often officially implied in the process.
I was reminded of a passage I came across in a copy of the 1960 edition of the Federal Bureau of Prisons booklet: “These men read more serious literature than does the ordinary person in the community.” Literate convicts, it estimated, read from 75 to 100 books each year.
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