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Back in the 60's another sailor and myself had to transport a prisoner from New London CT to the US Navy Prison at Portsmouth NH (about a 4 hour drive) so we got to go inside the brig which was manned by US Marines. It was run by the book with prisoners having to request permission to do anything. Very harsh discipline. We observed no cruelty but none the less, a place we agreed we did not want to be in. I asked a Marine what happened when someone got out of line. He said all privileges were revoked and they were put in solitary confinement on bread and water. Also their sentence could be extended for any physical violence.
Back in the 60's another sailor and myself had to transport a prisoner from New London CT to the US Navy Prison at Portsmouth NH (about a 4 hour drive) so we got to go inside the brig which was manned by US Marines. It was run by the book with prisoners having to request permission to do anything. Very harsh discipline. We observed no cruelty but none the less, a place we agreed we did not want to be in. I asked a Marine what happened when someone got out of line. He said all privileges were revoked and they were put in solitary confinement on bread and water. Also their sentence could be extended for any physical violence.
Sounds almost exactly like the movie, “The Last Detail”. Excellent movie.
Only certain sentences go to Leavenworth. I believe it is duration based with death penalty folks going to Leavenworth as well. Example-I sat on a court martial panel where the defendant ended up with 5 years. He is at Fort Sill's jail now.
Leavenworth has a new jail and is no longer in the "castle".
Not sure if Mannheim's jail is still open. I had to go there in the 90s to escort a guy to Landstuhl for his chapter physical. He was only in jail for 90 days though.
What I don't get is how they are allowed to watch tv and play games.....
The person that is most likely going deserves to just sit and rot
I heard the same thing about Mannheim in Germany. I even took a tour of my county's detention facility and television is a way of keeping detainees occupied and less restless thus less likely to cause trouble within a block or ward.
The poster who mentioned the Correctional Custody Platoon in the Marines really brought back memories. I went through during Vietnam. Just the sight of these guys made me resolve not to do anything that would get me in the same situation.
These guys really did break up rocks all day with sledge hammers. They looked like complete wrecks hardly able to stand and march. And they marched with their sledge hammers. The drill instructors in the platoon were some of the meanest biggest people I had ever seen. Most of us managed to stay out of trouble and graduate.
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