Aussie human rights activist Dorina Lisson responded to ‘Let Them Starve’ (7-5-11) with a description of prison conditions in Asia and the Middle East. The bozos at Pelican Bay State Prison, who with their hunger strike are complaining about the conditions under which they are confined, don’t realize how good they’ve got it.
ASIAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN PRISONS
By Dorina Lisson
As a human rights activist, I am all for 'humane' prison conditions. Unfortunately, prison life can be very rough, even for violation of a minor offence.
For example; If you are unlucky enough to find yourself on the wrong side of the law and end up in an Asian or Middle Eastern prison, here is a sample of what to expect.
In these countries drug-traffickers are presented with the death penalty. If you are caught with 15 grams heroin, or more, it is a mandatory death sentence.
These countries make no legal distinction between 'soft' and 'hard' drugs. Harsh penalties for carrying illegal drugs can be severe, even for offences involving marijuana and alcohol.
Penalties include public executions to the sound of cheers, life in prison without parole, limb amputation, flogging and even torture.
Be prepared to share your prison cell with a bucket, at least a dozen cockroaches, some lice and a few rats. You will need to become accustomed to the aroma from the bucket (your toilet).
If you conform, prison officials will reward you with a lid for your bucket. If you refuse to conform to what is expected of you by authorities, you may be legally flogged.
Most prisons have small dormitory cells and can contain up to 20 prisoners with one large bucket for everyone to share.
A variety of contagious diseases and infections including hepatitis and HIV are plentiful. The local drinking water contains a natural potent laxative - diarrhea becomes a habit.
Every prisoner is allowed one cold shower (2-3 minutes max before the tap is turned off by prison staff) per week. Every prisoner is allowed clean underpants once only per week. If you soil your underpants you will have to sit in it.
The bed is usually a thin mat on the floor/ground, but do not assume you will get much sleep - those annoying mosquitoes keep buzzing in your ears and the rats have a bad habit of running over your face throughout the night.
As for the food ... you wouldn't feed it to a dog - the cockroaches look more appetizing!
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