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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have just started watching OZ (I know, a decade late).  Thankfully I have no expose to prison life and there are some questions on fiction versus reality.  The prison is a maximum security facility, so based on that.....

Do the prisoners really have that much freedom, comparatively speaking?  They are hanging out in empty classrooms getting high.  Wandering in & out of each other's cells, taking showers with what seems like a flexible schedule, going in & out of supply closets.  Not being escorted by guards.

Depends on what type of security (and if they are in a threaputic community type program).  But yeah, some prisons have "free" type cells.  Not as much freedom as you saw on OZ, but yeah...it's like that.

Are they allowed to watch the news or whatever they want on TV?

Again, it depends.  There is some news, but it was usually limited (for example, if a prisoner was being executed - that coverage was usually blocked because it would get the inmates fired up.  We did movies, but it was a lot of G rated stuff.

They have razors & lighters, really?

I never saw lighters, but razors yes.

The guards and prisoners seem to be in much closer contact when they don't really need to be.  If a guard is not having direct contact with a prisoner wouldn't there be a wide personal space for the guards.

Correctional officers (they are not called guards) have enough contact, but they learn how and when to keep their distance.  Also, as a female working in a correctional facility - you learn how to walk wide as well.

The prisoners are able to walk in a staff member's office & shut the door, leaving them both alone, no guards, without any security cameras.

No.

Are there female guards in male prisons?  Wouldn't it make sense to put them in with the female population?  There aren't as many female guards so there would always be a need for them in a woman's facility.

There are female correctional officers and vice versa.  Actually, male correctional facilities are much better.  I liked working with men MUCH more - the female facilities are much more violent.

Would the "hole" really be the prisoner naked sleeping on the ground?

No.

If it is known that one prisoner is abusing another, couldn’t one of them be moved to another cell block or whatever would keep them away from each other?

Correctional facilities are very over populated places, I think TV makes this so much more dramatic.  There just isn't this much fighting as on TV.  Most of the prison violence is gang related.

Can they really wear whatever they want?  Is the dress code not strict & all clothing provided?  On OZ one of the male staff members dresses more like an inmate than some of the inmates.

Depends on the facility (max, min, etc.).

I know it is TV, no reason to point that out.  So anyone know how it really works behind bars?  I won't ask how you know what you know :)
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