When visiting the Nashua street jail, it solidified some of my ideas about the dirtiness of jail. When seeing the jail firsthand you understand that the relationship between guards and inmates and a constant mind game. The inmates have lost all all trust between themselves and the guards. They are under constant surveillance in the cells and free time, they are never at any moment not being watched or followed closely by a guard. The inmates understand that they have lost all of the privileges of a citizen and understand that they must show that they can work and wait so that they can come back into society. While in the Nashua Street Jail, inmates have a unwritten code and understand who will be prey and who will be a predetor. That as an inmate you must always watch your back for everything that you do and know that you will always have to to survive in the harsh environment.
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