Privacy In Anamosa

In the Anamosa video, many of the scenes shown caught my attention. Inmates are barricaded behind thirty-five foot walls and seven shooting towers which separate them from civilization. Inmates are behind the walls of Anamosa because they were put there for a reason. Freedom is what was taken from them due to their actions, but many of these inmates do not have an issue serving their time in Anamosa. After watching the Anamosa video it was a different atmosphere from the recent videos. These men were taken away from society due to their actions. They are put into seclusion with people who are in there for similar reasons. Privacy is not limited when staying inside Anamosa. With a large amount of inmates incarcerated in the Anamosa penitentiary it caught my attention that these men can just walk out of their cells. In one scene it showed an inmate getting back into his cell by using a combination pad lock. This makes no sense when there is a large amount of inmates who are capable of dangerous activity. Overcrowding is an issue in the video but they find ways to house inmates. In the one cell there was three bunk beds stacked on top of each other. The inmate mentioned that when one has to use the bathroom they leave the room and they respect their privacy. Privacy is not an issue when living in Anamosa. …show more content…
As it showed in the video the discipline unit is common for inmates who go against the rules. The hole is not a place inmates want to be because they are locked inside for twenty-three hours out of the day. Another issue that occurs frequently inside the prison is the infestation of “rats”. Inmates rat on other inmates because they might know valuable information or want revenge. They write what they know and they put the note inside a box which is called a kite letter. If prisoners know that they will step foot into the real world again they will do anything to cut time off of their