The authors note that "if prisoners' only access to support is through prison officers, then prisoners in need would be reluctant to seek help" (Hobbs and Dear 2000:12000
In the historical sense, a deadline refers to the boundary around a prison which, if prisoners crossed it, they'd be shot by the guards.
Even if prisoners didn't die there, prison may have been a place of intense loneliness, fear and anger for some people, causing their spirits to return there after death.
But unlike the fictional Slade prison, private investors receive "payment-by-results" if prisoners do not re-offend.
Essentially, half of prison cell murders since 2000 could have been avoided if prisoners had not been forced to share cells with such unstable inmates.
"If prisoners don't behave, their privileges are withdrawn.
It would be a good thing if prisoners were pushed to give up smoking.
It made it look as if prisoners were being treated as assets.
If prisoners classify these offenders differently, why should that change on the outside?
If prisoners may be replaced by tourists, the poor, in some cases, already have been.
If prisoners of war were afraid of being "brainwashed," the thinking went, they might be more susceptible to indoctrination.
