Have you ever been to jail , particularly  either as a visitor or long term guest?

 

I always get fascinated by jail's when I travel to parts of Asia and other countries (some people get fascinated by Cemeteries)  and in my trip end up going to take pictures of jail's .

 

As for Cemeteries I had friend in 2008 who came from Indonesia,took him to see the Blue Mountains in Australia,he was too interested in the Cemetery,anyway that's another story ,it's strange someones fascination in something when travelling,it's not all wine women & song ,even had a friend picture post offices ,bizzare interest in taking pics & visiting post offices 

 

I went to visit a ex Thai bar manager friend in Pattaya jail a few years ago,I didn't like him,I only went there to look inside the jail really, but we had to talk with him behind a cage wire almost like a bird aviary and other prisoners standing next to him also talking/shouting to their visitors.

 

Bang Kwang in Bangkok is my favourite,but I must admit the guards especially the women guards were the nastiest looking people I have ever seen.

 

There was no smiles from them.

 

I visited the jail.in Cambodia too,just on the outside though,asked a tuk tuk to take me ,dirty dusty looking jail with rusty barbed wire 

 

So the question is have you ever been to a jail in the world 

 

I remember hearing from a guy at work saying there was a jail in the innermost area of the Scottish Highlands, I would love to see that 

 

 

Maybe. 

 

Watch this space

I haven't had the pleasure.

The closest I have gotten is my junior high school. Counted the days until release.

Spend all my time trying to stay out of jail.

Did you take some supply, gifts (food) donations or was just weird Zoo excursion for you. 

Whilst we are talking about Cemeteries I visited one up in The nether regions of isaan a few years ago mostly coloured statutes with cremated boxes 

 

Unfortunately I was chased out of there by wild dangerous dogs 

I've been (for a few minutes to complete some paperwork on a charged soldier) inside 2 military police jails.

 

One was an Australian military police jail. The another operated by another western military. The brutality and severe violence (part of the 24/7 standard situation) every day, enacted by soldiers in detention and the MPs very severe, very frightenng and debilitating.

 

Terrifying and never forgotten. Over 50 years later the memories of what I saw (just in the military jails) still come back.

27 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

I haven't had the pleasure.

The closest I have gotten is my junior high school. Counted the days until release.

Some negative reviews on the canteen food?

not yet.

I am going to answer the Cemeteries part of the question that was inferred, rather than implied.  Some of my favourite cycling routes pass by or through cemeteries.  There is one nice ride that passes with the Muslim cemetery to the left, and the crematorium to the right.  It is not such a nice ride going up the hill.  We went to visit a former colleague - a late colleague - at the crematorium, the day before his ceremony.

Near the big Hokkien cemetery on the edge of the city, there is the Nirvana crematorium, with what looks like a residential waiting room adjacent.  There was a pack of stray dogs hanging about outside, I’ve never seen them gnawing on bones, and I always struggle not to imagine it.  The pub in the middle of the cemetery was not open the first time that we passed by (to be fair, it was 10 am) and now is gone completely.  Unlike Diggers (the Athletic Arms) on Ardmillan Terrace, opposite the cemetery, which I have never cycled past.

54 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Have you ever been to jail , particularly  either as a visitor or long term guest?

no, i'm allergic to jails

1 minute ago, Pique Dard said:

no, i'm allergic to jails

Do they make you come out in arrows?

3 minutes ago, StreetCowboy said:

Do they make you come out in arrows?

ask my doctor!

2 minutes ago, Pique Dard said:

ask my doctor!

Your doctor, or your tailor?

TGIF!

 

I went to jail a number of times... but didn't stay long... it was when I played Monopoly!

 

LOL

 

Yes: at Phuket immigration detention center, back in February 2012

Only 7 days army jail  and police detention center 4 hours, until Cia bailed me out and here Im in Thailand ????

Yes ... 9 times ????

2 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

So the question is have you ever been to a jail in the world 

Yes.  Lumpini police jail and Klong Prem as an involuntary guest and Klong Prem as a prison visitor.

2 hours ago, scorecard said:

I've been (for a few minutes to complete some paperwork on a charged soldier) inside 2 military police jails.

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Terrifying and never forgotten. Over 50 years later the memories of what I saw (just in the military jails) still come back.

You where there for a few minutes and it is haunting you after 50 years?  What a joke.

2 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

You where there for a few minutes and it is haunting you after 50 years?  What a joke.

Read again, I didn't say I saw 1 incident. 

 

Never mind, not your problem.

Just now, scorecard said:

Read again, I didn't say I saw 1 incident.  For soldiers who saw active service including buddies shot and killed right near you, limbs blown off and more there must obviously be a build up.

 

Never mind, not your problem.

 

Yes, been to jail about 40 years ago when I was in the army for not returning on time 

Hmm, only as a “visitor”. Historical facilities mostly. I can honestly state that I have sat in the Electric Chair … this was at Eddyville, Kentucky as part of a “Leadership Kentucky” program where we were being exposed to the issues involved in Law Enfocement across the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Yup.

Police cells

Remand centre

Prison

Drug addiction treatment centre

Illegal immigrant detention centre

Not done

High security prison

Psychiatric asylum

But there's time yet!

I sometimes go for a massage at jails. There is normally a massage place attached to a woman's jail as a sort of 'return to work' scheme. The massages are normally good and very cheap.

Taking pictures of a jail in some countries may cause authorities to think maybe you are doing surveillance.

Google read, Locked Up Abroad Twice A. Clark on sale on kindle amazon. 

7 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Yes.  Lumpini police jail

Stolen hubcaps? ????

I like this song about jail.

Hello Dad ... I'm In Jail - YouTube

 

I have often felt cemeteries are an anachronism in these times. Taking up real estate near cities.

I don't see a point going out to a cemetery to see the dead. Particularly in the age of photos, video, and online tributes. To me the person is no more in the cemetery than elsewhere and the gravestone or marker has no particular significance.

Many go for the big stone or even a mausoleum. Competition to impress can make it to the afterlife. 

Fair enough that due to religious beliefs and other reasons many feel differently. It might be good if there can be a change in mindset so that it is not seen as disrespectful to disconnect the link between the person and some bones in the ground. Could have a time limit of say 100 years so that it is there only while people who knew you are alive not dead.