Video Worth Watching: The World’s Wackiest Prison? - WhoWhatWhy Video Worth Watching: The World’s Wackiest Prison? - WhoWhatWhy

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How about a prison where the prisoners run the show? Where they are armed? Where they can have sex, take a swim, catch a cockfight, use drugs? Where there’s surprisingly little violence? You definitely cannot make this up.

A whole new definition of punishment

In this remarkable video, New York Times reporters take us inside a prison where, literally, almost anything goes.  For more, see this article. But definitely, watch the video, below. Quite a conversation piece.

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