>> I can see him /in/ prison, waiting for his trial, and there are constant, niggling little problems if he's anywhere NEAR the rest of the population. <<
Yyyyeah. That fits.
>> Not because he's a cop, and cop-in-jail-equals-target, but because /he/ keeps provoking verbal arguments. <<
I don't think he knows any other way to communicate. Many verbal abusers do it because they consider that kind of thing normal.
But I did find one moral standard of his: very quickly, the only people who will talk to him are the pedophiles, who are the other bottom-of-the-heap population in jail. They think he's their kinda guy. Tanner is appalled. Whaddaya know, there's something awful he doesn't do; he doesn't find children to be sexually attractive.
>> ACTUAL villains, or henchmen of responsible super-villains, would not only avoid him, they'd counsel anyone THEY think is a worthwhile recruit to NOT engage with him, since it affects THEIR prison record and chances of parole. <<
Yes, exactly. There are plenty of them along with petty criminals -- either waiting to buy out, or not having the resources for that, or having committed a serious enough crime to merit substantial jail time -- and the ones who aren't nutjobs are a stabilizing influence in jail just as they are in the free-range criminal culture.
>> Which would, without sticking him in solitary, make him very effectively a pariah within the prison community. <<
If he can't be around other people without hurting them, that is exactly where he'll wind up. They're not going to let someone run around causing problems. Same thing happened with Shiv, although he's behaving well enough that he can still get meals and some exercise time in small groups, but he's stuck in private most of the time.
It's not the same as solitary here, in that Terramagne quickly found out how solitary confinement tends to destroy the human mind, so they worked on ways to provide interaction for people who aren't safe in the general population. So they put people in private rooms, with access to a subset of constructive entertainment. They can, for instance, play nonviolent video games, watch nonviolent television, read fiction or nonfiction, and study a wide range of classes within the prison educational system. Inmates are actively encouraged to learn new coping skills or other life skills, and get perks for doing that -- people are aware that lacks in these areas correlate very strongly with criminal activity. For human interaction, they can use the viewscreen to chat with counselors at any time, or teachers, chaplains, and assorted other volunteers who are trained to provide a good example. Some other options, such as massage and gym coaching, are available to inmates who can't behave in a group but can one-to-one. Then there are miscellaneous things that people keep trying in different places, like therapy animals, or robopets for inmates who are either allergic or can't be trusted with living creatures. I really want to write Shiv's reaction to the Microfyne. It freaks him the fuck out.
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dancing_serpent
Re: Poor Fortressa!
Date: 2015-05-08 11:11 pm (UTC)Yyyyeah. That fits.
>> Not because he's a cop, and cop-in-jail-equals-target, but because /he/ keeps provoking verbal arguments. <<
I don't think he knows any other way to communicate. Many verbal abusers do it because they consider that kind of thing normal.
But I did find one moral standard of his: very quickly, the only people who will talk to him are the pedophiles, who are the other bottom-of-the-heap population in jail. They think he's their kinda guy. Tanner is appalled. Whaddaya know, there's something awful he doesn't do; he doesn't find children to be sexually attractive.
>> ACTUAL villains, or henchmen of responsible super-villains, would not only avoid him, they'd counsel anyone THEY think is a worthwhile recruit to NOT engage with him, since it affects THEIR prison record and chances of parole. <<
Yes, exactly. There are plenty of them along with petty criminals -- either waiting to buy out, or not having the resources for that, or having committed a serious enough crime to merit substantial jail time -- and the ones who aren't nutjobs are a stabilizing influence in jail just as they are in the free-range criminal culture.
>> Which would, without sticking him in solitary, make him very effectively a pariah within the prison community. <<
If he can't be around other people without hurting them, that is exactly where he'll wind up. They're not going to let someone run around causing problems. Same thing happened with Shiv, although he's behaving well enough that he can still get meals and some exercise time in small groups, but he's stuck in private most of the time.
It's not the same as solitary here, in that Terramagne quickly found out how solitary confinement tends to destroy the human mind, so they worked on ways to provide interaction for people who aren't safe in the general population. So they put people in private rooms, with access to a subset of constructive entertainment. They can, for instance, play nonviolent video games, watch nonviolent television, read fiction or nonfiction, and study a wide range of classes within the prison educational system. Inmates are actively encouraged to learn new coping skills or other life skills, and get perks for doing that -- people are aware that lacks in these areas correlate very strongly with criminal activity. For human interaction, they can use the viewscreen to chat with counselors at any time, or teachers, chaplains, and assorted other volunteers who are trained to provide a good example. Some other options, such as massage and gym coaching, are available to inmates who can't behave in a group but can one-to-one. Then there are miscellaneous things that people keep trying in different places, like therapy animals, or robopets for inmates who are either allergic or can't be trusted with living creatures. I really want to write Shiv's reaction to the Microfyne. It freaks him the fuck out.