Day 9

Prison time! Tuesday we got to spend a morning locked up abroad. we went to HMP Wormwood Scrubs a medium to maximum security prison. by this time i have gathered that the British dont lock up as many people as we do despite their history...weird...and that to get locked up u kinda have to screw up pretty bad. prior to this visit i had been to two other prisons so the idea didnt really envoke any feelings of uneasiness but i must say it was great seeing the looks on the faces of a couple of the omaha students faces when we entered the cell block hahaha! despite the design of the institution i didnt really see a whole lot of difference between american prison and english prison. there were some much more scary individuals at sterling though than at wormwood. the attitudes of the CO's toward the inmates was a little different than that of american CO's. the officer giving our tour if i may quote darren had a more headlocks than hugs mentality.