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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
Do prisoners in some prisons in the U.S. have their own microwaves, or do most, if not all, have them in common areas where they can use them? How about the U.K.? Years (30 or 40) ago, it was common in the U.S. to hear people be critical of prisoners having color TVs in their cells. I don't hear that anymore, I don't know why.
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Searching for key words "prison private microwave" yields some interesting results. Here are three sets that I found particularly interesting:
You'll likely find your answer in a forum like PrisonTalk.com.
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When Roy Hyatt gets out of prison in two years, he is likely to be a wealthy man.
Hyatt, serving a 17-year sentence for a 1997 aggravated assault in Duval County, was awarded $1.2 million by a Palm Beach County jury this week to compensate him for losing the sight in one eye when another inmate at South Bay Correctional Facility threw boiling water in his face.
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Prisoners injuring each other with substances heated in a microwave, fighting over microwave privileges, or extorting each other for microwaveable food is to be expected in a correctional facility, and for that reason I was surprised to learn that inmates - even in minimum security prisons - are permitted to use microwaves, unsupervised. As
Orange Is the New Black portrays, violence and bullying occur even in minimum security facilities. Just like in high school. Only with adults. Who are convicted criminals. Some of whom are power hungry, sociopaths, psychotic, and/or obligated to show they're not to be crossed.
Here's a link to
the memoir, Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison, that inspired the Netflix series.
The criminals in these prisons live in much better conditions than some "civilians". Wouldn't be surprised if some of these inmates had private microwaves.