Oh no, that depends on the bus. Long trips, the guards want comfort. Those buses usually have AC, maybe not pointed at the prisoners but at least the bus is cool in general. Short trips though, where the guards are up front and prisoners in the back and separate? Total crap shoot. I know this from some personal experience in the NYS system.
Sigilos
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Having been in chains on a couple of these buses during my life, I can say this much from personal experience.
In NY, you get food when your prison bus ride is more then a few hours long. We would get a paper bag with two ‘sandwiches’, a couple greasy cookies/biscuts ( I couldn’t tell for sure), and two little cups of juice. The ‘sandwiches’ where two slices of bread, some mystery deli meat, and some cheese. I do not recommend trying the recipe with the ingredients they use.
Didn’t matter how far you where going, that was one bag per trip per person. The trips going long distance where on converted or custom built tour buses. The seats are like what you’ll find in any city bus, hard with a layer of fabric over it for the barest bit of cusion. These prison buses usually had a bathroom, but you where told it was for peeing only.
There is anouther factor as well. For the vast majority of non-guard riders, you are chained to another person not of your choosing, for the duration of the ride. Even if one of you needs to use the small single occupant bathroom. I was, in a sense, lucky. I am a large person, and the handcuff-style leg chains would not fit on me, no matter how they tried my legs where just too large and thick and only bone or muscle, so not squishy like I saw some guys who had mostly thick fat on their legs. So instead, I got what the guards jokingly called the “elephant chains”, just a single chain passed around my ankles and padlocked shut so I couldn’t get out. But, it meant I didn’t have a ‘partner’. I could have used the bathroom by myself (although I didn’t, since in handcuffs I didn’t think anyone would aim very well) and I had a seat all to myself, since everyone else was already forced to buddy up.
There was no entertainment, but while the windows are very heavily tinted, you can see out of them from the inside, so at least it’s possible to watch what’s going by. That is either a blessing or a curse, depending on the person.
And yes, we where told no talking.
Sigilos@ttrpg.networkto /r/50501 Mirror@50501.chat•Google is covering up the CECOT kill site in wake of the trump regime denying refusing supreme court order to facilitate return of wrongly deported Maryland fatherEnglish4·3 days agoI can still find the prison, with the images intact, in my history from previous searches. Also it seems someone added “Matadero de reos” as a pin to the building within the compound.
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🏴☠️Harhar! 🏴☠️
Sigilos@ttrpg.networkto /r/50501 Mirror@50501.chat•The El Salvador Deportation Prison looksEnglish5·8 days agoTried this location code in Maps, it’s an empty field in Vera Oklahoma. Anyone confirm?
Edit: Searched the name instead, got the right place with the same code. Seems like GMaps location code are crap. Not surprised. OP images are still live as of April 10, 7:21am EST
Sigilos@ttrpg.networkto Not The Onion@lemmy.world•'Power Rangers' writer says casting Black and Asian actors as Black and Yellow Rangers was 'a mistake'English112·9 days agoThat was due in large part to the fully suited scenes being cut from the orginal show. The characters we know in the English version are really a separate cast.
Sigilos@ttrpg.networkto World News@lemmy.world•Marine Le Pen banned from running for public office after guilty verdictEnglish0·18 days agoI agree, the nature of the convictions should be a factor. I also agree that a sort of “cooldown” from a conviction would be reasonable, before having eligibility for holding political office restored. I’ve been leary of the simplified “convicts shouldn’t hold office” statement though, since the original intention of that lack of disqualification criteria was, to my understanding, to prevent political imprisonment from barring opponents from holding office. That seems like the sort of thing the current administration would jump on if they could, as well.
Sigilos@ttrpg.networkto World News@lemmy.world•Marine Le Pen banned from running for public office after guilty verdictEnglish6·18 days agoI don’t have an issue with a public servant holding office and having a criminal record. People make mistakes, and people can change. However, I think the fact the current president has made public and copious comments about dismantling the democracy that exists while showing a blatant disdain for the rights of people, that I have an issue with.
Sigilos@ttrpg.networkto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•We joke a lot but what is happening in the US is really scary.9·23 days agoMy friends and family are feeling stirs of panic, and it has pushed many of us to start taking a more active role in making our voices heard. Letter campaigns to Congress, joining activist groups and participating in those groups, and a much higher level of alertness towards government action are just a few of the more obvious results and changes I’ve seen.
I fear that it won’t be enough, but with young kids in our household we are trying to do what we can in nonviolent ways. The risk of prison or worse would take a huge toll on the little ones.
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That sounds chillingly like Nazi justification for killing the disabled.