US prisons

[suze-teacher]

In Male US prisons, do the races separate themselves, or is that just what we see in Hollywood movies?

Just curious.

 

[MacNfries]

Are you asking are black & white inmates kept in the same cells? Whites tend to hang out with whites and blacks with blacks, in general, but they aren't separated by race in prison cell. More often, they are separated by the degree/type of crimes ... for example, pedophiles are kept separate from the general prison population, etc.

 

[bm_from_southjersey]

In Male US prisons, do the races separate themselves, or is that just what we see in Hollywood movies?

Just curious.

Cell mates are determined by prison staff, and bunk availability is most likely used a determining factor. Who an inmate gravitates to and hangs out with when not in his cell is on him.

 

[nonaming1]

Pedophiles are not kept separate from the general population in any prison I know of. There are pedophiles in supermax, max, medium, and minimum custody. They're definitely low on the totem pole. Anyone who hurts ******* is the lowest, inmates that hurt women are the 2nd lowest. If an inmate hurt a pregnant woman they'd probably be interstate compacted (shipped to another state).

As for races, plenty of mixing as with normal society. Plenty of self segregation as with most societies, but that happens with other demographics too. Older inmates may socialize with younger inmates but for the most part they mostly socialize with people their same age.