Question: Had you ever been in a jail before? Barker: Neer. It's a terrifying experience... I spent two years in the Marine Corps... so I had met all types of people and had to live with all types of people, so I think I was better prepared probably than most adult people. But it's frightening. You're in a detention room with sleeping accommodations for 32 and 40 people. Some people have to sleep on the floor. I've seen people raped, specially young kids. You can get a kid as young as 14 years old and several 16.
Description:Two companion articles to "A Human Wasteland In The Name of Justice, including a Q & A with a former inmate who now works in the corrections field.
Rights: The Washington Post; noticed on page with Shame of Prisons series
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