Have The Lambs Stopped Screaming?

Ah, so what does an juvenile correction facility/school do if there’s a riot of Bloods gang members? That’s a hard one, right?

Well, if you’re in Trenton, it’s actually fairly simple: You strap ‘em in to the electric chair!

Now, now, people, just calm down. This is an electric chair with no juice attached to it — so I guess it’s just more of a “chair” — but it does restrain the kids and include a helmet and face shield.

Alright, that still seems kinda bad. But certainly it’s been deemed appropriate by all the right, uh, people who declare these things humane or not. I mean, I’m sure this is just common knowledge and the Trentonian is blowing it out of proportion. Right? Right?

A source in the institution, who asked not to be identified, said, “They’re for the ones that are assaultive. One was banging his head against the wall. They’re kept in a room and they’re checked on.

“It’s better than the old way it used to be done — they used to just hogtie ‘em right onto a bed. So I guess it’s more compassionate, doing it this way.” [...]

In another development, corrections officers and other staffers have been made to sign notices warning them not to talk to the press about the discontent burbling inside the jail/school….

“They (administration) put out these things where everybody has to sign, that they can’t talk to the media, or your public representatives, either — your senators, your assemblymen,” he said. “You can’t divulge any information. Or you could lose your job.”

Well, maybe this chair isn’t so bad — another source says the masks are mainly to stop the inmates from spitting — but that whole second part just makes things a little, erhm, fishy?

Controlling the chaos [Trentonian]