Privacy in the brig?

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Re: "Do not flush in spacedock":

It was indeed an allusion to "Do not flush in station."

I've been aboard a vintage caboose, in which the "hopper" was literally that: a non-flushing hopper that was open to the ground at trackside. Conveniences aboard mid-20th-century passenger cars were slightly more elaborate, in that they flushed, and they had a flap on the bottom, that opened for the flushing cycle.

During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Amtrak phased out the "do not flush in station" toilets it inherited; during that era, car attendants locked the old-style conveniences before every station stop. I did "#1" aboard a former Santa Fe "El Capitan" coach; it was an interesting experience. I'd have to be kind of desperate, I think to do "#2" in a hopper.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Re: prison cells

I think you might find a tour of Alcatraz somewhat interesting.

 

[JD]

Or watch Mythbusters or Prison Break, both of which have filmed at real (now closed) prisons.

 

[Sisko_is_my_captain]

For brief holding of a high-risk person, I don't see why privacy should be an issue. The whole point of holding that person is to constantly monitor what he's doing, after all, and to stop him from doing what he shouldn't. An aquarium-type holding cell would appear ideal for that purpose.

Timo Saloniemi

What got me thinking about this in the first place was Tom Paris being confined to the brig for 30 days in "30 Days". That would drive me stir crazy, having some security cupcake staring at me using the waste extractor every morning.