Hell On Earth

clipped from corner.nationalreview.com From a reader who spent time observing life on the inside: Years ago I worked on the film, "Malcolm X"; part of the film was shot at the prison in Rahway, New Jersey, a maximun security jail for life and long-term sentencees…. We got to know the guards who were constantly with us well; they told us the prison could not operate without the supply of drugs that came to the inmates in packages from the outside. The inmates receive their packages only at the beginning of each month, some packages are inspected, most are not. Towards the end of the month, the drugs start to dry up, and hostile behavior by the inmates increases commensurate with the decreasing supply….The guards were emphatic that without illegal drugs to pacify the population, the place would be a hell on earth, and absolutely impossible to control.