The sterility of the photos, especially the images of prisoner bedrooms, hints at the degree to which the Stasi kept a tight lid on dissenters. In prison culture (or at least prison culture as it’s portrayed in the movies), there’s a lot of graffiti: on the walls, in library books, between cells. “We were searching for any scratching or anything in the cells—usually you would think they were sending messages—but it was very clear you couldn’t see anything” — wired.com
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Ten times more humane, better and cleaner than any prison cells here in the USA as far as incarceration goes. Bathroom with a tub, and daylight?? Oh! our double standards when it comes to commies... How dare they didn't allow the inmates write graffiti on the walls! That's not freedom!
An awful account of journalism, words and pictures with no cause other than usual bashing of the red scare and middle class idea of cleanliness.
And that's why it is Eerie...a perfect prison with no traces self expression?
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