# What happens to Jews in prison? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 4, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-jews-in-prison/455263 "2008-07-04T03:59:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-jews-in-prison/455263/101 "2015-12-31T00:58:17Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > So are we taxpayers paying for their circumcisions in prison? Since most American males are circumcised shortly after birth (please, let’s not divert the discussion in that direction, mmmmkay?) that probably wouldn’t be an issue. As for Bernie Madoff, people like him who are ultra-high-profile are usually placed in protective custody, regardless of what they did, because famous people are targeted in prisons along with police officers and child molesters. ---
**Author:** ![Torontonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/45deac/32.png) [@Torontonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torontonian)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-jews-in-prison/455263/102 "2015-12-31T01:12:35Z")
> [@vetbridge](#): > > …In movies the toilets are always depicted as filthy, disgusting, objects. If I lived in my bathroom, I’d keep the toilet very clean. Is it the responsibility of the prisoner or are they cleaned while the cell is empty? Nobody. Staff doesn’t clean it and you’re always short on cleaning supplies. There is hardly toilet paper unless you buy from canteen. A prison toilet has no seat, made of cold metal and has very powerful flush, it doesn’t have a tank. the flush is like a shower you keep pressing the button while you’re going to keep smell down. When you are in general population, there is shitter and pisser. Half toilets are used for pissing only to avoid splashes. local gang is making sure you don’t forget which one is which. black or latinos in general, and skinheads in protective custody. this answers both questions at once, most skinheads are in protective custody toilets in prisons have no doors and inmates tie a blanker across instead ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-jews-in-prison/455263/103 "2015-12-31T01:13:05Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > So are we taxpayers paying for their circumcisions in prison? in 14 years of overseeing medical care for over 23,000 inmates, I’ve referred two folks for circumcisions; both for phimosis, a medical condition necessitating it. I’ve not sent anyone out for a bris. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-jews-in-prison/455263/104 "2015-12-31T01:19:07Z")
As far as the misfortunate Madoff is concerned: \*[**On December 18,**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Madoff) 2009, Madoff was moved to Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, and was treated for several facial injuries. A former inmate later claimed that the injuries were received during an alleged altercation with another inmate. Other news reports described Madoff’s injuries as more serious and including “facial fractures, broken ribs, and a collapsed lung”. The Federal Bureau of Prisons said Madoff signed an affidavit on December 24, 2009, which indicated that he had not been assaulted and that he had been admitted to the hospital for hypertension.\* There is the slight possibility, of course, that Mr. Madoff’s affidavits are not worth the paper they are written on. Still, this elderly man is leading a stressful and sometimes endangered existence. Until November 14, 2139. [Happy Thought: my birthday !] ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-jews-in-prison/455263/105 "2015-12-31T06:14:53Z")
> [@Torontonian](#): > > Nobody. Staff doesn’t clean it and you’re always short on cleaning supplies. There is hardly toilet paper unless you buy from canteen. A prison toilet has no seat, made of cold metal and has very powerful flush, it doesn’t have a tank. the flush is like a shower you keep pressing the button while you’re going to keep smell down. > > When you are in general population, there is shitter and pisser. Half toilets are used for pissing only to avoid splashes. local gang is making sure you don’t forget which one is which. black or latinos in general, and skinheads in protective custody. this answers both questions at once, most skinheads are in protective custody > > toilets in prisons have no doors and inmates tie a blanker across instead Which one do you use if you have to hurl? ---
**Author:** ![Torontonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/45deac/32.png) [@Torontonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torontonian)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-jews-in-prison/455263/106 "2015-12-31T06:39:19Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Which one do you use if you have to hurl? pisser cause splashes. this is what they look like [https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT8yFH6d-OHtAQ7vfNxk4uh1fvKCKh3MZMhywTkcHi7UVhzV6s2](https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT8yFH6d-OHtAQ7vfNxk4uh1fvKCKh3MZMhywTkcHi7UVhzV6s2) shiny you drink from the tap on top [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-jews-in-prison/455263.md?page=5)