The water was filthy, siphoned from a nearby river which was full of excrement and rotting carcasses of animals. Every morning prisoners were taken outside for five minutes to have a quick refreshing shower, however the water that was given was unclean and contaminated. As there were too many people in a cell, ‘it stank of wounds and sweats’. Fellow outlines the prison as claustrophobic due to a large number of prisoners being locked up together in a small cell. The prison of Bang Kwang was horrific and unpleasant. The representation of the prison and the guards have challenged my values and attitudes as the punishments was overboard and inhumane. In this autobiographical account, Fellow outlines the squalid condition of the prison and the atrocious and unpleasant behavior of the guards. During Fellows time in Bangkok, he was convicted of heroin trafficking between Australia and Thailand and was sentenced to prison called Bang Kwang for twelve years. An autobiography account The Damage Done, written by Warren Fellows, illustrates his time of imprisonment in Bangkok. How have representation of people and/or places confirmed or challenged your values and attitudes? Refer to at least one written text studied in class.
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