| From: | James Lindsay <jlindsay@******.CA> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Prison in Shadowrun |
| Date: | Wed, 10 Dec 1997 05:14:40 GMT |
> On Mon, 8 Dec 1997 13:06:13 -0700 Mamoulian <shine@************.NET>
> writes:
> >I have some questions regarding incarseration in Shadowrun:
> >
> >Who runs it?
>
> I would expect there to be both governmental as well as corporate
> prisons, probably with the corporate prisons run to make some sort of
> profit or at least off-set the costs associated with running the prison.
> Assuming they don't just execute criminals, rather than imprison them:P
If a corp ran a prison, it could not execute its prisoners. This would be
the decision of a country's justice system.
Besides, prisons couldn't hope to become profitable. It currently costs
between $20,000 and $50,000 to incarcerate each prisoner (housing, food,
guards, administration, etc.). Things would have to change "big-time" in
order to make a similar profit per prisoner.
> >Where are the major prisons?
How I see prisons in Shadowrun is very similar to John Carpenter's "Escape
from New York". For Seattle, a major "prison" could be located on one of
the larger islands in Puget Sound-- or even the bottom tip of Vancouver
Island (which would be better isolated by a greater expanse of water).
Drop in your prisoners and let them fend for themselves. If they produce a
surplus crop or any exportable goods, they can trade them for the things
that they need (within reason, of course-- no man-portable surface-to-air
missiles :) It also makes sending your framed (or overly violent) PCs to
prison an adventure in itself.
> >Are there still witness protection programs? Who runs them?
If the Mafia/Yakusa/Triads/Seoulpa still exist, you can bet that witness
protection/relocation programs do too :)
James W. Lindsay Vancouver, British Columbia
"http://www.prosperoimaging.com/ground_zero";
Money talks... it usually says "bend over"...
