Prisons in the postapocalypse

[stg58fal]

I'm going to have to see if I can find that Punisher comic. The Punisher is about the only comic that I like enough to actually buy. Who did the artwork and story?

Regarding the topic, I'd like to think that regardless of timeline (1, 2/2.2, 2013), all of the violent and irredeemable scum (pedos, rapists, crack dealers, etc.) would be killed in their cells.

In the non-2013 timelines, maybe those that can be trusted to some extent could be given very basic training and sent to the war to fill gaps in NATO lines. Sort of like the American contribution to the first special forces group made during WWII (you know, where the Canadians gave one of their best fighting units, and the US pulled guys out of the brig and sent them).

[Canadian Army]

I think Prison work gangs would be organized using the "trusty system".

The "trusty system" is a strict system of discipline and security used as a method of controlling and working inmates in prison. Under this system, designated inmates are used by staff to control and administer physical punishment to other inmates according to a strict prison-determined inmate hierarchy of power.

Highest in the prison inmate hierarchy were the inmates armed with rifles, called the "trusty shooters". Their job was to act as prison guards and control other inmates on a day-to-day basis in the residential camps or out on the field work crews. Next was the unarmed "trusties" who performed janitorial, clerical and other menial tasks. Simple tasks are carried out by other categories of inmates such as "hallboys".

[raketenjagdpanzer]

Originally Posted by stg58fal

I'm going to have to see if I can find that Punisher comic. The Punisher is about the only comic that I like enough to actually buy. Who did the artwork and story?

The art was by Richard Corben, who did "Den" for Heavy Metal back in the day. The story is by Garth Ennis, who wrote a lot of stuff for 2000 AD (among other things).

The story is decidedly alt-universe/non-canon regarding Marvel Comics. The Punisher himself even makes an offhand comment about the fallout that indirectly disses some of Marvel's more popular/well-known characters (The Hulk and The X-Men) : "...it'd no more leave survivors than it would give you mutant superpowers."