A Response to a prison field trip

A response to http://blogme4life.blogspot.com who posted
“...... I think the most appropriate bad place to visit would be a high security prison, or police station / young offender’s institute, “

My response: Hiya - I know you probably meant this light-heartedly, but I think a visit to a prison would be a waste of time.
Firstly, everyone would probably have to show loads of ID to get in etc. Then, as they know it's a visit from university students we would be unlikely to see the real goings on in the jail - just the cleaned up version that they want the world to know. Also - I think that when you meet a lot of mass murderers and stuff, they can often seem like normal people. And... of course, they say that most people who are in prison claim to be innocent!
I suggest that the only way you're going to see bad behaviour therefore is to actually commit a crime and get locked up - then you will see any bad behaviour first hand - and you might actually end up doing some yourself!