Azkaban decor
Jun 21, 2017 9:56:36 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2017 9:56:36 GMT
Back in the days of Dementors, Azkaban was a 'bare minimum for survival' prison. Bare stone walls and floors, thick iron bars. Solitary cells had bare stone floors, stone slabs for beds, buckets for toilets, showers were monthly at best, and madness was brought daily by the Dementors. The recreation room was rarely used, and prisoners ate gruel.
After the war, and the Dementors were removed, the prison saw some renovations. Cells got rudimentary toilets, actual beds, and prisoners were allowed some personal items. The recreation room gained furniture, books, some games, and prisoners were actually allowed to use it. Aurors were brought in to replace the Dementors, and their quarters gained true liveable comforts, the infirmary was properly stocked, and an inmate became the prison's first resident doctor in years.
Prisoners still never go outside, only see daylight through one of the rare narrow windows, but they can move around, only confined to their cells at night, and even then sometimes a lapse of security will see the cells not locked st lights out. Sometimes, they can wander, can visit each other at night, for comfort or a well timed beating. Sometimes.
While the basics of the prison haven't changed ... cold stone, iron bars, heavy manacles instead of handcuffs, near-medieval facilities ... at least now prisoners are regarded as human, and treated with some care. Besides the occasional beating, or confinement to solitary (oubliettes are the preferred choice), things could be considered entirely civilised compared to twenty years ago.
After the war, and the Dementors were removed, the prison saw some renovations. Cells got rudimentary toilets, actual beds, and prisoners were allowed some personal items. The recreation room gained furniture, books, some games, and prisoners were actually allowed to use it. Aurors were brought in to replace the Dementors, and their quarters gained true liveable comforts, the infirmary was properly stocked, and an inmate became the prison's first resident doctor in years.
Prisoners still never go outside, only see daylight through one of the rare narrow windows, but they can move around, only confined to their cells at night, and even then sometimes a lapse of security will see the cells not locked st lights out. Sometimes, they can wander, can visit each other at night, for comfort or a well timed beating. Sometimes.
While the basics of the prison haven't changed ... cold stone, iron bars, heavy manacles instead of handcuffs, near-medieval facilities ... at least now prisoners are regarded as human, and treated with some care. Besides the occasional beating, or confinement to solitary (oubliettes are the preferred choice), things could be considered entirely civilised compared to twenty years ago.