#Prison

Prison is the stage society builds under the pretense of 'safety', confining people to square cells for the comfort of distant spectators. Inside, freedom is exchanged for regimented schedules and perpetual surveillance, while the promise of rehabilitation dissolves with the arrival of release day. Within the walls, order is sacred and control absolute; beyond them, forgetting and prejudice celebrate a carnival. Even after stepping back into the world, the script of crime and punishment persists in society’s endless performance.

Solitary confinement is the little cell provided by the state to sever an individual from all connections, using silence and solitude to interrogate the inner voice. In it, all sound except the walls is cut off, bestowing freedom to think while robbing the option called exit. Noble-sounding reasons such as self-reflection or rehabilitation are proclaimed, but in truth it is nothing more than a torture device waiting to shred the mind. The prisoner finds even their own shadow a target of surveillance, ending up forced to make themselves their only companion. Claimed as safety, it is in fact a cage of reason justifying the most insidious punishment.