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It’s almost as though cruelty and neglect can affect people’s mental health.
Everyone gives Batman shit over the state of Arkham but no one ever talks about Iron Heights.
There was a bit of criticism for Iron Heights within the Flash book, such as when Ashley Zolomon called the prison “the Rogue Factory” (which she said was a widespread nickname) and accused Wolfe of having no compassion for its prisoners. It seems quite likely that the mistreatment there has made some of the prisoners worse, with I think Roscoe as one of the prime examples. And as awful as Arkham is, at least they make some attempt to treat their inmates; we’ve seen that Iron Heights leaves theirs barefoot in straitjackets and isolated in filthy cells. So it’s no surprise that they end up even more mentally ill and anti-social, which is almost certainly what Ashley was alluding to.
Honestly, the sight of Axel Walker de-limbed and beaten and refusing to talk about it because Wolfe is actually scary (unlike the Flash) was a pretty scathing indictment.
(Fingers crossed for something happening to him in upcoming issues.)
gorogues:
eusouomar:
gorogues:
It’s almost as though cruelty and neglect can affect people’s mental health.
Everyone gives Batman shit over the state of Arkham but no one ever talks about Iron Heights.
There was a bit of criticism for Iron Heights within the Flash book, such as when Ashley Zolomon called the prison “the Rogue Factory” (which she said was a widespread nickname) and accused Wolfe of having no compassion for its prisoners. It seems quite likely that the mistreatment there has made some of the prisoners worse, with I think Roscoe as one of the prime examples. And as awful as Arkham is, at least they make some attempt to treat their inmates; we’ve seen that Iron Heights leaves theirs barefoot in straitjackets and isolated in filthy cells. So it’s no surprise that they end up even more mentally ill and anti-social, which is almost certainly what Ashley was alluding to.
Honestly, the sight of Axel Walker de-limbed and beaten and refusing to talk about it because Wolfe is actually scary (unlike the Flash) was a pretty scathing indictment.
(Fingers crossed for something happening to him in upcoming issues.)
