▁of ▁pr isons ▁or ▁prisoners , ▁we ▁wouldn ' t ▁know ▁whether ▁the ▁average ▁American ▁conv ict ▁is ▁so ▁cru elly ▁victim ized ▁as ▁are ▁the ▁principal ▁prison ▁in m ates ▁in ▁Br ute ▁Force , ▁which ▁came ▁to ▁Lo ew ' s ▁C riter ion ▁yesterday . ▁But ▁to ▁judge ▁by ▁this ▁' big ▁house ' ▁mel od rama , ▁the ▁poor ▁ch aps ▁who ▁l angu ish ▁in ▁our ▁j ails ▁are ▁miser ably ▁and ▁v ici ously ▁mist re ated ▁and ▁their ▁j ail ers ▁are ▁either ▁weak lings ▁or ▁br utes ... Br ute ▁Force ▁is ▁faithful ▁to ▁its ▁title — even ▁to ▁taking ▁law ▁and ▁order ▁into ▁its ▁own ▁hands . ▁The ▁moral ▁is : ▁don ' t ▁go ▁to ▁prison ; ▁you ▁meet ▁such ▁v ile ▁authorities ▁there . ▁And , ▁as ▁the ▁doctor ▁obser ves ▁sad ly , ▁' N ob ody ▁ever ▁esc apes .' " ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁More ▁recently , ▁critic ▁Dennis ▁Schw art z ▁wrote , ▁" J ules ▁D ass in ▁( R if ifi ▁and ▁N aked ▁City ) ▁direct s ▁this ▁hard - h itting ▁but ▁out dated ▁crime ▁drama ▁concerned ▁about ▁prison ▁conditions ... ▁The ▁point ▁ham mer ed ▁home ▁is ▁that ▁the ▁prison ▁system ▁reflect s ▁the ▁values ▁of ▁society , ▁as ▁D ass in ▁cast ig ates ▁society ▁for ▁creating ▁and ▁then ▁turning ▁a ▁blind ▁eye ▁toward ▁the ▁brut ality ▁and ▁ins ens itivity ▁of ▁a ▁prison ▁system ▁that ▁offers ▁no ▁chance