The warden of a Hawaii jail has admitted showing inmates violent sexual films as part of a program he created that includes what he calls “shame therapy”. Bosko Petricevic, Hawaii’s deputy attorney general, told jurors the films were shown to discourage male inmates from committing rape and to teach female inmates how to lower the risks of becoming victims. “Shame therapy is talking about things that are deep within a person,” Wagatsuma told the federal court. “It’s just talking about their lives, talking about anything that’s bothering them.”Wagatsuma said he yells and uses profanity during so-called “shame therapy” sessions. “I don’t yell at them for no reason,” said Wagatsuma, who became acting warden in 1992 and the permanent warden in 1995.

Source: The Guardian November 03, 2016 03:45 UTC