When we went to visit my dad in prison all the staff jumped toconclusions - they thought we were bad just because we were visitingsomeone, but we had done nothing wrong.
It was hard for my brother and sister - they were only little and theytook my brother's beaker off him and emptied it out because you can'ttake drinks in. Also, there was this big sniffer dog that sniffed at mytrouser leg for ages - it was quite daunting. They even searchbabies.
I really think that's a disgusting way to treat children.
They can do things differently. When my dad was at the open prison theystill searched us but they did it in a friendlier, joking kind ofway.
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