I worked for the California state system, starting as a Correctional Officer and retiring as a Lieutenant in 2005. I now write for the PacoVilla blog which is concerned with what could broadly be called The Correctional System.
NO idea. Never been there. In most states there are legal problems with housing misdemeanants and felons together.
Used to be VERY common in "the old days." Now there are so many child molesters and general purpose sex offenders locked up in relation to the general population the other convicts would spend all day thumping on them and never get anything else done.
Same one. It was a different time. I might not do it today.
Nope. Never. Never even heard of it until now.
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The Christian ones do. The Muslims and Jews, not so much. Pagans celebrate the Winter Solstice which happens near Christmas, but not right on Christmas.
Not that I specifically recall, no. I am sure it happened, but just wasn't very noteworthy.
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