No, but it does make them mentally different. They may not perceive the world in the same way as other people, they may focus on one thing in exclusion of all others, they may not think things through and understand the possible effects of their actions.

They may almost certainly be deeply troubled by change and unexpected things happening, and McKinnon has been deliberately made to fear the American prison system by a threat that he should fry, and comments about rape. Is this really seen as a normal, allowed part of punishment, and is nothing done about it, so that officers of the law can use it as a threat? Or be dramatised as using it as a threat, without protest from the authorities?

I'm sure things happen that are not good in our own prison system, but they are not usually advertised by the staff. (And I know there has been a nasty story about fight clubs on the IOW today, but I'll wait to hear what the authorities have to say before comment.)

I cannot understand why our government agreed to that treaty. Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, or there is no sauce at all, I feel.

Penny