[willu]

"The only way to alert a guard was to bang on the door and hope the sound could be heard above the din."

Do cells not have cameras? I would think it'd be feasible to detect fights with basic motion detection.

[clort]

  "The space itself appeared to be decomposing.
   The front wall, next to the door, was made of corroded metal.
   The paint on the wedge-shaped shelf had almost completely chipped away;
     the beds were caked in rust;
     and the floor underneath the toilet was stained brown and black.
   Dust and crumbs accumulated in every corner."

You suppose this was a high tech institution?