What fucks me up the most is that they're all pre-trial. Anyone in FTR could get accused of something and end up in that hellhole where the guards basically say "Yeah, there's rapes and stabbings, no there's nothing we can do about it".

Out of interest wuf did you feel empathy towards the small guy? I both empathised with him for how fucked his situation was and admired his extremely steely inner strength. Regardless of what he's done, you have to respect his badassery in staying in the system for 3 years and not completely cracking up/ending in PC.