The Maleval Project | File 01 | Prologue

Author: themalevalproject
Title: The Maleval Project | File #01 | Prologue
Date: 14 September 2014

Who would have guessed that the essential idea for the concept of a 21st century maximum security prison would come from a religious legend of the middle ages? When I found it, it struck me like lightning. I realized that yes, this might indeed be the idea that we were looking for since such a long time, and that yes, we might really be able to turn this idea to reality. I already knew that the convicts of our prison would definitely hate this to become their reality, but this idea could finally solve the security problems we still had in our institution. And I admit: I definitely liked the idea how much the convicts would hate the new conditions of their incarceration, and how little they would be able to do about it.

But let me start at the beginning. You might be surprised to hear that my career started as a psychologist. When people see me in this sinister uniform for the first time, an academic background is usually not the first thing that comes into their mind. A guy with a university degree in psychology, clad from head to toe in spit-shined black leather, in solid tall boots, massive leather jacket, muir cap, leather gloves? It sure seems weird, but this is the uniform I’m officially required to wear each day since many years.

From the beginning of my studies, it was the psychology of power and human control that interested me the most. Manipulation, discipline training, brainwashing – this kind of things. Why not combine my sexual habits and my scientific interests, and finally even try to bring both together in a job?

While still studying, I had already worked in several prisons. After a basic training in a police school, I became a prison guard. I liked it a lot. I could wear a black drill uniform and I had the possibility to keep prisoners under my control, locking them into handcuffs and cells … this job was almost perfect for me. I liked the power that the job gave me. And yet the reality of the prisons I worked in was often fogged by dreams of the perfect prison that I had in my mind. There were so many things that I would have liked to change. For example, replacing the rather plain guard uniform by a much more impressive outfit. Using not only the normal handcuffs, but a combination of heavy handcuffs, shackles, chains and steel collar as standard fetters. Isolation cells. Tiny cages. Long-term Bondage. Strict punishments for prisoners who didn’t learn to obey the rules and commands.

I finished my study with a thesis about the psychology of long-term captivity and involuntary restraint which caused quite a stir. I still kept on working as a prison guard, but I looked for something more fulfilling. I did not hesitate for one second when I found the job offer as a security manager of a high security prison. I applied and was more than happy when I was told that my thesis and the years of experience as a correctional officer made me the perfect candidate. I got the job.

The prison I came to was not in a good condition. The building was horribly old, made of solid brick. The cell doors were nice massive steel bars, but most of the locks were already half a century old. Four or more prisoners were locked into each cell. There was a big open yard which was surrounded by the building from three sides, the fourth side was a high solid concrete wall. I immediately saw the weak spots, but also the potential of the place. All in all, the security system did not work well, even though the guards did their best to control the prisoners. Every now and then there were fightings and revolts, and the guards even found drugs and fake keys in the cells. Nothing so unusual, but the management found it unacceptable. They started the first steps of the research process which later led to what I named ‘The Maleval Project’.

My job was to develop a concept that would give the guards complete control over the prisoners. In other words, I should develop a maximum security prison which really deserved this name. The budget I was offered to finance the new security concept was enormous. The state had noticed how much costs were coming from bad security in prisons. The number of maximum security prisons was already high and still growing, so my concept would be the prototype for many others to come. Thus the state funding was huge. I got really excited when the management explained to me that there were almost no limits to whatever ideas I would like to bring to reality, no matter how unusual or cruel they might appear in the first moment. Every single one of the prisoners had been sentenced to life for several times. They all had long careers of brutal fights and repeated escape attempts until they had finally been sent to this maximum security prison with no right of ever being pardoned. No one really cared about what happened to them. So the state had declared this prison to be some kind of laboratory of incarceration methods, with me as its head researcher and all the convicts as my guinea pigs. As long as I would not kill anyone or ruin their physical health, I could try out any new method that came into my mind to control them and turn an insubordinate bunch of criminals into a group of disciplined prisoners who would silently accept a life of incarceration and control.

I could not wait to start. I gathered a team of men around me, consisting of other psychologists, medical scientists and experienced prison managers. I headhunted a few dozens of the most notorious prison guards from other institutions – partly to replace the tired old guards by the most brutal and unscrupulous guards to be found in this country, partly to become a part of my think tank. Finally the project could officially start. ---

More chapters are already in my mind, but it might take a while until I find the time.

English is not my first language, so I apologize for the mistakes. This is also my first attempt to write "porn", so I'd be happy to get some feedback from you.

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