> Prisons have guards and administrators and support staff who are free to enjoy the private golf courses and libraries and parks and stores.
But don't generally live in the prison. The residents of the prison are not free citizens.
> Likewise an army base with a basic training or advanced training school battalion isn't very free for new recruits but the cadre and soldiers unrelated to the basic training battalion may very well outnumber the recruits and live in a reasonably nice private closed city.
US military bases are probably better examples or approximations of the idea of a closed city than US prisons.
But don't generally live in the prison. The residents of the prison are not free citizens.
> Likewise an army base with a basic training or advanced training school battalion isn't very free for new recruits but the cadre and soldiers unrelated to the basic training battalion may very well outnumber the recruits and live in a reasonably nice private closed city.
US military bases are probably better examples or approximations of the idea of a closed city than US prisons.