Note to self: on this topic don't forget to mention the Korean history dramas ~ no gays ~ guys have several wives, your next door neighbor spends all his money on booze and goes broke he ends up as a slave on a farm ~ total escapism!
Further Note: Their criminal courts are held right at the jail with headchopping being done immediately after what looks like a sort of preliminary hearing. Torture is the real deal ~ those ol'boys back in the day would have laughed about waterboarding.
You have to watch it on the tv though?