El Mudo
03-19-2007, 02:19 PM
<p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/18/AR2007031800137.html?nav=rss_nation">Looks like Avon Barksdale is going to have to find a new home....</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All joking aside, Jessup was an AWFUL, AWFUL place that should have been closed years ago. I mean for example:</p><p> </p><p><em>The red-brick complex's antiquated design was more suited to theories of prison management in place when it first opened in 1878 than to those of the 21st century. Tight corners and narrow staircases made for blind spots that were dangerous for correctional officers to patrol. Screened hallways forced officers to walk long distances within arm's reach of inmates. Thick walls prevented radio communication in some areas. Inmates were able to jimmy outdated locks, allowing some to leave their cells unnoticed. </em></p><p> </p><p>Even scarier was the way in which they cleaned it out...they literally came and took the inmates away in the middle of the night, sent them all over the country.</p><p> </p><p>My grandfather used to work at the Giant Food Warehouse that was literally right across the street from the Prison on 1....he used to joke that you could see inmates going in and going out on both sides of the street. </p>