I had lunch at the Wayne Brown Correctional Facility on Friday. Honest to God, here is the menu: Green salad, asparagus wrapped in bacon, chicken Cordon Bleu, wild rice, cornbread and brownies.
The inmates grow a lot of their own vegetables out back, and the cook makes all the hamburger and hot dog buns from scratch!!
To get to the lunch area we passed a pool table, 2 ping pong tables, a lounge and a library. These are available to the minimum security inmates.
Of course, it is a jail -- and the inmates we saw in maximum security looked pretty scary.
Did you know Sheriff Keith Royal has no budget woes because he houses 55 federal inmates there that generate nearly $2 million a year in revenue? He can do that because it is nowhere near capacity.
Did you know none of the deputies in the jail carry a gun? They have tasers and a nightstick.
Did you know the jail laundry facility runs 24/7 just to keep up?
And guess what? No bars, anywhere.
Tom,
They were gracious about letting me out. They do have a scary "restraint chair" that looks like something Hannibal Lector would be strapped into.
Posted by: Dixie Redfearn | June 01, 2009 at 09:59 AM
Two things:
I don't want to spend any time in a area without any bars
and once they got you in there how did you secure a relaese?
Posted by: Tom | May 31, 2009 at 04:28 PM