Summary
The old block of the state prison in Woods Run smells of urine. Prisoners live two to a cell, in cells stacked five tiers high.
A short walk across the yard, prisoners in a treatment program live isolated from those general population inmates in orderly pods. They have work tables to make motivational posters that hang on walls. One poster urges cleanliness with a hand-colored picture of a yellow rubber ducky.See the full content of this document
Extract
'Community' Takes Root Within Prison Walls
After closing the 126-year-old prison along the Ohio River for two years, the state reopened it in 2007, and a portion is being used to rehabilitate drug- and alcohol-addicted inmates who commi...
See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
