The following article is from the book Uncle John&... ...nteresting facts and statistics about prisons and jails . Just in case you ever need to know…(Image... ...p;(Image credit: Flickr user Matthias Müller) JAIL vs. PRISONThe terms jail and prison are commonly u...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/11/28/Welcome-to-the-Big-House/[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XrWv7MJ_xQ](Video Link)8 men sat in a holding cell in the basement of the courthouse of Parker County, Texas. The only guard watching over them suddenly collapsed, losing consciousness.W...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/07/08/Prisoners-Break-out-of-Jail-to-Save-Jailers-Life/(Photo: JvL)If you're going to have a national cri... ...better because crime is down, but if you work in jails , it is not good news.”This is not the first... ...rlands has been innovative in trying to solve its jail problem. It has “leased” spots in jail t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/03/23/The-Netherlands-Will-Have-to-Close-Prisons-Because-Its-Running-Out-of-Criminals/What’s holding you back from accomplishing things? The couch. The nice warm throw wrapped around you. A remote control and 367 channels. And a bag of chips. Why would you ever want to do anything else? The penal sy...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/10/17/The-Perfect-Method-of-Restraint/The Ludlow Street Jail in New York City has an interesting history. In t... ...eed himself was incarcerated at the Ludlow Street jail , and he easily escaped from his luxury accommodat... ...most all of the inmates left in the Ludlow Street Jail were men who had defaulted on t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/09/07/The-New-York-Prison-that-Doubled-as-a-Clubhouse-For-Alimony-Cheats/Riker's Island | Image: Tim RodenbergThe following... ...RodenbergThe following article on Riker's Island jail in New York City is a lengthy yet absolutely fasc... ...hers, personnel, inmates and even visitors to the jail , so that one may get the full grim view of the in...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/07/07/Inside-Rikers-Island-Through-the-Eyes-of-the-People-Who-Live-and-Work-There/(Photo: Martin Konapacki)Pictured above is a cell... ...n Konapacki)Pictured above is a cell from the old jail of Pottawattamie County, Iowa. It was used from 1... ...d from 1885 through 1969. It’s one of three jails in the world with a unique design: rotating cells... ...tracks and rotate along a centr...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/04/10/Rotary-Jail-Cells/The following is a list from the book Uncle John's... ...iticians, too.” Here are some other notable jailhouse jotters who seem to agree with that advice. 1. SI... ...NG,M JR. (1929-1968)“LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL ”[http://youtu.be/XIpfCVt2eb4] (YouTube link... ...others) was arrested and...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/19/Written-in-the-Pen/"He asked me how many days I’d gone without... ...animator, violated a court order and was sent to jail . Her supervisor at work advised Elana to keep a v... ...paper scraps to draw scenes of daily life in the jails . A few of her drawings are shown here, accompanie... ...s. See more glimpses of Elana P...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/14/Illustrator-Draws-Jail-Scenes-While-Serving-Time/If you think it's weird to see Miss USA dressed as... ...to choose the single oddest pageant.Brazil's Miss Jail title is certainly strange, but perhaps even more...
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