Alligator Alcatraz Is Only the Beginning

 

When my Bride was the librarian at one of the two prisons in our county, more than three decades ago, she was told that inmates were not to have access to maps.  She said that it hardly mattered;  most of the inmates were from Chicago and as far as they were concerned, our part of the State might as well have been labeled:  Here be Corn Dragons.  Those few who did manage to begin an escape were invariably picked up soon thereafter, usually in sad shape after wandering through, to them, endless corn fields.  A Children of the Corn detention facility outside of Dwight could be the securest facility in the Federal system.

 

 

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Philip Nachazel
Philip Nachazel
Thursday, July 3, AD 2025 5:51am

Funny bit.

Those dreaded corn dragons. They’ll eat you up and spit it out, if you’re not savvy.

The “State of Kanas” made me chuckle.

Josh
Josh
Thursday, July 3, AD 2025 7:54am

I believe George Carlin did a bit about making Kansas a prison farm for violent criminals. Ten story electric fence all the way around and airdrop weapons and ammo in so “the criminals could communicate with each other in a meaningful way”.

Lead kindly light
Lead kindly light
Thursday, July 3, AD 2025 10:07am

I believe George Carlin did a bit about making Kansas a prison farm for violent criminals.

Kansas bloody Kansas.

The Bruised Optimist
The Bruised Optimist
Thursday, July 3, AD 2025 10:15am

I am all in favor of a Shawshank in Maine.

Make sure of three things:
A) Shawshank Redemption (Spanish Dub) is shown daily
B) the sewer pipe is labeled in neon letters
C) the pipe terminates in Canada!

Donald Link
Donald Link
Thursday, July 3, AD 2025 11:47am

Lived south of Miami many years ago when it was building. Not a bad place to wait deportation but be advised the lighting is quite poor at night and gators did not make noise when looking for dinner.

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Thursday, July 3, AD 2025 10:46pm

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David WS
David WS
Friday, July 4, AD 2025 4:53am

Oklahoma please take Chief Warren back home to the reservation.

Obama should be forced to donate his compound on Martha’s Vineyard for illegals. Only fair.

Ezabelle
Ezabelle
Saturday, July 5, AD 2025 4:51pm

A librarian at a prison facility is one interesting job! The stories you would come home and tell…

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