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The jail came under fire in March 2009 when allegations came forward that a sheriff's deputy enlisted an inmate to touch a sandwich with his genitalia, then fed the sandwich to a fellow inmate. The inmate consuming the sandwich was then shown a cell phone picture of the first inmate's genitalia touching the sandwich. [ 5 ]
Built in 1966, the prison gained its nickname "The Workhouse" from an 1840s city ordinance that allowed forced labor as a punishment for criminals sentenced in law court who couldn't pay their fines. [3] [4] [5] The Workhouse became infamous for its poor living conditions, prisoner abuse, and penal labor.
Inmate gender Security class Ref. United States Penitentiary, Allenwood: Pennsylvania Male High [3] United States Penitentiary, Atwater: California Male High [4] United States Penitentiary, Beaumont: Texas Male High [5] United States Penitentiary, Big Sandy: Kentucky Male High [6] United States Penitentiary, Canaan: Pennsylvania Male High [7]
Franklin County plans to close the jail on Jackson Pike once the new jail is fully built out and staffed. Franklin County operates one of the largest jail systems in Ohio, cycling through 20,000 ...
In addition to being forced to labor directly for the government on a prison farm or in a penal colony, inmates may be forced to do farm work for private enterprises by being farmed out through the practice of convict leasing to work on private agricultural lands or related industries (fishing, lumbering, etc.). The party purchasing their labor ...
Youth Services International confronted a potentially expensive situation. It was early 2004, only three months into the private prison company’s $9.5 million contract to run Thompson Academy, a juvenile prison in Florida, and already the facility had become a scene of documented violence and neglect.
One night in July 2012, a juvenile inmate at Thompson Academy was lining up with other boys after taking a shower when he realized that the boxer shorts he had been issued were too big. According to a police report and an interview with the inmate’s mother, the boy asked a female staff member if he could have another pair. She said no.
More than 800 people have lost their lives in jail since July 13, 2015 but few details are publicly released. Huffington Post is compiling a database of every person who died until July 13, 2016 to shed light on how they passed.