Our founding fathers built Eastern Penitentiary to treat prisoners humanely. Now, things did out that way. It can hardly be considered human to keep people in solitary confinement 24 hours a day, years at a time, with only the only light coming in from a small window in the ceiling, but humanity was the goal They believed that everyone had some good in them and if they repented (hence the name penitentiary), it would come out.
Too bad the powers that be don't feel the same about teachers. Rubber rooms are not much better than the conditions these men and women had to endure.
Too bad the powers that be don't feel the same about teachers. Rubber rooms are not much better than the conditions these men and women had to endure.
The only light in the cells.
The long, gloomy hallways. Prisoners were brought to their cells with sacks over their heads to keeps their anonymity.
The cell which only had bed, toilet and a bible.
Locked in.
And, last but not least Al Capone's cell.
While prisoners had no comforts or luxuries, Capone had a double cell furnished as it is shown with a full radio in the back.
Thank goodness no group of people gets such preferential treatment today.
