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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1973
Page
3
In Columbus a four day criminal justice seminar invites 127 participants including judges and police chiefs to tour the Ohio Penitentiary. The event begins at 8 am and includes a ride in paddy wagons from the Sheraton Hotel. The author weighs what book to bring, with family and colleagues recommending the Bible or other titles.
The narrator recalls a mix of reading tastes from a librarian and various authors to a vivid prison memory. He recalls 1939 Oxford jail and a 1940 St. Augustine lockup, noting the odd moment when a jail resident asks for 50 cents for breaking into jail, and ends with the question about which book he took to the pen: Goren on Bridge.
B J The Cat a lifer at Washington State Penitentiary was born and died behind bars in a small grave tended by inmates. Lifers recall a friendly cat who brought a different mood to Lifer's Acre despite rules forbidding pets. The cat fell ill and was taken to a veterinarian but could not be saved.
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