Prison Paradise?

This silo still stands today behind River Run apartments and was part of the original prison land. Photo by Sharon Fox

Original correctional facilities offer obscure amenities

In the old spaghetti Westerns, outlaws were hung in public for anything from stealing horses and cows to money and women. The town sheriffs were the law, and they alone determined if someone was guilty. It was the same in Alabama. The communities were happy to handle their own problems unless the sheriffs decided it was necessary to send it to the county lawmen.

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