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Leavenworth was supposed to be the worst for climate. The guards could freeze the inmates in winter or boil them in summer. The idea is to mitigate the behavior in prison, not make them feel wonderful and comfortable. Better behavior, better conditions.

Alcatraz is spooky and must be like living in a haunted mansion. The ghosts of the Pacific rage through there like a railroad, though it can have some of the nice days, too. Wind can drive you crazy.

The 'Birdman of Alcatraz' was very popular for writing pedophile pornography for his fellow inmates.

There is one prison in Arizona that is surrounded by bleak desert, and is nearly 'escape proof' because anybody walking out of the place will be dead from exposure within a couple of days. I think the Alaska penitentiary is similar. I knew drug offenders who were in each, and when they brought the bodies back in for the prisoners to see, it was a potent deterrent to escape plans.

Ceffer says

when they brought the bodies back in for the prisoners to see, it was a potent deterrent to escape plans.

Like Rura Penthe or Salusa Secundus.

Are escapes from Federal Supermax prisons really a thing?