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San Quentin Tour
On July 6th, 17 intrepid Sisters in Crime joined Lieutenant Sam Robinson for a five-hour tour of San Quentin.
After we showed our IDs, signed in, got wanded and wrist-stamped, we squeezed into a space between two sets of bars where we showed our IDs again. Then Sam lead us into a surprisingly beautiful plaza landscaped with flowers, a memorial to officers who lost their lives at the prison.
Above us loomed guard towers and razor wire.
To the lieutenant, the courtyard represents the ground between the best and worst of the prison—the Adjustment Center on one side, housing the most difficult criminals, and two chapels on the other side, one for Catholics and the other serving a multitude of faiths.
Before Lt. Robinson became a public information officer, he worked in the Adjustment Center, a place rife with prison gang members where the cells require concrete doors fitted with only slots. It’s a place where two officers are required to move an inmate, and the inmate must undress and submit to a cavity search first. The officers wear headgear with shields to protect against “gassing,” prisoners throwing collected feces and urine . . .. (To continue follow this link to my website.) my link text<.a>
After we showed our IDs, signed in, got wanded and wrist-stamped, we squeezed into a space between two sets of bars where we showed our IDs again. Then Sam lead us into a surprisingly beautiful plaza landscaped with flowers, a memorial to officers who lost their lives at the prison.
Above us loomed guard towers and razor wire.
To the lieutenant, the courtyard represents the ground between the best and worst of the prison—the Adjustment Center on one side, housing the most difficult criminals, and two chapels on the other side, one for Catholics and the other serving a multitude of faiths.
Before Lt. Robinson became a public information officer, he worked in the Adjustment Center, a place rife with prison gang members where the cells require concrete doors fitted with only slots. It’s a place where two officers are required to move an inmate, and the inmate must undress and submit to a cavity search first. The officers wear headgear with shields to protect against “gassing,” prisoners throwing collected feces and urine . . .. (To continue follow this link to my website.) my link text<.a>
