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Posted: 1/22/2014 3:17:57 PM EDT
...and geez, what a monster piece of architecture.
Not my pics. Note the lack of snow.  There aren't really any good pics to show the scale, but it's an imposing structure to say the least.     |
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Posted: 1/22/2014 3:19:45 PM EDT
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Looks like a good place to house the FSA.
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Posted: 1/22/2014 3:22:12 PM EDT
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I know where I'm going when the undead begin to walk the earth. |
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Posted: 1/22/2014 3:23:23 PM EDT
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F.P.N.I. /
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Posted: 1/22/2014 3:23:31 PM EDT
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is that the one on 23 south of Ann Arbor?
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Posted: 1/22/2014 3:23:35 PM EDT
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Buttsex, USA.
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Posted: 1/22/2014 3:25:15 PM EDT
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So now even the southern most suburb of Detroit sits in idle decay
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Posted: 1/22/2014 3:26:06 PM EDT
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Looks like a good place to house the FSA. don't kid yourself, they're probably eying it to house us......... |
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Posted: 1/22/2014 3:26:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: is that the one on 23 south of Ann Arbor? It is also known as Michigan State Prison or Jackson Prison. |
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Posted: 1/22/2014 3:30:12 PM EDT
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Old school baby !
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Posted: 1/22/2014 3:42:23 PM EDT
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They have closed many prisons in Michigan in the past decade. The justice system found it hard to stay bin business by locking up their bestest customers.
List of hoosgows |
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Posted: 1/22/2014 4:03:02 PM EDT
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Despite additions to the old prison, it was evident that eventually a
new prison would need to be built. In 1924, a new prison with a capacity of 5,280 inmates was built three miles (5 km) north of the city in Blackman Township. In 1926, 625 prisoners were moved from the old prison to cell block one of the new penitentiary. The name of the prison was changed to the State Prison of Southern Michigan in 1935. The new prison was built on 3,469 acres (14.04 km2) with an enclosed area of 57.6 acres (233,000 m2). The prison was enclosed by a concrete wall that was 33.9 feet (10.3 m) high. The wall stretched around the entire prison, with parts joined together at the ends of the cell houses. There were 12 watch towers and 16 cellblocks. Inmates were housed in 2,090 inside cells, 2,072 medium security cells, 1,312 outside cells, and 268 quarantine and detention cells, for a total of 5,742 cells. All of the cells were 10 feet (3.0 m) long, by 6 feet (1.8 m) wide, by 7 ½ feet high. ] |
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Posted: 1/22/2014 4:06:09 PM EDT
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is that the one on 23 south of Ann Arbor? I think that's the Michigan State Prison at Milan. I believe there's actually two of them there (one on each side of 23). |
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Posted: 1/22/2014 4:15:03 PM EDT
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No, it's just off of I-94 in Jackson MI. It is also known as Michigan State Prison or Jackson Prison. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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is that the one on 23 south of Ann Arbor? It is also known as Michigan State Prison or Jackson Prison. Jacktown! |
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Posted: 1/22/2014 4:17:24 PM EDT
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is that the one on 23 south of Ann Arbor? No that's a much smaller one. You're thinking of the one in Milan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Correctional_Institution,_Milan RF |
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Posted: 1/22/2014 4:20:08 PM EDT
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Isn't that the prison where a guy flew a chopper in and aided in the escape of an inmate?
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Posted: 1/22/2014 4:26:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Isn't that the prison where a guy flew a chopper in and aided in the escape of an inmate? |
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Posted: 1/22/2014 4:31:25 PM EDT
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Photo 4 of 5 - Red Wings vs. Marquette Prison Pirates The Red Wings accepted a challenge from the warden at the Marquette prison in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The Wings played the Marquette Prison Pirates on Feb. 2, 1954. |
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Posted: 1/22/2014 4:42:02 PM EDT
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My Dad was a cop and transported prisoners there. Said it was the saddest thing hes ever seen.
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Posted: 1/22/2014 4:45:53 PM EDT
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Anyone else ever think about how it'd be awesome to buy some abandoned place like that and start up a whole post-apocalyptic survival school colony thing?
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Posted: 1/22/2014 4:55:53 PM EDT
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is that the one on 23 south of Ann Arbor? Just about half way between Ann Arbor and Cabela's I think. |
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Posted: 1/22/2014 4:58:03 PM EDT
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IIRC, they serve a mean pepper steak there
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Posted: 1/22/2014 4:58:19 PM EDT
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No, it's just off of I-94 in Jackson MI. It is also known as Michigan State Prison or Jackson Prison. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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is that the one on 23 south of Ann Arbor? It is also known as Michigan State Prison or Jackson Prison. That one is supposed to be mostly shut down isn't it? |
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Posted: 1/22/2014 5:06:02 PM EDT
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No, it's just off of I-94 in Jackson MI. It is also known as Michigan State Prison or Jackson Prison. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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is that the one on 23 south of Ann Arbor? It is also known as Michigan State Prison or Jackson Prison. Jackson?! Spent many a holiday there with the Aunt and Uncle. Never knew there was a mondo prison. |
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Posted: 1/22/2014 5:09:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That one is supposed to be mostly shut down isn't it? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: is that the one on 23 south of Ann Arbor? It is also known as Michigan State Prison or Jackson Prison. That one is supposed to be mostly shut down isn't it? |
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Posted: 1/22/2014 5:14:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Jackson?! Spent many a holiday there with the Aunt and Uncle. Never knew there was a mondo prison. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: is that the one on 23 south of Ann Arbor? It is also known as Michigan State Prison or Jackson Prison. Jackson?! Spent many a holiday there with the Aunt and Uncle. Never knew there was a mondo prison.  |
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Posted: 1/22/2014 5:24:43 PM EDT
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Is that place now empty?
If so, that is pretty lame as some states are ordered to release cons because of over crowding when their rooms just waiting. |
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Posted: 1/22/2014 5:25:21 PM EDT
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Is that deer ranch East of Jackson on I 94 still open?
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Posted: 1/22/2014 5:26:53 PM EDT
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I've been on the inside of the prison. Years ago I had to testify in a violation of parole hearing and I was given a tour of the inside while I was there. I never want to be an inmate.....
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Posted: 1/22/2014 5:27:55 PM EDT
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eta nevermind, question answered
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Posted: 1/22/2014 5:29:00 PM EDT
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I've been on the inside of the prison. Years ago I had to testify in a violation of parole hearing and I was given a tour of the inside while I was there. I never want to be an inmate..... I'd love to take a tour. |
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Posted: 1/22/2014 5:29:43 PM EDT
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OP wrote ...and geez, what a monster piece of architecture.
Not my pics. Note the lack of snow. There aren't really any good pics to show the scale, but it's an imposing structure to say the least. |
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Posted: 1/22/2014 5:34:25 PM EDT
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I'd love to take a tour. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I've been on the inside of the prison. Years ago I had to testify in a violation of parole hearing and I was given a tour of the inside while I was there. I never want to be an inmate..... I'd love to take a tour. Prior to entering the main prison, everything that could have been used as a weapon or contraband by the inmates was taken from me in case we were attacked or taken hostage during the tour. John Norman Collins, who was convicted of murdering numerous college girls from Eastern Michigan University and U of M, was in population and pointed out to me too. |
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Posted: 1/22/2014 5:36:22 PM EDT
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Is that deer ranch East of Jackson on I 94 still open? That's what I always looked for when I was headed that way, that and all the winery outlets |
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Posted: 1/22/2014 5:37:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'd love to take a tour. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I've been on the inside of the prison. Years ago I had to testify in a violation of parole hearing and I was given a tour of the inside while I was there. I never want to be an inmate..... I'd love to take a tour. http://www.experiencejackson.com/things-to-do/tours/historic-prison-tour/ |
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Posted: 1/22/2014 5:38:03 PM EDT
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Almost always see deer in the fields dropping off and picking up my venison from the Beef Barn.
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Posted: 1/22/2014 5:40:13 PM EDT
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Knock yourself out. http://www.experiencejackson.com/things-to-do/tours/historic-prison-tour/ Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I've been on the inside of the prison. Years ago I had to testify in a violation of parole hearing and I was given a tour of the inside while I was there. I never want to be an inmate..... I'd love to take a tour. http://www.experiencejackson.com/things-to-do/tours/historic-prison-tour/ Sounds cool but not like walking among the prisoners. |
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Posted: 1/22/2014 5:41:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Sounds cool but not like walking among the prisoners. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I've been on the inside of the prison. Years ago I had to testify in a violation of parole hearing and I was given a tour of the inside while I was there. I never want to be an inmate..... I'd love to take a tour. http://www.experiencejackson.com/things-to-do/tours/historic-prison-tour/ Sounds cool but not like walking among the prisoners. Maybe a college program if your lucky. |
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Posted: 1/22/2014 5:41:40 PM EDT
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I recall the signs on the interstate: "DO NOT PICK UP HITCH HIKERS".
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Posted: 1/22/2014 5:42:49 PM EDT
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I went to junior high school in Jackson, MI. We had a teacher there that always told the class miscreants that "you're going to end up on Cooper Street if you don't get your act together."
My mother took me out there once and we made a stop in the prison gift shop. Apparently the merchandise was made my the inmates. She bought me a mini billy club that I kept in my fishing tackle box for whacking fish that wouldn't stay still for unhooking. |
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Posted: 1/22/2014 5:42:57 PM EDT
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Sounds cool but not like walking among the prisoners. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I've been on the inside of the prison. Years ago I had to testify in a violation of parole hearing and I was given a tour of the inside while I was there. I never want to be an inmate..... I'd love to take a tour. http://www.experiencejackson.com/things-to-do/tours/historic-prison-tour/ Sounds cool but not like walking among the prisoners. It's shut down now... no prisoners. What's uncomfortable is to tour a local jail as a police academy student... walking into a pod with sixty inmates when you're in your criminal justice polo
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Posted: 1/22/2014 5:43:09 PM EDT
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Wow - what a monster.
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Posted: 1/22/2014 5:43:20 PM EDT
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Jackson?! Spent many a holiday there with the Aunt and Uncle. Never knew there was a mondo prison. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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is that the one on 23 south of Ann Arbor? It is also known as Michigan State Prison or Jackson Prison. Jackson?! Spent many a holiday there with the Aunt and Uncle. Never knew there was a mondo prison. Grew up there and everyone I told that I was from Jackson would always say isn't that where the prison is? Hell I was chatting a girl up in Pirmasens Germany and even she said, "I've heard of this place they have a huge prison." Conversation killer 
ETA Super spelling |
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Posted: 1/22/2014 5:46:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Prior to entering the main prison, everything that could have been used as a weapon or contraband by the inmates was taken from me in case we were attacked or taken hostage during the tour. John Norman Collins, who was convicted of murdering numerous college girls from Eastern Michigan University and U of M, was in population and pointed out to me too. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: I've been on the inside of the prison. Years ago I had to testify in a violation of parole hearing and I was given a tour of the inside while I was there. I never want to be an inmate..... I'd love to take a tour. Prior to entering the main prison, everything that could have been used as a weapon or contraband by the inmates was taken from me in case we were attacked or taken hostage during the tour. John Norman Collins, who was convicted of murdering numerous college girls from Eastern Michigan University and U of M, was in population and pointed out to me too. |
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Posted: 1/22/2014 5:56:15 PM EDT
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I recall the signs on the interstate: "DO NOT PICK UP HITCH HIKERS". When I was little I thought it was so cool seeing those, like a road trip to grandmas could involve killers and my mom would run them down with her car lol |
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Posted: 1/22/2014 5:57:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It's shut down now... no prisoners. What's uncomfortable is to tour a local jail as a police academy student... walking into a pod with sixty inmates when you're in your criminal justice polo Not as an academy, but as a CJ student. That being said, only one person asked who I was. Inmate: Hey, who's that guy? Deputy: He's our intern. Inmate: Oh, that's cool. *Walks away* Boring jail I guess. |
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Posted: 1/22/2014 6:09:15 PM EDT
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My roommate was incarcerated there in 1989-90 for eighteen months. He and two of our friends shot some mailboxes with a .22 pistol ( I wrote about it in the 'worst roommates' thread). One of the bullets went through the window of a house but no one was hit. One of the friends testified in exchange for a plea deal and got 20 hours of community service. The other two went to jail. My roommate got eighteen months at Jackson. First week there he saw a guy get his testicles sliced off in the showers. Dave told me he stopped shaving and bathing and wiping his ass to deter rape. I moved away and never saw him again but kept in touch with a few mutual friends. He committed suicide in 1993, he'd been a straight-A student in high school ( our valedictorian) and in college. After he got out he just drank and lived in his folk's house. Never got his life together after prison. Not condoning what he did, just amazed how far he fell in life after a supremely stupid mistake.
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Posted: 1/23/2014 1:21:00 PM EDT
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Bump for giant facility of justice?
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Posted: 1/23/2014 1:50:09 PM EDT
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BTDT. Not as an academy, but as a CJ student. That being said, only one person asked who I was. Inmate: Hey, who's that guy? Deputy: He's our intern. Inmate: Oh, that's cool. *Walks away* Boring jail I guess.
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It's shut down now... no prisoners. What's uncomfortable is to tour a local jail as a police academy student... walking into a pod with sixty inmates when you're in your criminal justice polo Not as an academy, but as a CJ student. That being said, only one person asked who I was. Inmate: Hey, who's that guy? Deputy: He's our intern. Inmate: Oh, that's cool. *Walks away* Boring jail I guess.
I didn't know anyone in there but it was funny how they were looking at us.
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Posted: 1/23/2014 1:51:18 PM EDT
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My roommate was incarcerated there in 1989-90 for eighteen months. He and two of our friends shot some mailboxes with a .22 pistol ( I wrote about it in the 'worst roommates' thread). One of the bullets went through the window of a house but no one was hit. One of the friends testified in exchange for a plea deal and got 20 hours of community service. The other two went to jail. My roommate got eighteen months at Jackson. First week there he saw a guy get his testicles sliced off in the showers. Dave told me he stopped shaving and bathing and wiping his ass to deter rape. I moved away and never saw him again but kept in touch with a few mutual friends. He committed suicide in 1993, he'd been a straight-A student in high school ( our valedictorian) and in college. After he got out he just drank and lived in his folk's house. Never got his life together after prison. Not condoning what he did, just amazed how far he fell in life after a supremely stupid mistake. I remember your post. Didn't he take your pistol to do it? |
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Posted: 1/23/2014 2:00:47 PM EDT
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Had dinner at the Jackson Big Boy last night. Haven't seen one of them in years.
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