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Comments about prison

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zagg: Well, he is a well dressed prisoner! Black dress pants + white dress shirt and a sweater vest...

in response to: Life Sentence by NWhyC

JOSEPH BRIDGE: hey peter, i'll give you one reason why kensington sucks. my father, hard working, family man left work early one night in march of 1990 because he was sick. you see he worked the graveyard......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

GREG WYATT: BACK TO PETE THE REAL REASON I ROLLLED OUT OF KENSINGTON IS I WAS TIRED OF WORKING MY ASS OFF TO HAVE ANYTHING AND WATCHING MY FRIENDS GO TO GRAITERFORD PRISON IN AND OUT LIKE......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Anon: Anything done in public is public domain, and international law, as a whole, is of this mindset, both legally and socially. It's quite simple, actually. Don't want someone taking photos of it? Then don't do......

in response to: A Homeless Man Sleeping with His Most Cherished Possession by Leroy Allen Skalstad

Me: Re to Hutchinson Escapee I will keep my reasons for wanting to know to myself,but thanks for the offer to post the case number anyway. But my oh my aren,t you an angry one. You probably......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Tex: Here's another one, this is the Kansas Cosmosphere, one of the recent winners in the "Wonders of Reno County". It was started my Max Ary, who stole space artifacts from his own museum and......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

kidcapri22yrs: ok, ok what some people are saying are that, the nazi-ideology has infiltrated the american gov't from 1930's to present, built one of their many capitol structures to capture and enslave non-anglo americans. what are......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

optomystic: Why is everyone so upset? Just do what you are told and don't complain. Hutchinson is a wonderful place and don't you forget it!As a prisoner learns to love his cell- so will go your......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Former Hutchinsonite: Yea, that's what they mean by 'come share our space' - in a cell at the prison....

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Former Hutchinsonite: Oh, I forgot, you guys are big in prisons and reformatories, because of all the drugs, high crime rate and lack of jobs, the homeless are probably charged with trumped up charges, sent to prison,......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

sean: this is crap because the oars, pieces of their rafts, and all of there possessions were found in the water. Then after a few weeks a body was found in a prison uniform, and......

in response to: How to Disappear... Alcatraz Style by Frank M. Ahearn

saul altman: There are 1 out of 100 Americans in PRISONS ...

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

EvilGentleman: dirana1, thank you for commenting. I can respect your opinions and your insight into the prison is a welcome bit of education for the rest of us. I am certain you know a lot more......

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman

dirana1: You have got to be kidding me. Does anyone out there know the history of the place? It was British, you at least have that much right. However, it was originally and......

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman

Bonnie: Did any of you watch Cold Case last week? Am I mistaken or did Lilly Rush infer she was a Kensington girl? My sister got the same impression and she watched it in California,......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

saul altman: i wonder where the city of New York will build the next death town just like the one they created in Coney? They just don't get it, we need to build a community where all......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

jamie: I love old prisons and I was in Kingston recently and got some pictures of this place...I wish they did tours of the inside, but that would not be safe...very interesting history of this prison....

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman

saul altman: i get sick to my stomach when i go home to visit CONEY ISLAND.The city of New York created an area to supply there county jails & state prisons with people who see no way......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

E$MONEY(1920 BABY 4EVA): I lived in 1920 for most of my life apt,209.My name is eric a.k.a(egg)and i've seen many people from that area fall from chidhood to adult.Caugt up in gangs,drugs,and life hardships.I'm not saying that im......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Crystal: I agree that this town in boring but like another person pointed out You only took a picture of like ONE spot here. There are beautiful things here too not just an old hospital that......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Alan Taylor: WOW Andrew, The Methodist Church looks more like a prison camp with that fencing around it, whereas I was on Boundary Road on Sunday but turned right onto Mond Road through to Fiddlers Lane so missed......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

noname: Hunter, First off I am self employed. I have not needed to explore other towns. My complaint comes from the lack of people with money in this town. Thank God for the internet... I do......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Former Hutchinsonite: Gosh Hunter, sounds like you're a hypocrite. If you thought the town was so great, why did you pack up and move out to California to find a job? And as far as......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

noname: Tex, you have brought up very good points. Hutchinson is a poor example of a city even when compared to other towns in Kansas. Hutchinson has been on a steady down fall for years. People......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

youre basted ja: JA himself is no stranger to Hollywood, with a handful of minor roles on television and in films, including “The Karate Kid Part III” and “Rocky V,” both directed by his dad. In “Rocky V,”......

in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

rt: i worked at hsh for 25 years and the patients lived in horror! If the aide said yes you lived if now then- this and all like were closed by the courts not the state.......

in response to: Haverford State Hospital by Nairi

trapped: The are several secret levels under DIA which is basicly a underground base and prison camp for who, for us citizens. The new world order has over 800 prison camps all over the us and......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Michelle: If you really want to learn more about the history of KP -- obtain a copy of the February/March, 1991 issue of "The Beaver" Magazine which details life in the prison during the 1840's. ......

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman

Gems: This is like the worst city on earth, there is nothing to do. Not only in La Junta not "One of America's best kept secrets! La Junta is a growing city on the High Plains of......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 8 by Scott Sargent

Joining the Whine: OK, Padre Island, you win. I'm cornered by statistics. I won't quote Disraeli though, because I agree with a couple of them. income below average = agreed, a problem. Hutch needs to do better......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

miguel ayala aka Mike: Hi I was just wondering is Sonny barger still in prison??? ok may you all have a safe ride bye for now always Mike...

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

Johnson: Yes, Hutchinson is a shithole. Part of the problem with the crime in this town is that the police are so dedicated to shooting stray animals and petty traffic violations that theft and other crimes......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Gary: Much of what I read here reminds of comments about what gentlemen the German officers were in restaurants after they had invaded France! Listen here: The Hells Angels, each and every......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

MaGoo: I grew up on Lawn Guyland in the 70's; most of my neighbors were "caucasian-Americans" who were from Bushwick and East New York. They had been displaced by the "diversity"- when the city used THEIR......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

Re: TEX: You hit it right on the head. Hutchinson a sad place. It is truly full of the elderly, handicapped and prisoners! ...

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Tex: And while I'm on my soapbox, It looks like to me that a lot of crime that is committed in Hutchinson is done by the 'elite' members of society. Here is an example of two of......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Indeed Bill Harding they cut kite lines, but with what type of line??: Pakistan province lifts 2005 kite ban Kite flying is a popular sport in Pakistan The government of Pakistan's Punjab province is to allow kite-flying during the Basant spring festival in February 2007. But officials said the kite-makers......

in response to: Kite String All over Milliken Park by Michelle

webmd: I think the fact that it stands by itself, is shuttered up and clearly not in use (or much use) its what is most ugly about it. And yet, not far is that really cool,......

in response to: Ugliest Building in New York? by Peter

John Doe Jr.: That is some of the problem. the PRISON! Hutchinson is a great place for convicts. ...

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

one more comment: ok, i got to this site by accident but it caught my attention so I continued to read. I should have gotten out the dictionary to make sure I spell everything right so you dont......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Luis Acevedo: Please send me your e-mail addresses and I will scan some images as well as send you the ones I have on my pc now. As for stories there are so many untold. Have you......

in response to: Bushwick \'77: When the Lights Went Out by upfromflames

karlo: I appreciate your views BBH,but i have to disagree. You should read as much as you can about the hunger strikes,or better still,take a trip to Ireland and talk to the families,friends or people who where......

in response to: Graffiti in Belfast by barry

Andrew Smith: Paul - the area opposite Irlam Locks was a bit of green land between the canal and the 'old river' (the River Irwell old course - the Ship Canal swallowed the Irwell). I have always......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

CATCH A BIKE THIEF!: We bought brand new bikes from these nice guys at CycOmotive on Bathurst. We paid $3,500 for the two mountain bikes. One was higher end Giant and the other one was Giant Pistol 2 16......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

Madcow: Another one: it's called Crossroads and its at Coxwell + Daforth. Real dive. Real dive. Feels like drinking in a prison or mental assylum....

in response to: Toronto Dive Bars by JayEastsider

Edward Attard from Malta: The Norwegian criminologist Nils Christie is in favour of abolishing prisons. Do the Norwegians agree?...

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

Peter: cay: firstly, i think its humorously ironic that you qualify "not scaremongering" by saying "god knows {nyc} is scary enough". thats a dated, inaccurate and stereotypical statement that i dont appreciate much, as a {new......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Cay: If you can go in and out of your new place in the daytime, and literally live as a prisoner in your place in the nighttime, you MIGHT be O.K. That's all I can or......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jack: iman you sound like a smart kid, in the 50's in brooklyn there were little street gangs on every other corner. a gang then were just a group, a clan, kids from down the......

in response to: But There Is No Other Door for the over 50 Year Old Gang by jack

EvilGentleman: I could have sworn the first conquest of Alexander was Greece. So the big question would then be, was it a civil war or an invasion? Considering the classical Greek habit of describing both Macedon......

in response to: Θεσσαλονίκη by zagg

mark rogers: It was in the mid 70s called Clares. It was like a mini supermarket that sold everything and had a barbers upstairs. Emma the jerry works was a shoe factory that was home to german......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Patti: What in the hell is going on with our nation... The concentration camp would of course not be for the Americans you idiots!!!!! If you were intelligent you would know we have quite a......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

JNJ: Again. The problem isn't your, "whiteness". Human phenotypes don't necessarily always reflect the genotypes. "White", just like Black, Brown, Red, Yellow, is just a generic term used to separate people for the......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

Susannah: It kind of looks like a prison....

in response to: Oct 28 2006 by hool

Susannah: Sometimes she sits in her car and listens to the rain. It is not soothing but oppressive, like a prison of tears that never makes anything clean. She wonders if it is possible to force......

in response to: Rainy Days and Mondays by a disturbed young man

ikon rh 954: fuk all u hatin ass nigas dat b tryin peopl cuz u jeaouls dat da beter den u an shit give dem boys props half u nigas talk shit on awall but woudnt say shit......

in response to: Miami Youth Faces \'Serious Jail Time\': by Justice?

ikon rh 954: dats fucked up wat they did to dem walls. before i went 2 prison i rember seein them in person. wat a disgrace...

in response to: Miami Art Massacre by Bob Edelson

Astro Guy: Great. Just great. How the heck am I supposed to relax when I’m outside on clear nights at the telescope?! I’m in BC, right down in the extreme South-West, by the US border in a......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

anon (host81-138-12-194.in-addr.btopenworld.com): Going back to April or something, I just have to say that probably the same proportion of blacks are in UK prisons if not higher. I know because I have been inside some. The US......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

EvilGentleman: But what I really wonder is: - What happens to liars in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico? - How do they explain the existence of prisoners in Independence, Missouri? - How do people really kiss in French Lick,......

in response to: What to Do in Sarnia? by jfilip

carlos mario: Since I'm writing about gentrification in Bushwick, this all is so interesting, especially the part of the story that The Truth mentions, as it relates to what I'm writing. Roger Starr, planned shrinkage, arson, disinvestment,......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

Endorsement: If it's vicelord it'll sell like hot cakes. You can find lots of stuff about folks (including complete books on GD & Crip lit just go to ask.com if you think i'm lying even a......

in response to: Gangsta Hat Protractor by M. McConnell

chiamattt: OH. MY. GOD. You want the government to go after 'heavily scented products'? dude! go live in the mountains. I cannot understand that at all. To use the word 'distress' with regard to perfume and......

in response to: Montreal Goes Non-Smoking: Good or Bad? by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Carmen, what is wrong with you? Don't you know that burning textiles with butane releases pollutants into the air? Use the acid next time, it will dilute faster. But seriously, enjoy your time in prison, and......

in response to: 7 Train Pervert by CC

EvilGentleman: So you are a firm believer in an eye for and all that crap, I guess. You must be madly in love with George W Bush. But we have laws to stop people like you,......

in response to: Free Man? by Urbanghost (michael talbot)

Elicar: The bartender of the club, the host of a party, the employer..These people could all be held responsible for the behaviour of a drunk. Why didn't the bartender call a cab? Why didn't the host......

in response to: Does Anyone Else Find This Stupid? by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: OK, this is about as ludicrous as it gets, people! I support the reinstatement of the death penalty, I support the right to bear arms, I believe law enforcement should be given a massive cash......

in response to: Free Man? by Urbanghost (michael talbot)

EvilGentleman: During my 6 years of working as a jail guard, I saw many disrespectful acts commited by the prisoners. I have been spit on, had my children's lives threatened, and had to sustain abuse of......

in response to: Free Man? by Urbanghost (michael talbot)

EvilGentleman: As you can see in the first pic, any prisoners attempting to escape will have a mop bucket and a squeegee thrown at them. I think that would hurt a lot, especially if it's still......

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman

jack: give up all hope yee prisoners who enter here....

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman

the finn: i believe in a nation once again ireland will be free one day and i would fight for the rights of the working class the small farmer too. If you look at the english they......

in response to: The Bogside by norniron

elaine: it's quite sensitively done. unlike stonehenge which is virtually imprisoned....

in response to: London Wall/London Wall by elaine

chiamattt: "Nguyen hopes he gets prison time this go-around. "He has some serious issues that need to be addressed through therapy and counseling - not two days of community service," she said. "That's pretty much a......

in response to: Beware: Perv Alert! by friendly_chic407

Get out of your car, buddy.: Toronto must be a tale of two cities. If you live in the inner city, it fits like a comfortable old shoe. There are few places in the world that can boast such......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

anon (194.34.10.2): Cheers Myke, have seen you photo's of the city centre, excellent stuff and promote the area very well. Alright Ste - lets have a few Chesham pictures! The 'jezzies', for anyone wondering, was local slang for the......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

**R@Ti0**: how can writting on walls add up to 2 years in prison and 100,000$ in damage it just dosent make sense! its fucking paint. and to all the people who think all tags look the......

in response to: Dallas Graffiti Writers Busted! by Dallas Police

Frequent Pliers: All they woud find out by eavesdropping/tracing me is that I am a biking fanatic, that I shop at Canadian Tire online, and that I read the New York Times... But then again, it migh......

in response to: Privacy Vs Law by realCanadian

GGP: evilG's description of isolation & longing at the sight of the airplane makes me think of Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues"--the prisoner who watches the train go by from his prison cell and thinks: "I bet......

in response to: Passing Airliner Triggers Wonder in Arctic by EvilGentleman

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: It looks like Rover from The Prisoner. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prisoner]]...

in response to: Zorbing by Macka

len: I just moved back to Canada from Georgia, USA ... where suburbia is human unfriendly (like some of Scarborough), cyclists get doored, and people are obsessed with their vehicles. On top of that the......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Barmitzvah: Hey Rob, how old are you? Ten? Do you have your parents permission to use their computer? Littering creates jobs? Also Rapists and murderers help the prison industry. How would society hold together without them?...

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Bob Stickers: Guy needs Federal Prison (US style) anal rape and public speaking engagements. These are to only two real deterrants. However the real arguement for discussion should be if she was also a mountain biker rather......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Coachrob59: Wow! What an adventure! Two people duke it out in Toronto the good and it makes the press all over the world. Let's review; so far we've heard from: 1) Leah, the bike Courier. 2) The......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

bruce walzer: Hmmm... 1. Guy drives around irritating people by dumping garbage on the street. 2. Someone reacts to this with a display of anger. 3. Guy outright attacks the objector. 4. Sometime during the altercation guy threatens someone with a......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Mike D.: Police frequently encourage people not to press charges for two reasons. One, it may clog up the system where it may very well be handled externally on their own. Second, if she presses charges on......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Not Diah: yo what the fuck, you idiots need to realize that by him throwing the food out the window he's 1. Feeding a homeless guy 2. Giving someone a job 3. Puts prison workers to good use so what if......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Galaxy: Mad props to her for returning the litter to it's rightful owner and mad props to those people who intervened. If id'a seen her drop his garbage back in his car I woulda laughed......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

hool: i was told by police that the courier could be charged with assault for throwing the food at the motorist, and mischief for the car damage (if the motorist chose to press charges) - and......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

GGP: makes me think of the famed Women's Pentagon Action demo way back when (in 1980): "Four huge female puppets created by Bread and Puppet Theatre led some 2,000 women in a march past Arlington Cemetery to......

in response to: Wholesome Urban Graffiti by groovehouse

Peter: a prison? it has no walls... so, id say no, as it would be very easy to escape from, eh? the fencing you see is in front of it. not a part of it....

in response to: Abandoned Bus Shelter by Peter

Me: Is that really supposed 2 be a bus shelter? It looks like a prison or something!...

in response to: Abandoned Bus Shelter by Peter

elaine: imprisoned!...

in response to: Abandoned Bus Shelter by Peter

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: On beauty and decay: I was sent a poem from a book by Toyohiko Kagawa, called Songs From The Slums. He grew up and worked around the Kobe slums of Japan and was thrown in......

in response to: Cross Street and Blossom 2002 by Jamie

Question.....: First off i would like to say i come with much love, honor, y respect.... Not real sure if this would be the place to post or if anyone has an answer to my questions..........

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Dave: Hey Mee, I only really heard the story of Sane a few months ago. I'm a big graffiti fan, but lately, I've been realising that it's actually been the cause of a lot of misery......

in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint by Peter

elaine: there's a simpsons episode based on the prisoner, it was on the other night here - spooky, huh?...

in response to: I\'m From the Village! by JJ

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: maybe it was the Village from The Prisoner [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061287]]....

in response to: I\'m From the Village! by JJ

say wut: through the lights camera's action glamour glitterz an gold i unfold the scroll plant seeds to stampede the globe when i'm deceased by then the beast will rise like yeast to conquer peace leavin' savages......

in response to: Miami Youth Faces \'Serious Jail Time\': by Justice?

hondoe: thats right mama!!!! teach him now before some prison guard teach him later!!!...

in response to: Mama Don\'t Play.... by Vince

Anonymous (216-199-41-200.orl.fdn.com): I congratulate this mother. It reminds me of when I was young. I had a mother and a father in my home (not saying mother and father do not exit in this home) but it......

in response to: Mama Don\'t Play.... by Vince

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