Prisons are abnormal places. Most things that happen in them would be incongruous in society at large. Conversely, much that happens in society at large would seem incongruous in a prison. One evening last week there were three episodes at Sing Sing, New York's famed penitentiary, of which the most horrible was the least incongruous:
1) About 1,000 visitors filed into the prison after nightfall. As the rule requires, all were searched. Ten, it was discovered, carried flasks of whiskey. Warden Lewis E. Lawes commented: "If you searched the ordinary theatre audience of that size it's quite likely you'd...
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