Word: overcrowdedness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When Henry Kissinger came to the White House press room to tell what was happening in the negotiations and proclaim "Peace is at hand," the weight of these long years was behind him and no doubt gave his voice its unusual gravity. Photographers and reporters pushed and shoved and strained...
The evils the New Crusader cited were all too familiar--impersonal procedures, overcrowded facilities, inadequate medical care. When an inmate enters Lewisburg, he is handcuffed, stripped naked, searched, bathed, given a number, and then quarantined overnight. On the next day, the new prisoner goes to the dentist who decides, after...
LEWISBURG, like most federal and state prisons, is overcrowded: During the New Crusader's stay, there were three showers, three baths and three urinals for 1800 inmates. Dormitories which should have housed 50 people housed 150. Often two prisoners were placed in a single cell.
The prison itself is undeniably needed. Serving as a "reception center" for all newly convicted felons, it would help replace an antiquated and overcrowded facility in Richmond. It therefore must be located in a central part of the state, near good roads and close to well-equipped hospitals. Green Springs...
"It may well be that Mather seemed overcrowded because it generally isn't said F. Skiddy von Stade. Jr. '38. Master of Master House. "We're going to a and see."