11Auburn Correctional Facility statue
Auburn Correctional Facility in Upstate New York has the statue of a soldier Copper John placed on top of the prison. In 2004, the state learned that the statue was “anatomically correct” and ordered the statue be “incorrected”. Some workers made T-shirts reading “Save Copper John’s Johnson” after the statue’s nickname.
12Louisiana State Penitentiary
In the Louisiana State Penitentiary, conditions got so bad in the 1950s that 31 inmates sliced their Achilles tendons to bring attention to their poor treatment but nothing was done about it.
13Black Dolphin
Inmates at the 300-year-old Russian prison called Black Dolphin are not allowed to sit down in their cells for the whole day and are blindfolded when transported. It only houses criminals serving life sentences.
14Tent City
'Tent City' was an Arizona jail built out of old military tents, operational since 1993 and was shut down in 2017.
15Polar bear prison
There is a prison for polar bears in Canada. Apparently, they get chucked into jail for roaming around town.
16Eastern State Penitentiary
In 1828, Eastern State Penitentiary opened with a groundbreaking agenda to rehabilitate prisoners. Prisoners had a cell each, and were comforted with central heating and flush toilets, something which even the White House didn't have at that time.
17Mississippi State Penitentiary
The Mississippi State Penitentiary issued firearms to trusted inmates to guard other prisoners at night until 1972.
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18Suomenlinna prison
At the Suomenlinna Prison in Finland, the only thing keeping the inmates in is a yellow picket fence.
19California private vegan prison
There was a private prison in California that fed vegan meals, gave Bible studies, offered job training, anger management, etc. where violence dramatically decreased and inmates of all races associated with each other, where only 2% were rearrested when the state of California had a rearrest rate of 95%.
20Decatur Correctional Center
The Decatur Correctional Center in Decatur, Illinois, allows incarcerated women to keep their babies with them in prison for up to 2 years. The mothers have a 0% recidivism rate compared to the statewide average of 51.3%.
