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" was once caught in a downpour on my way into a prison. As I waited to pass through a set of doors, I groused to an inmate on work duty who was mopping the hallway that even my socks were soaked. “They cancel outdoor rec in storms,” the man said to me with a soft smile. “I haven’t been in a rainstorm in eighteen years.”) "

Christine Montross , Waiting for an Echo: The Madness of American Incarceration


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Christine Montross quote : was once caught in a downpour on my way into a prison. As I waited to pass through a set of doors, I groused to an inmate on work duty who was mopping the hallway that even my socks were soaked. “They cancel outdoor rec in storms,” the man said to me with a soft smile. “I haven’t been in a rainstorm in eighteen years.”)