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9. Yes - this is true -

Reply to cheapdate (Reply #8)

Sun Sep 7, 2014, 12:29 AM

Sep 2014

I have a friend that spent some time in the prison on the Air Base. He was in during the time when one of the Watergate guys was in. My friend now teaches English in the same prison. The inmates line the ball fields and other "hard" labor.

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Allenwood Low jberryhill Sep 2014 #1

Yeah, they exist. MohRokTah Sep 2014 #2

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They are called Club Feds. Cleita Sep 2014 #5

Yeah--they get bailed out instead. Louisiana1976 Sep 2014 #7

Lompoc used to be. Suich Sep 2014 #6

It's still listed as minimum security NV Whino Sep 2014 #10

Yes, they do. Montgomery, Alabama cheapdate Sep 2014 #8

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