Walled in
The massive, mile-long prison wall was nine inches thick and stood over 19 feet tall. Electrified barbed wires stretched along the top.
One prisoner used a curved shower head as a hook to scale the wall, and rubber sheets from the prison hospital to hoist himself over the wires safely, Winslow recalls.
Pictured: Inmates working on the grading along the north wall of the prison in March 1934
Joel Winslow
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- A personal history of the Norfolk prison
- A rare glimpse into MCI-Norfolk
- New state prison constructed
- Inmate labor constructs prison
- Inmates trained to construct prison
- Prison opens in 1932
- Prisoners encouraged to master trade
- Walled in
- A ‘country club’ prison
- A winning debate team
- The baseball team
- Medical experiments on inmates
- Wartime efforts
- The prison today
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