Salon.com > The Natural http://www.salon.com Mon, 20 May 2013 22:07:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 My prison redemption http://www.salon.com/2012/10/03/my_prison_redemption/ http://www.salon.com/2012/10/03/my_prison_redemption/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2012 22:23:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13029677 Mr. Wood called me a “homo,” and so I have him in a headlock. Somehow he has me in one, too. We are trying to kill each other without shots to the face, without leaving any marks. We have never been friends.

the fix I am living as a prisoner in Gowanda Correctional Facility, a repurposed mental institution—sprawling, brick and actually kind of pastoral—leased by a local tribe to the New York State Department of Corrections for the purpose of housing, punishing and rehabilitating drunk drivers and sex offenders. You can spot the window sashes here in at least one scene of The Natural, starring Robert Redford and filmed here in the ‘80s, while the place was otherwise empty. There is a rumor floating around that the tribe will not renew the lease, that the tribe wants a casino.

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