It is a rare thing when I agree with Joe Morrissey on anything (this may be a first). As an Independent voter for over 50 years, his extreme views and actions over those years have not resonated well with me. However, his op-ed in the RTD of March 31 is a keeper. The current Virginia “special” referendum to redraw congressional districts to favor Democrats 10-1 is patently un-Virginian and un-American, especially considering that Virginia voters passed a non-partisan referendum on re-drawing the districts just five years ago!
09-10-1968 (cutline): Inmates in the auto license tag shop prepare to hang newly stamped-out license plates to run through paint machine at State Penitentiary.
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09-10-1968 (cutline): Prisoners who've returned to work have recreation privileges on Penitentiary yard.
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An aerial view of Virginia State Penitentiary is seen on Dec. 12, 1973.
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01-24-1960 (cutline): Store where inmates, using scrip, buy personal effects at the State Penitentiary.
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10-18-1962 (cutline): A. E. Slayton (center), rehabilitation supervisor at the State Penitentiary and Carroll R. Proctor, superintendent of prison industries, check progress of man in the woodworking department.
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12-07-1966 (cutline): Prisoners work as technicians in clinical laboratory. Facilities are available for all tests except tissue cultures.
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03-01-1966 (cutline): Wilson I. Trayer (right) teaches barbering at the the State Penitentiary.
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09-09-1968 (cutline): Virginia State Penitentiary commissary.
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01-04-1961: Virginia State Penitentiary
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07-22-1968: Virginia State Penitentiary
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01-24-1960 (cutline): A prisoner at the State Penitentiary takes a strip of cookies from oven. Bakery makes quantities of bread, cakes and pies.
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01-20-1960 (cutline): Despite prison bars in window, instructor John L. Scanlon teaches high school level class at the State Penitentiary.
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04-11-1992 (cutline): The scene after the State Penitentiary was razed.
