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Walla Walla’s Prison Nightmare and Spokane’s Odd Chase | Spokane News
In 1976, the Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla was a nightmare of overcrowding and despair—guards called it an “animal pit,” inmates hurled food at doors, and a hundred seventy-six men were locked in a prison-within-a-prison. A motorcycle gang boasted they built swing sets for kids, while a 100-man waiting list revealed the lack of rehabilitative programs. Even a university professor deemed it “outdated,” and one inmate bluntly said a fair review would shut it down. Meanwhile, in 1926, Spokane’s streets saw a bizarre chase: a “fat” detective pursued a slim man three blocks—just as…
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