Oregon State Penitentiary

well, i happened to be driving, when i drove right passed this. really? a prison RIGHT off of the main street?
i stopped by to check it out but wasnt able to get in (not that i really wanted to).
i probably WONT be coming back here! haha!

It would seem from the one star review by Holy-​foo that the Oregon State Penitentiary is making life uncomfortable for those on the inside. Perhaps this will act as a reminder when someone is thinking about commiting another crime.
Five stars for you OSP. I wish we had six more just like it.

The chow is disgraceful. The infirmary, I’ve seen better in 3^rd world countries, no exaggeration. As for the inmates themselves, allow me to cite Tom Wolfe… for brevity, clarity, and your pleasure, as well as mine…
«Not that they weren’t guilty. One thing Kramer learned within 2 weeks as
an ass’t DA in the Bronx was that 95% who got as far as the indictment
stage, perhaps 98% were truly guilty. The caseload was so overwhelming,
you didn’t waste your time trying to bring the marginal cases, unless the
press was on your back. They hauled in guilt by the ton… but the poor
bastards behind the wire mesh barely deserved the term criminal, if by
criminal you had in mind the romantic notion of someone who has a goal
and seeks to achieve it through some desperate way outside the law. No,
they were simple-​minded incompetents, most of them, and they did
unbelievably stupid, vile things…
…He had that same pumping swagger that practically every young
defendant in the Bronx affected, the Pimp Roll… They never failed to
look every inch the young felon before judges, juries, probation
officers… soon a stupefying tide of tedium and confusion rolled over
them all…» –Bonfire of the Vanities
Ladies and Gentlemen, Oregon’s Big House, for the past 150 years…