The wisecrack displeased the prisoner. He said he broke it because the guards would never turn it off. Instead, she squatted next to the slot trying to talk with the prisoner, promising that she would have the light replaced. The slot remained his captive. But even at first glance, something about the two facilities broadcasts that they are different from most other prisons.
Flowers appear in rows and clusters along the fences and in the yards.
A crew of prisoners armed with lawn mowers keeps the yards trim. Still other inmates work in the prison greenhouse or attend the in-house landscape design school. There's also occupational therapy such as barbering. There's animal-assisted therapy where, for a few hours a month, volunteers share the affection of their pets with inmates. And there is training in life skills such as cooking.