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| WA Prison Closing Bittersweet |
| By seattlepi.com |
| Published: 03/04/2011 |
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MCNEIL ISLAND -- From the looks of his black-and-white photo, on display at the ferry terminal where boats depart for McNeil Island, Lawrence Putman looks like the kind of warden you would see in a movie. With a cigar hanging out of his mouth and a stern look that would make even a hardened felon flinch, he's nowhere near the teary-eyed type. But that photo was taken in the 1970s, when Putman was the last federal warden at the south Sound prison then home to about 1,700 criminals. On Thursday afternoon, he was the oldest living warden at the closing ceremony for the state's historic prison. Housing inmates since 1875, it's the only one in the nation still accessible exclusively by ferry or aircraft. "We as employees were not just employees, we were neighbors," he said, recalling digging clams on the island beaches with coworkers. "We were a community." Read More. |
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