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| Lawmakers choose waiting game for penitentiary |
| By wyofile.com- Andrew Graham |
| Published: 08/01/2017 |
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A single room in the Wyoming State Penitentiary controls the facility’s entire electrical system. Shifting soils beneath the prison’s foundations have at times made its roof leak. “If we ever get any water inside that transformer switch, it’ll create a plasma [explosion] that will be very destructive,” said Jeff Heier, facilities manager. Heier described a ball of plasma, electrical matter that could fry the electrical system and shut down power to the entire prison, leaving inmates and staff in the dark. There is no viable back-up system. The scenario might be the most significant threat posed by unstable soils under the less-than-two-decades old “south building,” but it’s far from the only one. Doors fail to close and lock, windows form spiderwebs of cracks, whole offices have become uninhabitable, finger-width cracks lace the walls, and chunks of concrete — potential weapons — fall from the structure. Read More. |
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