Judith Miller's New Home in Alexandria Known as a "New Generation" Jail

[sabra]

Judith Miller's New Home in Alexandria Known as a "New Generation" Jail--But Moussaoui is Fellow Inmate

By E&P Staff

NEW YORK When the judge sentenced New York Times' reporter Judith Miller to jail Wednesday afternoon, he did not say where it would be, but E&P soon learned that it would be just outside Washington, D.C. Later, she was seen entering the Alexandria (Va.) Detention Center.

The Virginia facility's best-known resident is convicted terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui, according to the Associated Press. But what else is it known for?

It was completed in 1987 at a cost of $15 million, and houses all individuals committed by the courts to the sheriff's custody--local, state and federal. According to the Web site of the city's sheriff's department, the Center's management is based upon "New Generation" jail philosophy, which it describes as "a more modern and humane approach over traditional linear-style institution. New Generation philosophy is a combination of management style and architectural design which facilitates increased staff and inmates contact and works to reduce tension and improve security within the correctional setting."

This "scene," the Web site says, "resembles a dormitory with a lounge attached. At one end of a large room. a handful of young men are watching television; in another area, a second group watches a different set. Several inmates are playing cards. The area is bright, sunny, and clean. The furniture--sofa and chairs--is comfortable and clean. The carpet on the floor is unstained. No one has scratched his or her initials in the paints or on the wood tables. Windows allow a view of the outside.

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000974552

[lakeguy]

1. sounds nice, how do i get in?

[warrens]

2. That seems fair

She's not a threat to society and I don't want her tortured. But she is covering up something and she has to come clean. I am pretty sure that her relationship with Cheney and Rove is the reason here...

[DemInDistress]

7. Didn't Susan McDougall of

Clinton's team be "perp walked" in public,then spent time in some of the harshest county jails.I think 18 months or more.I bet Judy receives a "Medal of Freedom" for Christmas

[justgamma]

13. Remember when they used to trot Susan out

with leg shackles? The chain around her waist with her hands shackled to it. It was disgusting. Oh, they loved to show that.

[Eloriel]

20. MacDougal was moved several times, each time to a worse

facility. She also spent time in solitary confinement. She is one of my heroes. Judith Miller isn't worthy to shine MacDougal's shoes.

[mountainvue]

25. They sent her to Sybill Brand. n/t

[ashling]

11. Rove, Cheney, Chimpy, et al

are threats to society.

[Auntie Bush]

14. How come Susan McDougal was sent to all kinds of prisons all over the

country and kept in solitary confinement for 18 months for not talking? What's the difference other than Judith is a Republican?

She'll have plenty of time to write her new book...The Woman Who Wouldn't talk II.

[left is right]

3. Darn, I was hoping she would be held 24/7

in one of those mass holding cells that you see in sitcoms--dirty, crowded, no place to sit or sleep, and some big guy wanting to make her his property or at the very least wanting to take her lunch away from her.

[sasquatch]

4. I was hoping for more of a Rikers Island type place

You know, the place they send all of us to jail in.

[TacticalPeek]

5. Pictures, damnit!

I want pictures in orange!

A carton of Newports for a picture of the orange Weapon of Mass Disinformation.

[Junkdrawer]

9. I'll start...

http://alexandriava.gov/sheriff/jail.html

[Gloria]

12. Looks like a high school "pit" area......

eom

[kanrok]

6. It doesn't matter where she spends her time

No place is a good place. Freedom is precious. I'm sure she's not having a fun time, no matter how nice it might appear.

[thebigidea]

8. so what exactly is a nonlinear-style institution?

are the ceilings located on the walls or something?

[RaRa]

10. Circular

I saw on tv a California one that had the guards at a desk station at the bottom in the middle and the cells circled around them. It did have a more humane feel to it.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

15. It Has a Website

New Generation Jail - Alexandria Detention Center

[sabra]

16. kind of reminds me of "OZ"....

[AlamoDemoc]

17. As far as I am concerned she deserves the same treatment Abu Ghraib prison

she advocated the Iraq war therefore its fitting she receives the same treatment many innocent Iraqis received in Abu Ghraib prison.

[Caretha]

18. Who knows what goes on when the lights go out n/t

[pk_du]

19. Check here tomorrow for update

http://www2.vipnet.org/cgi-bin/vadoc/doc.cgi

[PartyPooper]

21. What? No Camp Cupcake? It sure looks like a "good thing" to me.

I wonder how Martha Stewart would rate these accomodations compared to what she had.

:think:

[Crunchy Frog]

22. Sort of reminds me of that Murphy Brown episode

where she spends time in a really upscale jail, if anyone else remembers that. Not that she even remotely resembles Murphy Brown in any other way.

Personally, I wish she was staying at Gitmo. I hear they have a lovely tropical climate and wonderful lemon chicken on the menu.

[Ms. Clio]

24. If Gitmo was such a groovy place, she wouldn't mind at all

She could give us the true insider's perspective.

A real journalist would do it.

[TomClash]

23. Nicer than half the apartments in New York City

And I'm sure it has excellent security.