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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SoonerP226" data-source="post: 2807474" data-attributes="member: 26737">I knew someone working for OK County back when they opened the new jail; he said that they did an inspection after all the problems started popping up, and they very nearly condemned the building over what they found in the building's structural columns. IIRC, there were quality problems with the materials, but a lot of it was just poor design work, things that someone experienced in jail design would've never done. (The one I particularly remember was when the inmates figured out that they could escape by kicking out the windows; the consultant that OK County brought in after the fact said that the windows were far too big--they were counting on the reinforcements and bars to keep the inmates from escaping, when the windows shouldn't have been big enough for an inmate to squeeze through.)The part about the inmates plugging up the sewer lines, resulting in the staff offices being flooded with sewage, was just in the  news within the last few months.</blockquote>