| Show Tour Through Utah's New Nw Prison Shows Force fine Points f the n By Bob Mount No key will fit the door and there here is no knob That's the front door to Point of the Mountain Prison For security reasons it can only be he opened from another building yards away when away when a guard who vho checks all visitors presses a button bulton Once through the door which is stainless steel with a bulletproof bulletproof bullet bullet- proof glass panel you are in the outer reception room oom Here you meet the prisons prison's which electrically frisks all aU tors Passing through another door you will find the telephone switchboard switchboard switchboard switch switch- board on your right which is the communication center of the entire entire entire en en- tire prison The wardens warden's office is also here This is the first contact a visitor visitor tor makes with those on the in in- in side On the left is a stairway which leads to the second floor and sumptuous new Board of Parole quarters consulting rooms on the west wesl wing and a temporary apartment apartment apartment apart apart- ment for the wardens warden's family on the east cast Back on the first floor down the center hall a guest passes through two steel gates electrically controlled controlled con con- trolled and then into the visitors' visitors room B Bet Between e t tv wee e e n these gates through which only one person may pass at a time is the heart of the entire prison operation the central turnkey whose mass of electrical buttons arc are stacked on banks on every side control every door and light in the buildings Once past the turnkey you are in a hall feet long lined on the east with administrative offices and on the west by the visitors' visitors room Everything is utilitarian even down to the paneled paneled paneled pan pan- visitors visitor's dock with its six-inch six no-man's no land across which no hands may pass as the prisoner talks to his guest If you should be a prisoner entering entering entering en en- the structure you and your escort will ignore stops here and continue through another gate to toan toan toan an elevator located at the main intersection of prison buildings Going to the second floor you would find the prison library transformed transformed transformed trans trans- formed from an originally designed guard chamber overlooking the Ule dining room and what will eventually eventually eventually even even- be the craft shop which has classrooms lining the walls Check Up Up Block The elevator will not stop here but moves to the third floor which houses a small observation cell cellblock cellblock cellblock block where all new prisoners will spend several days for psychiatric examinations and a general check See Seo Pago Page 2 Column 1 I 1 Point Prison Tour Shows i Tops Tops' in Modern Design Continued from rn Page Pago o One I Ii i 1 j. Y up mainly to determine if the they I II have An any contagious diseases diseases t r I This is the floor which houses honses 1 the prison hospital an Immaculate I tHe lined group of oC rooms complete to isolation chambers a small tile tile- lined operating room dentists dentist's office office of of- fice lice and ps psychiatrists psychiatrist's consultation room On the fourth floor of or this wing Is a cement vault which will wil eV eventually eventually even even- nI n- n I house death row Back on the first floor at the Junction of the buildings b bI lets let's go goj i j I straight ahead into the prison dining dining dining din din- ing room The huge room almost feet square is equipped with stainless steel teel tables and scats of oC modern design desin They were in installed In- In stalled with the aid of a cutting tool invented by recently paroled prisoner Tom McCoy cCoy I Cooking Facilities I It can scat eat all the inmates of oC the prison Continuing north we find our ourselves in a tile-plated tile stainless equipped steel kitchen complete with an up-to-the-minute up bakery and a separate meat room The I kitchen has been described by enthusiastic en- en state officials as the finest large kitchen west of the Mississippi In the basement below are arc large storage chambers including including- two I huge refrigerators Further back backi i In this building Is the prison laundry laundry laundry laun- laun dry complete in every detail Y and to the rear of this is a cen- cen trot heating plant for the enI entire en- en I tire structure which utilizes two I automatic s stoker t to o k e r grate chain-grate I steam generators with space for fora a third if prison expansion should demand it Back at the the- main intersection of the buildings a a. turn in either direction will take you to a a. three- three story cell block projecting from rom the south end of the building The individual cells are arc painted rose color with yellow halls This is in keeping w wit with i t h color bright schemes throughout the prison with a psychological effect on morale Modern Gymnasium A beautiful tile shower bath is located opposite each cell block Near the end of the west hallway one finds one of the most modern gymnasiums in the state of Utah Also Mso in this wing and presently under construction will be the foundry which will produce next years year's automobile license plates On the opposite side side also also under construction s is the maximum se security security security se- se chamber This will ill be a a. a large open room with two tiers of cells in the center of the room Guards observe prisoners here from catwalks high above the 1 floor As in other sections of the I prison tile the lines the walls about halfway to the ceiling and all windows arc are electrically operated Utah can indeed be proud of its new prison at Point of the Mountain Moun Moun- tain |
