Verdant? And BTW.......what's with that California State Flag? Looks like it was stitched together by grade schoolers!
So when Brigid O'Shaughnessy moved in it was still fairly new.....
"......Well, if you get a good break, you'll be out of Tehachapi in 20 years and you can come back to me then. I hope they don't hang you, precious, by that sweet neck...Yes, angel, I'm gonna send you over. The chances are you'll get off with life. That means if you're a good girl, you'll be out in 20 years. I'll be waiting for you. If they hang you, I'll always remember you........
FYI......that brand spanking new facility only lived 20 years.......
" After the 1952 Kern County earthquake on July 21, "made the brick dormitories unsafe", the institution was closed and the 417 prisoners were sent to the new California Institution for Women in Corona....."
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The women's prison has been frequently mentioned in popular film and radio, particularly during the noir era.
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Nocturne (1946)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Out of the Past (1947)
The Hunted (1948)
Criss Cross (1949)
The Story of Molly X (1949)
1001 Rabbit Tales (1982)
The Black Echo, 1991
Duckman episode title "Noir Gang" (1996)
Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon (page 106 (Italian translation)) (2009)
Dragnet radio drama series