Old Joliet Prison

  • Sammy Rosati

    Sammy Rosati

    The moon was full the night nine prisoners stood chained together awaiting the train that would take them from the Joliet prison in Illinois, to San Francisco. From there, a boat would take them to Alcatraz Island — their final destination. The shiny silver chains allowed for very little wiggle room. The men were so

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  • In Pursuit

    In Pursuit

    Dagmar Bezhyumanka was a woman on a mission to flush out true love from its hiding place. She’d exhausted the traditional methods: blind dates, fix-ups, singles’ bars, even hanging out in the produce section of the Jewel-Osco on Sunday mornings in hopes of snagging Mr. Right. No luck. Men in Chicago were more sophisticated than the dim

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