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"What did you see?" I whispered to him as another officer led us down the left wing of the building. The exterior brick walls had hidden a world of cramped offices and the rustle of paperwork, and at the end of the hall was a thick metal door that led into the cell block.
He smiled and pressed a finger to his lips. I frowned, but followed him as we passed through the thick door and turned right into the dreary cell block area. A wide hall ran for fifty yards, and on either side were small cells. Each of them held two hard beds and a sink and toilet, and as we passed by men of all stripes crowded about the cells.
"Hey, lady! Wanna come warm my bunk with me?"
"What say you and I rob some banks together? Whatta ya say?"
More than a few whistled, and one even tried to reach out f
