The reason we stayed in the obscure town of Albion, NY was to visit my cousin who is in the prison there for violating his parole about two years ago. He gets out in about two months, and rarely gets visitors since it's so far away from everyone, so he was very happy to have us. It was definitely a new experience for us, but it was much less strict than we had imagined. We had to get there very early in the morning, and waited about an hour for them to call us in, but it wasn't bad, and it was really good to see him. We sat at a table inside a big room where there were a lot of families visiting other inmates, then we got to sit at a picnic table outside for a little while with Brian. It's actually a very pretty area up there, and the weather was pretty nice, so it was pretty pleasant to sit outside. Of course, we can't take pictures inside the prison, so we didn't get any good pictures, but these are just to prove that we were there! You can see part of the prison in the background, and if you look really carefully, you can see the crazy fences they use to keep the inmates from escaping.
You could have gotten a picture taken with him. It's only a $2 polaroid, but hey....I'm sure he was happy to see anyone! By the way he's not out 'till late January, but I like what you said instead. :)
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