Today we discover Chicago's Skyscraper Prison, the Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago.
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00:00 - Introducing Chicago’s Skyscraper Prison
01:00 - The history of Chicago’s Prison system
03:18 - Why The Metropolitan Correctional Center was built in Chicago
04:20 - The unique design of MCC
05:30 - How Metropolitan Correctional Center is organized
06:09 - Notable Prisoners and escapes at Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago
11:21 - R. Kelly’s incarceration at Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago
13:28 - The real prisoner behind “Orange is the New Black”
14:54 - Touring Chicago’s Metropolitan Correctional Center
17:56 - Metropolitan Correctional Center’s Impact on Chicago
IT’S HISTORY - Weekly tales of American Urban Decay as presented by your host Ryan Socash.
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Editor - Karolina Szwata
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