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Jail: Rough Road or Easy Street? Amenitites Important, Prison Officials Say The Hartford Courant 4 August 1997 Page A-1 by Dana TofigCorrection Officer Charles Robinson stands at the edge of the gymnasium at Cybulski Correctional Institution. From his vantage point, he can see across the room. In front of him, a handball smacks off a wall of the gym, creating a rhythmic cadence with the grunts of two inmates. Prisoners are shooting hoops on the other end of the expansive room. The metallic clang of weights echoes through the gym. Some would look at this scene as an example...