There are thousands of local city jails all across the US and this week we got to travel and see 2 of them in our community area. There are many differences and similarities between the two jails that we went to visit; the Wabash County jail & the Miami County jail. These two jails vary in many ways, when you consider technology, size, and availability. When it comes down to it, Miami County’s jail is the nicer and bigger of the two, if I got put in jail, that’s where I would want to go.
The first difference I noticed when first going into the jails were that the size difference was very noticeable and different. While Wabash County’s jail was a lot smaller, Miami County’s was bigger. Miami County’s jail was able to hold quite a few more prisoners while since Wabash’s was smaller, they could not do the same. Being a smaller jail at Wabash it allowed them to have less employees watch over less prisoners. One of the biggest differences I noticed between the two is that Miami County’s …show more content…
This was nearly a given due to the fact that the Wabash County jail was built in 1979 while the Miami County jail was built in 2009. When entering the Wabash County jail, you had to use force to push or pull the door, while Miami County’s jail had automatic sliding doors to get into the main lobby. Miami’s jail was all computer based everywhere you looked, everything was controlled, operated, and monitored using computers. While on the other hand, with Wabash is being as small as it is, the officers used keys to open every door, although there was still some electronic surveillance. The last substantial difference I noticed was the visiting. When someone comes to visit the inmate in Miami County’s jail, they would pretty much Facetime them from the lobby. While at Wabash, it was done face to face, with only glass separating the two
The first difference I noticed when first going into the jails were that the size difference was very noticeable and different. While Wabash County’s jail was a lot smaller, Miami County’s was bigger. Miami County’s jail was able to hold quite a few more prisoners while since Wabash’s was smaller, they could not do the same. Being a smaller jail at Wabash it allowed them to have less employees watch over less prisoners. One of the biggest differences I noticed between the two is that Miami County’s …show more content…
This was nearly a given due to the fact that the Wabash County jail was built in 1979 while the Miami County jail was built in 2009. When entering the Wabash County jail, you had to use force to push or pull the door, while Miami County’s jail had automatic sliding doors to get into the main lobby. Miami’s jail was all computer based everywhere you looked, everything was controlled, operated, and monitored using computers. While on the other hand, with Wabash is being as small as it is, the officers used keys to open every door, although there was still some electronic surveillance. The last substantial difference I noticed was the visiting. When someone comes to visit the inmate in Miami County’s jail, they would pretty much Facetime them from the lobby. While at Wabash, it was done face to face, with only glass separating the two