[quote=spdrun]Isn’t Leavenworth also a military prison?[/quote]
Leavenworth also has a major military base, but that is separate from the Federal Penitentiary I taught at. The base goes back to frontier days and has a storied history. The university I taught at was in St. Joseph, MO, 45 miles away, and where the Pony Express riders started their relay-type trip to Sacramento.
My students at Leavenworth had a sense of humor. Once, during a lecture, two bells went off, a sound I had never heard before while teaching there. I asked the class what that meant. One guy said “Its a signal to take hostages”. They all laughed, except me.
A few minutes three bells went off. I asked what that was supposed to mean. “It means to kill the hostages”.
