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Virginia. Small said Lorton was the primary corrections facility for the District of Columbia for almost 100 years, conceived during Theodore Roosevelt’s administration in 1908. It was viewed as a national model for prison reform because of its dormitory-style architecture and philosophy of providing prisoners with healthy outdoor work and education. The prison bars on display were cut from a maximum-security cellblock at Lorton just prior to renovat- ing the cellblock into condos. The prison closed in 2001. “I am immensely proud of Officer Taylor and of the recognition the National Law Enforcement Museum has bestowed upon her,” said Osceola County Corrections Chief Bryan Holt. “To know the Osceola County Cor- rections Department will be represented in our nation’s capital for future generations is truly humbling.” The dynamic story of corrections has begun. Stay tuned. There is much more to come and much more to tell.

Floyd Nelson Jr. is the director of Communications and Publications for the American Correctional Association.

See how the National Law Enforcement Museum made the cast of CO Taylor for their exhibit.

To view the cast figure process, please see this link: https://vimeo.com/269060017

Photo courtesy of Hope Hicka/Osceola County Corrections CO Taylor observes the life-sized cast of herself that stands in the Museum.

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