Comments on: Inside Century Correctional Institution

By: Sally Davenport

Sally Davenport — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 02:28:26 +0000

I was told there is no air conditioning indoors for these prisoners. Is this true?

By: sktmax

sktmax — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:50:11 +0000

Sheffie and co are both right. Yes they cleaned the place up due to the audits….but also the SES employees or “higher ups” promotions are weighed heavily based on the results of their institutions announced and unannounced audits.

By: Sheffie

Sheffie — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:00:50 +0000

co on April 2nd, 2012 9:40 pm – in reality they were sucking up to an audit team for possible promotions of some “higher ups”

I would like to say that I believe that your idea of their motives is completely absurd. They did improvements to the compound for the audit and/or accreditation so that Century CI would not wind up on the next list of closures due to budget constraints. Imagine, if you will, what the auditors and/or accreditation team would have to say if they believed that it was too costly to keep Century CI open. That could be really bad for every staff member at Century CI. As you should realize by now, our jobs are of little to no importance to some members of our state government. I believe that the Administration had the best intentions when they had improvements done on the compound.

Just sayin’.

By: William

William — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:05:29 +0000

>>.I do hope we get to see much more then the outside of the buildings.

You will, beginning with the chapel and medical facility on Tuesday. We’ll take a look inside other buildings later in the week, including a cell block.

By: Front Street

Front Street — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:02:47 +0000

Since I have never even been inside a jail, I can only comment about being in the military. Yes it is a lot like a military base. I do hope we get to see much more then the outside of the buildings.

Thanks William for giving those of us who would probably never see this get a idea of what it is like.

By: co

co — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 02:40:27 +0000

all the freshly painted buildings and flowers were done a couple of months ago due to an inspections team that came to do an audit….so in reality they were sucking up to an audit team for possible promotions of some “higher ups” and not to north escambia.com…….you should have given them more warning and maybe we could have gotten more improvements. LOL

By: Century C.I. Veteran

Century C.I. Veteran — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:58:55 +0000

Compound has always looked nice since day one. Staffing on the other hand, has seen better days.

By: Jim W

Jim W — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:58:13 +0000

Very simular to a military compnd or post. Controlled, secured, well groomed, and very organized. With one exception the military can move about as they please. The public onn the other hand when on military bases are completely controlled as a general rule.

By: bleeding blue and orange

bleeding blue and orange — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:09:30 +0000

About the paint on the road, lettering on the buildings, and flower beds, they were not for the visit. These all came with our new warden at Century. He is trying to make the place look better and it is working. Looking forward to seeing some more pics of my home away from home. Thanks William for the story.

By: just saying

just saying — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:14:16 +0000

About the flowers I would not doubt it at all that they planted them for him. I’ve been to a few prisons to visit loved ones and I never seen no flowers but I’ve never been to century prison!