Road Prison Requiem
About this book
In 2002, one of Florida's six road prisons closed, creating an opportunity for paintball players, graffiti writers and weekend photographers. One of those photographers has documented the deterioration of the former prison over a span of three years. Once hailed as "one of [the state's] best means of rehabilitation," the small road prisons never caught on and the closing of Copeland Road Prison, located near the Fakahatchee Strand Preserve in Southwest Florida, may mark the beginning of the end for these minimum security work camps. The images in this book capture the natural beauty that surrounds this incongruous prison, the colorful aftermath of countless paintball contests and the messages left behind in spray paint, an unplanned requiem for a road prison.