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Eglin has lighted tennis courts too.

Many times, I've noticed the Club Fed men milling around drink machines in the BX parking lot...the ones dressed in Navy Blue Dockers with pressed white shirts..:~)

I think they were supposed to be doing hard labor, picking up trash in the parking lot.

You stationed at Eglin? I was there 92-96. Tough tour ;). I volunteered at the animal shelter on base and was walking dogs one Friday night, and I could hear a rock concert going on at the prison. I also used to see inmates taking college courses on base.

Many times, I've noticed the Club Fed men milling around drink machines in the BX parking lot...the ones dressed in Navy Blue Dockers with pressed white shirts..:~)

I've been living and working at Eglin for over 20 years, and the prison camp is not as cushie as this article implies. The inmates here do all the installation upkeep--mowing lawns, raking leaves, picking up cigarette butts, etc.--that otherwise the already overworked airmen would get stuck doing. There are few discipline problems with these guys cause they know they're headed to the big house if they screw-up and the good thing is they will do at least 85 percent of their sentence before they get a shot at parole. While I think whitecollar criminals should do hard time just like the doper that robs a convienence store, the federal prison system arrangement at places like Eglin and Tyndall do have some good points.