Jail cells in Westerns always have a window to an alley where pals of the prisoner can toss notes or guns through. How accurate is that? Jim Rodenbergr Owasso, Oklahoma Jails were as different as the towns where they existed. Some were built of bricks and mortar, while others were made of adobe, stone or wood. Many didn’t have windows. Some towns didn’t even have jails. Wickenburg, Arizona, chained its prisoners to a jail tree. These were usually drunks who were released when they sobere


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