Falconer

FalconerThe main entrance to Falconer--the only entrance for convicts, their visitors and the staff--was crowned by an escutcheon representing Liberty, Justice and, between the two, the power of legislation. Liberty wore a tnobcap and carried a pike. Legislation was the Federal eagle, armed with hunting arrows. Justice was conventional; blinded, vaguely erotic in her clinging robes and armed with a headsman's sword. The bas-relief was bronze but black these days--as black as unpolished anthracit...