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The Lounsbery jail was an ancient brick structure that the city had long outgrown. It was now used solely for the confinement of prisoners awaiting trial. As soon as they were sentenced they were transported to a more modern institution in the suburbs.
It was a long, narrow building with a pitched roof and two tiers of cells, each with a window opening on the jail yard. Opposite the cells ran a blank brick wall pierced only in one place on the ground floor.