Today we discover Chicago's Skyscraper Prison, the Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago.

00:00 Introducing Chicago’s Skyscraper Prison
01:00 The history of Chicago’s Prison system
03:18 Why The Metropolitan Correctional Center was built in Chicago
04:20 The unique design of MCC
05:30 How Metropolitan Correctional Center is organized
06:09 Notable Prisoners and escapes at Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago
11:21 R. Kelly’s incarceration at Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago
13:28 The real prisoner behind “Orange is the New Black”
14:54 Touring Chicago’s Metropolitan Correctional Center
17:56 Metropolitan Correctional Center’s Impact on Chicago

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Scriptwriter Bex Weinstein,
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