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    The case for thanking Adirondack inmates

    Jan 01, 2022 4 minutes
    BY CLARENCE JEFFERSON HALL JR.

    ocated on a stretch of Route 86, about halfway between Wilmington and Lake Placid, sits a discolored and weather-beaten sign. It notifies motorists—via two barely visible, yellow directional arrows—of the route to F.C.I. Ray Brook and Adirondack C.F. Visitors intrigued by the sign’s cryptic initialisms would, upon parking their vehicles, discover a rusted disc bearing the emblem of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. A quick trip down Ray Brook Road would soon clarify the meanings. F.C.I. stands for Federal Correctional Institute, C.F. for Correctional Facility. Travelers unfamiliar with the legal distinctions separating the Forest Preserve from

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