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Pictures

I changed the main photo from File:Santa Fe gas chamber.jpg to File:NM State Pen Unit 4.jpg. While both are excellent photos on their own, the latter one seems a lot more informative about the penitentiary as a whole. I moved the gas chamber photo to the article, since it's too good a photo not to use. If someone wants to swap them back, that's fine, but I think the Unit 4 photo should be in the article, since it's (presumably) a better representation of the facility's current, day-to-day operations. Grayfell (talk) 22:31, 16 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

@Grayfell: I can see where you are coming from, since the riots are a major part of why the pen is semi-famous. I have emailed the media relations people at the NM Department of Corrections and am hoping to get permission to use this photo in the article. If I can't, then I'll probably drive up to Sante Fe and take my own photo and release it to the public domain. teratogen (talk) 06:44, 17 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That would be a great photo. I actually wasn't thinking of the riots when I made this edit, although I am aware of them. I just thought a gas chamber (which has only been used once, if I'm not mistaken) seemed less informative than the cells. Informative? Is that the word I'm looking for? Anyway, I agree that a photo of the building from the outside would be much better for the infobox, by far. Grayfell (talk) 07:12, 17 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Gallery

@WhisperToMe, Grayfell, Dr. Blofeld, and Bejnar: I just negotiated with a photographer on Flickr who had a bunch of GREAT photos of PNM that I think could benefit both the article for Penitentiary of New Mexico, but the riot as well. I'm displaying the pictures below - which do you think should be used in this article?

Skarz (talk) 22:22, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Photos look great, well done!! I was actually eyeing up Leavenworth but this one might be worth it. I saw it on a documentary a while back, that battle was a brutal one!! If we expand the article enough they can all be used.♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:43, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The death bed would be great in a section on the capital punishment as administered there, and the burn marks on the part about the riot. The burn marks one can go in the riot article too. WhisperToMe (talk) 23:13, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

@WhisperToMe: I forgot one picture. Check out the picture of the gas chamber and let me know which you think should be used. Skarz (talk) 23:31, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict)Wow! Excellent photos. I think the rec yard is a good choice for main photo, although I would also be satisfied with the guard tower or the cell block. Grayfell (talk) 23:36, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]