{"id":4405,"date":"2014-01-08T23:11:56","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T06:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4405"},"modified":"2014-01-08T23:11:56","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T06:11:56","slug":"art-outside-jail-makes-residents-forget-jail-exists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4405","title":{"rendered":"Art Outside Jail Makes Residents Forget Jail Exists"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"art<\/a>The fantastic new art pieces outside of the Denver County Jail have made it so you hardly even notice there are two correctional facilities there totaling about 75,000 square feet. \u201cIt\u2019s remarkable what these pieces have done for this area,\u201d said Eastbridge resident Kevin McGovern. \u201cWhen Havana is open, I take it quite a bit. The art pieces have really changed my perspective of this drive, and now I\u2019m not even embarrassed to tell people to take the Havana exit to get to my house. You really don\u2019t know the jails are there unless you are really paying attention.\u201d\n\nMany other residents also appreciate how the pieces have changed the appearance of the Havana and Smith Road intersection. \u201cI used to hate driving down that part of Havana,\u201d said resident Paulette Williams. \u201cNow, on my way to Target, it\u2019s a neat little art experience that kind of takes me to a whole new place, almost like being in a museum in Europe. I look forward to the drive now.\u201d The art pieces have been there for a short time, but have had a big impact, and not just for the Stapleton community.\n\u201cOur inmates have really taken to the pieces as well,\u201d said Denver County Sheriff Elias Diggins. \u201cMany will go out in the yard and just kind of stare at the pieces. We think it probably calms their nerves and makes them feel more at home.\u201d The pieces have been an inspiration to many inmates. \u201cSince the pieces have gone up, requests for art supplies from inmates has doubled,\u201d said Diggins. \u201cSome inmates have even drawn beautiful pictures of the pieces. Really inspiring.\u201d\nLittle is known about the artist or why the pieces went up in the first place, but the impact cannot be measured. \u201cI know Stapleton has had some struggles with art in the past,\u201d said Williams. \u201cFrom the acquisition of the Mustang<\/a> to the weird disc things<\/a> on the trails, but these pieces by the jail are just fantastic.\u201d\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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