The prison currently houses male inmates sentenced to less than two years' imprisonment.
Mink plays Esther, a religious inmate sentenced to death.
However, inmates sentenced for offenses committed prior to 1987 are eligible for parole consideration.
Successive additions to the fortress were carried out, by the inmates sentenced to hard labour, until 1860 when it was reported finished.
The average daily population is a little over 3,000 inmates that are either pre-trial or inmates sentenced to a year or less.
In other states, appeals are running out for the first wave of inmates sentenced under the new laws.
New Mexico may yet execute two condemned inmates sentenced prior to abolition.
There are currently ten inmates sentenced to death in Connecticut.
These animals are inmates, sentenced to life imprisonment.
The prison handles inmates sentenced to terms of five years or less.