I have never had the privilage of serving time in Joliet and don't have any friends or relatives the have either but has anyone ever seen how the plates were originally painted? I would imagine that the reason that the letters are raised is so that they could run them through some kind of overhead paint roller. The original paint appears to be a baked on enamel since I have never seen one that solvent would disolve. Is baking enamel still avalable and where is a source? Does anyone have any information on this also?
There must be a documentary film of the process somewhere of them being made in the prisons, anyone seen one?
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
