i would like to announce in advance, that I’m a Louisville fan, so please don’t hold this against me. I am not here to flame or talk down to anyone. I was just truly fascinated by this entire ordeal.
I just wanted to share this story because I thought it was interesting. I work for a large building management company. Recently, I went to Kentucky State Reformatory to bid a job for the state of Kentucky.
While there, I learned that they are taking KSR and reducing it to a mental health facility instead of it being a full fledge prison. So, the prison will go from 2300 inmates down to 900. It will become a mental health facility in Oldham County opposed to a full fledge prison.
I was a part of a walkthrough there to bid the job. While walking the job, I walked with the warden of the prison. He was giving me multiple insights of the inmates and the daily function of the prison.
While we were walking through building five, I noticed there were dogs in the facility. I asked an obvious question about why there are dogs in the facility. Apparently, the inmates take dogs that are on the streets and rehabilitate them to be adopted into the general public. Which I thought was a great program.
To be honest, I thought that was a really cool program. As we were talking, a very large older man walked passed me and the warden. He was walking a very thin Great Dane. He stopped and talk to everyone including me. He was very polite and I asked the warden, who he was.
His name was Tom Payne. Apparently, and this was according to the warden. He was the first African American to play for Adolf Rupp. He was from Louisville according to the warden. He was about 7 feet tall. He was apparently an amazing basketball player for the University of Kentucky. His crimes were egregious. I agree whole heartedly. He was extremely polite to me upon meeting him and his story was truly fascinating.
He was an all American for UK, went on to a pro career and just had some real personal demons that included rape of young women. I am not here to celebrate the mans life, but I was truly enthralled by the story. I read in depth about it when I left. He was a very nice person when he introduced himself. I know, that means nothing. The man is still what he is, but I’ve been a follower of both programs my entire life. Some of this story could be incorrect, because I was literally getting it from the warden of the prison. I looked up his pro career and the story some what checked out.
It’s just a sad story of what could have been. You can tell to this day, the man was all basketball. His presence was overwhelming. I may be to young to recognize the story, but I was just mesmerized by it. It’s sad and horrible at the same time. When I tell my UofL friends about it, they don’t care. So, I was just curious if the older Cat fans remember him.
I just wanted to share this story because I thought it was interesting. I work for a large building management company. Recently, I went to Kentucky State Reformatory to bid a job for the state of Kentucky.
While there, I learned that they are taking KSR and reducing it to a mental health facility instead of it being a full fledge prison. So, the prison will go from 2300 inmates down to 900. It will become a mental health facility in Oldham County opposed to a full fledge prison.
I was a part of a walkthrough there to bid the job. While walking the job, I walked with the warden of the prison. He was giving me multiple insights of the inmates and the daily function of the prison.
While we were walking through building five, I noticed there were dogs in the facility. I asked an obvious question about why there are dogs in the facility. Apparently, the inmates take dogs that are on the streets and rehabilitate them to be adopted into the general public. Which I thought was a great program.
To be honest, I thought that was a really cool program. As we were talking, a very large older man walked passed me and the warden. He was walking a very thin Great Dane. He stopped and talk to everyone including me. He was very polite and I asked the warden, who he was.
His name was Tom Payne. Apparently, and this was according to the warden. He was the first African American to play for Adolf Rupp. He was from Louisville according to the warden. He was about 7 feet tall. He was apparently an amazing basketball player for the University of Kentucky. His crimes were egregious. I agree whole heartedly. He was extremely polite to me upon meeting him and his story was truly fascinating.
He was an all American for UK, went on to a pro career and just had some real personal demons that included rape of young women. I am not here to celebrate the mans life, but I was truly enthralled by the story. I read in depth about it when I left. He was a very nice person when he introduced himself. I know, that means nothing. The man is still what he is, but I’ve been a follower of both programs my entire life. Some of this story could be incorrect, because I was literally getting it from the warden of the prison. I looked up his pro career and the story some what checked out.
It’s just a sad story of what could have been. You can tell to this day, the man was all basketball. His presence was overwhelming. I may be to young to recognize the story, but I was just mesmerized by it. It’s sad and horrible at the same time. When I tell my UofL friends about it, they don’t care. So, I was just curious if the older Cat fans remember him.
