It was completed in 1862 with 58 cells designed to hold a mixture of 74 male and female prisoners.

Prisons are overcrowded with two or three inmates to a cell designed for one not uncommon.

On the other side of the door were fifty men in a cell designed for twenty.

It was the subject of a 1981 Supreme Court decision that gave prison officials the right to house two inmates in cells designed for one.

Putting two people in an old cell designed for one, for example, may mark the beginning of a slide toward chaos.

However the report also raised concerns about the number of prisoners who were being held two together in cells designed for one.

"They're sleeping six in cells designed for two," the sheriff said.

Conditions are cramped, with three inmates sharing a cell designed to house a single prisoner.

We have two cells designed to hold four prisoners each.

Often cells designed for solitary confinement held 15-20 inmates or more.