ARCHITECTURE

sanitation, maintenance, medical, education, recreation,
visitation, mail and administration.” 46 In May 2012, violence
broke out at the Adams County Correctional Facility.
One corrections officer was killed, and twenty-five employees
were taken hostage by about 300 prisoners. A
lawsuit filed by the officer’s family against CCA alleged
that “the facility was short staffed and underequipped,”
and therefore unprepared to deal with the violence. 47
The CCA’s stock price declined slightly in the following
month, to about $20 per share, but has since doubled,
trading at about $40 a share in early 2015. 48 There is little
point in locating the residents of the Adams County Correctional
Facility on the inequality spectrum, other than
to note that they are among the 1.5 million housed in prisons
nationwide, a disproportionate number of whom are
African American. 49
Contrast this investment product, again, to
Greenville Overlook, a luxury home community in
Greenville, Delaware, developed by Toll Brothers, that
replicates the company’s strategy (which we have already
encountered in Minnesota) in the Mid-Atlantic
region. Greenville Overlook comprises eight house types,
ranging from 2,900 to 4,900 square feet and priced
from about $660,000. Here the model names read like
a half-forgotten history textbook: The Westbrook, The
Gettysburg, The Manor, The Lexington, The Savannah,
The Colonial, The Traditional, The Heritage, with surnames
like Columbia, Elkton, Waterford, Duke, Langley,
Claridge, Stansbury, Malvern. All include “nine-foot first
floor ceilings, walk-out or daylight basements, stunning
2-story foyers, and first-floor master bedroom suites,”
sprinkled with vaulted ceilings, double-turned staircases,
kitchen islands, overlooks, Roman tubs, arches, and
French doors. 50 Prospective buyers are invited to “design”
their own homes by adding amenities like powder
rooms, curved oak stairs, “designer” fireplaces, solaria,
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Toll Brothers, Langley model, Greenville Overlook, Wilmington, Delaware, begun in 2009.
First-floor plan (below), Second-floor plan (above). Drawn by Nabila Morales Pérez.
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