[2] It was designed by William H. Brown and Benjamin F. Haugh of Indianapolis, Indiana[2] at a cost of $30,000.

The building was designed for maximum security with minimal contact between the prisoners and the jailers.

[2] The front part of the jail had offices for the jailer, a kitchen, trustee cells, and quarters for women.

In the episode John K. Giles is reportedly captured and sent to the "Pottawattamie Prison", a special jail with impregnable bars and microphones in the wall.

The escape artist fashioned a key out of a sharpened utensil and was able to unlock the cell door to get free.