Ex-Florida prison boss: Drunken orgies tainted system

This is truly an unbelievable story, and completely emblematic of how much of a backwards cesspool so much of Florida really is. You'd think a news report like this would be some kind of absurd anomaly until you actually follow the bizarre goings-on in my home state on a regular basis. Click through to stream the CNN video report. [CNN Article]

Here are some of the less prurient clips:

McDonough described a bizarre prison culture among those that ran the system -- one that he says seemed obsessed with inter-department softball games and the orgies after games.

"I cannot explain how big an obsession softball had become," he said. "People were promoted on the spot after a softball game at the drunken party to high positions in the department because they were able to hit a softball out of the park a couple times."

"The connection between the softball and the parties and the corruption and the beatings was greatly intertwined."

The parties and orgies were often carried out at a waterfront ranch house built on prison grounds for a former warden with taxpayer dollars, McDonough said. The house was complete with a bar, pool table and hot tub.

[Ex-Florida prison boss: Drunken orgies tainted system]