Rahway Prison

I noticed that Stephen King did his homework, when Mr Cressner talks to Mr Morris about doing time in Rahway Prison. There was a Rahway Prison at the time. One can see it in the Stallone film "Lock Up". The name of the prison has changed since then--it is now known as East Jersey State Prison. The citizens of Rahway, NJ did not like having their town's name associated with a prison and complained to the NJ Department of Corrections. Not exactly good for business or having families with young children move in. I used to live in NJ back then, and the phrase "going to Rahway" was spoken with dread. When one mentioned Rahway, most people right away thought of the prison. In fact, most prisons in the US don't have their names tied to a municipality for that same reason.