Oh yea this handwork has been in a Bed-Stuy playground (Thompkins Public Housing) for 6 years until people "realized" that there kids were playing in a jail themed orange cage. Apparently the words have been "vandalized" to cover up the insulting suggestion quite a few times over the years but have been repainted to make sure that JAIL could be read clearly.
In March of 2010 the city was told to remove all 6 of the Jail Playgrounds from Public Housing Authorities yards and replace them with new structures that didn't include the idea of prison as a space for fun to young children, the majority of which are Black and Latino. The playgrounds are located in Washington Heights, Brooklyn Heights, Battery City, Lower Harlem, Park Slope, and Bed-Stuy.
In the meantime, as city bureaucracy drags their feet and keeps their head in the sandbox, they painted over the word JAIL with red paint, but you can still see what it says.
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