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William Venes, 55, of Cleveland, transforms into the Wicked Witch of the West before the performance of "The Wizard of Oz" at the Chillicothe Correctional Institution in Chillicothe, Ohio. Venes was convicted of pandering child pornography and is serving a 24-year sentence at the Ross Correctional Institution. The production is the idea of Darwin Secrest, a corrections officer with 20 years of experience Secrest wrote down the idea, put it in his pocket and eventually passed it on to the administration. The warden said go ahead and try. Secrest needed guys to try out. He needed to get them to read the original book, then watch the movie and then create a play that worked inside a prison. Only then would there be rehearsals and set-building and costume-sewing. (AP Photo/The Cincinnati Enquirer, Carrie Cochran) MANDATORY CREDIT; NO SALES

William Venes, 55, of Cleveland, transforms into the Wicked Witch of the West before the performance of "The Wizard of Oz" at the Chillicothe Correctional Institution in Chillicothe, Ohio. Venes was convicted of pandering child pornography and is serving a 24-year sentence at the Ross Correctional Institution. The production is the idea of Darwin Secrest, a corrections officer with 20 years of experience Secrest wrote down the idea, put it in his pocket and eventually passed it on to the administration. The warden said go ahead and try. Secrest needed guys to try out. He needed to get them to read the original book, then watch the movie and then create a play that worked inside a prison. Only then would there be rehearsals and set-building and costume-sewing. (AP Photo/The Cincinnati Enquirer, Carrie Cochran) MANDATORY CREDIT; NO SALES

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