No matter the time of year, if there’s a holiday involved, the office workers at Preston E. Smith Prison Unit know how to decorate for it. Throughout the year there’s a standing white Christmas tree in the office. Depending upon that month’s holiday or season, the tree gets decorated for the occasion. Right now there are pumpkins and harvest leaves. Next month, workers will add turkeys to the tree. “We do weird things sometimes,” said Terrie Pierce, an office supervisor who ha worked at the prison for 13 years. The holiday tree is not the only thing decorative in the unit’s records office. To ...