 Ruth Hill of "The Observer" described the unit as "intimidating," saying that the "bunker-like buildings are punctuated with slit windows and wreathed in wire, with guard towers on every corner".In regards to the name Hill stated "But there is no mountain, and from the prison's death row, there is no view".Around 2001 several inmates at Mountain View were in a Windham School District effort to translate textbooks into braille.