Month: February 2020
Alcatraz: The most-visited old prison in the world
Structures dating from 1854 come into view as the ferry approaches the dock at Alcatraz Island....
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Don Chaddock brings California old prisons history to life
More than 167 years after it was built, California’s oldest prison, San Quentin, still houses...
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Rich lore in California’s online archives
California became the USA’s 31st state on September 9, 1850 – and registered its first “convict...
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Old Chambers County Jail, LaFayette, Alabama
The old Chambers County Jail in LaFayette, Alabama, is gone but not forgotten. Chambers County,...
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