Bored during the pandemic? You can “rent” a cell at Wyoming Frontier Prison
Old Prisons If you’re looking for an interesting diversion while you wait out the coronavirus...
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Sometimes strong, sometimes weak: Old West jail construction varied widely
By J. M. Moynahan One of the early buildings in many western towns was the jail. These structures...
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History tells the dark story of risk at prisons and jails during pandemics
Old Prisons As people and governments around the world began to deal with the grim reality that...
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Prison and jail museums and other attractions respond to coronavirus closure orders
Old Prisons Museums and attractions related to old prisons and jails around the world are almost...
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What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas… unless it’s an old jail, in which case it may be moved to Henderson
Old Prisons Exactly where this old strap-iron jail cell originated is not known, but it spent some...
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Pierce City: The site of Idaho’s first jail
By J. M. Moynahan Word was out! Gold had been discovered east of the confluence of the Snake and...
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On California’s Highway 3, tiny Montague was once a bustling frontier town; an old jail is just one of its attractions
Old Prisons Located about six miles east of Interstate-5, along Highway 3 in Northern California,...
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Parts of original 1932 jail cells still in place at former City Hall, now office space in Tehachapi, California
Old Prisons Historic preservation isn’t easy. Public buildings such as old jails often must be...
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In Globe, Arizona, a 1910 jail built for a ‘tough town’ is open for tours
Old Prisons Founded as a mining camp around 1875, the small town of Globe, Arizona, is the county...
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Fan club for ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ helps support rehabilitation of Ohio State Reformatory at Mansfield
Old Prisons Hollywood has lots of connections with old prisons and jails, but one of the best...
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New museum at former District of Columbia prison honors legacy of women’s suffrage movement
Old Prisons It’s hard to imagine today, but barely more than 100 years ago a number of women were...
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A multi-purpose building in 1920s Palisade, Nevada was the jail, schoolhouse, courthouse and morgue
Old Prisons Gone-but-not-forgotten is this building in Palisade, Nevada, that served the community...
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