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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Tag: Old Jails
Old prisons and jails in the time of coronavirus; we’re all ‘armchair travelers’ now
I’m a big fan of “heritage travel” and have always enjoyed stopping to read historical markers and...
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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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Prison tourism is a growing heritage travel niche around the world
“A mixture of the macabre and the mundane…” that’s how a 2007 article in the New York...
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Old prisons and jails may have government protections
Sometimes old prisons and jails are torn down when they have outlived their usefulness. But...
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