Historic Jails

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Originally posted by Emily M. Matthias


: I am part of a project to photograph, catalogue and survey the historic jails of the United States. I am seeking any information you might have access to (location, stories, tips, etc). Thank you.



: Emily M. Matthias

: Historic Jail Study Project

: Assistant Director

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Originally posted by Ken Johnson


: I might offer the following suggestion. On some of the historic forts that I have seen, the brig seems to be best preserved. I would start there.



: : I am part of a project to photograph, catalogue and survey the historic jails of the United States. I am seeking any information you might have access to (location, stories, tips, etc). Thank you.



: : Emily M. Matthias

: : Historic Jail Study Project

: : Assistant Director

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Originally posted by Tom Wood


: : I am part of a project to photograph, catalogue and survey the historic jails of the United States. I am seeking any information you might have access to (location, stories, tips, etc). Thank you.



: : Emily M. Matthias

: : Historic Jail Study Project

: : Assistant Director



:

: I have visited several ghost towns and near ghost towns with jails. Among these towns are Bodie, CA, Rhyolite, NV, Belmont, NV, Pioche, NV, Bannack, MT and South Pass City, WY. I have also visited Silver City, ID which has the ruins of the former Owyhee County Courthouse and Jail.

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Originally posted by cody


: There is a origi**** Jail in the Cityt of eureka Utah that has bars on the door, it is a outside jail, just a small building on the backside of the old sheriffs office





: : I might offer the following suggestion. On some of the historic forts that I have seen, the brig seems to be best preserved. I would start there.



: : : I am part of a project to photograph, catalogue and survey the historic jails of the United States. I am seeking any information you might have access to (location, stories, tips, etc). Thank you.



: : : Emily M. Matthias

: : : Historic Jail Study Project

: : : Assistant Director

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Originally posted by Chris


: Hi Emily! I am a "Retired" Deputy Marshal from Arizona...I know of several Historic Jails throughout Arizona, along with their history. Let me know what you would like and I will mail photos, stories and what ever else you could use...Chris

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Originally posted by Tammy Valentine


: Volcano Calif has a jail the two men that built it was the first customers of the jail

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Originally posted by tammy


: : I am part of a project to photograph, catalogue and survey the historic jails of the United States. I am seeking any information you might have access to (location, stories, tips, etc). Thank you.



: : Emily M. Matthias

: : Historic Jail Study Project

: : Assistant Director

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Originally posted by tammy


: : : check out volcano california its a small town outside of jackson ca, the story goes that the two men that built the jail were the first customers

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Originally posted by M


: : I am part of a project to photograph, catalogue and survey the historic jails of the United States. I am seeking any information you might have access to (location, stories, tips, etc). Thank you.



: : Emily M. Matthias

: : Historic Jail Study Project

: : Assistant Director

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Originally posted by Michael Lengyel


: Good afternoon,

: We are in the process of evaluating the condition and potential reuse of a small jail located in central Virginia. I am presently looking for reference material on companies that built standardized jails and at the turn of the century. The jail in question was built by a company located in St. Louis MO. Our goal is to provide information necessary to stabilize the building and secondly to spark the interest in completing a restoration project. Please help we have a small window of opportunity

: Thank you

: Michael Lengyel

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Originally posted by james p

: : I am part of a project to photograph, catalogue and survey the historic jails of the United States. I am seeking any information you might have access to (location, stories, tips, etc). Thank you.

: : Emily M. Matthias
: : Historic Jail Study Project
: : Assistant Director

[Airborne Ranger]

The Lorton facility is a good place to visit as its roots go back to the turn of the 19th/20th Century. Located a couple of miles off I-95 south of Washington DC in Lorton Virginia. It saw use as a reformatory, penitentiary and max security. Some of the buildings will be preserved, some will not and some have already been torn down.

[Tsarevna]

When I was a child (in the 1980's) my father took me to Beale Air Force Base (near Sacramento, CA) and pointed out to me a cluster of small buildings, standing alone on the horizon. To me they looked like a campground toilet and shower facility in the distance, but he said that they were jails for holding Japanese prisoners of WWII.

:( Unfortunately, I believe the jails have been recently torn down, but foundations may remain. Probably there exist some historical photographs somewhere on the base, and might be worth looking into.