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Shelby County acquired 1,600 acres (650 ha) of land in 1928 for use as a penal farm. [4] The remaining formerly private property of 2,900 acres (1,200 ha) was incorporated into the Penal Farm between then and December 1940, when the Shelby County Commission authorized the purchase of the final 1,383 acres (560 ha), bringing the total to 4,450 ...
A prison farm (also known as a penal farm) is a large correctional facility where penal labor convicts work — legally or illegally — on a farm (in the wide sense of a productive unit), usually for manual labor, largely in the open air, such as in agriculture, logging, quarrying, and mining.
Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women (KCIW) is a prison located in unincorporated Shelby County, Kentucky, [1] near Pewee Valley, operated by the Kentucky Department of Corrections. [2] Male and female inmates prior to 1937 had been housed at the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort (1912 name changed Kentucky State Reformatory in ...
Ruppe gave a summary of the county’s economic textile and manufacturing history and how the county went from a record low unemployment of a little over 3% when textiles were booming to 17% in 2008.
The CLERB board only reviews MPD actions but is similar to what the Shelby County committee could be. CLERB, the city of Memphis board, has been in existence since 1994 but was not in operation ...
The Fulton Farm, also known as "River Bend Farm," is a historic farmstead in Shelby County, Ohio, United States. Located on the southern side of the city of Sidney , the farm is composed of five buildings spread out over an area of approximately 2 acres (0.81 ha).
The Shelby County Sheriff's Office and Shelby County District Attorney's Office did not respond to questions about charges being filed, or policies for mental healthcare within the jail, by the ...
The prison facility was previously named the West Tennessee High Security Facility and the Fort Pillow State Prison and Farm. [3] The Fort Pillow Prison and Farm originally opened in December 1937. [3] As of July 13, 1998 the institution supported a 6,000 acres (2,400 ha) farming operation. [1] In 1999 the Cold Creek Correctional Facility closed.