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  2. Wyoming State Penitentiary - Wikipedia

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    The Wyoming State Penitentiary is an American historic and current prison in Rawlins, Carbon County, Wyoming, which has operated from 1901. It moved within Rawlins to a new location in 1981. In 2018, it is a Wyoming Department of Corrections state maximum-security prison for men. [1]

  3. Rawlins, Wyoming - Wikipedia

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    The Wyoming Department of Corrections Wyoming State Penitentiary is located in Rawlins. [13] The facility was operated by the Wyoming Board of Charities and Reform until that agency was dissolved as a result of a state constitutional amendment passed in November 1990. [14] Wyoming Frontier Prison, operational from 1901 until 1981

  4. Prison (1987 film) - Wikipedia

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    The film was shot on location at the former Wyoming State Penitentiary now known as the Wyoming Frontier Prison in Rawlins, Wyoming.The facility had been vacant since its closure in 1981 after the construction of a new State Penitentiary, and was made freely available for film production after producer Irwin Yablans approached the State during a search for abandoned prison facilities as the ...

  5. 50 American Tourist Traps That'll Leave You Feeling Ripped Off

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    Wyoming: Wyoming Frontier Prison. Tours of the abandoned and crumbling Wyoming Frontier Prison in Rawlins, which opened in 1901 and closed in 1981, include viewing the Punishment Pole, where ...

  6. List of museums in Wyoming - Wikipedia

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    Wyoming Frontier Prison: Rawlins: Carbon: Southeast: Prison: Tours of the 1901 former prison, history of the prison and current Wyoming State Penitentiary, Wyoming Peace Officer's Museum Wyoming Governor's Mansion: Cheyenne: Laramie: Southeast: Historic house: Wyoming National Guard Museum: Cheyenne: Laramie: Southeast: Military: website ...

  7. Wyoming Department of Corrections - Wikipedia

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    Wyoming entered the Union in 1890. As a territory, inmates were held at the Wyoming Territorial Prison at Laramie. Work began for a state prison at Rawlins in 1888, but the facility did not open until 1901. The building had 104 cells and housed both male and female inmates. In 1909, female inmates were transported to Colorado to serve their ...

  8. List of jail and prison museums - Wikipedia

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    Prison www.wvpentours.com: Wicklow Gaol: Wicklow: County Wicklow: Republic of Ireland: Prison Irish National Monument: Wilson County Jailhouse Museum: Floresville: Texas: United States Jail Wyoming Frontier Prison (Rawlins, Wyoming) Rawlins: Wyoming: United States Prison Wyoming Territorial Prison (Laramie, Wyoming) Laramie: Wyoming: United ...

  9. Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    In 1890 Wyoming became a state and the facility was transferred to the new state, which already had planned a new facility in Rawlins. Butch Cassidy was incarcerated here in 1894–1896. Prisoners were transferred to Rawlins in 1901; the prison was closed in 1903 and given to the University of Wyoming. [2]