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Alabama prisoners in both the county jails and state penitentiaries have been required to work at farming and cotton plantations since the 1840s. By the 1878, convict labor rented from the state was used most commonly in the coal mining industry, often as strike breakers. [ 6 ]
Prison Photo County Location Opened Security class Capacity Notes Bibb Correctional Facility: Bibb: Brent: 1997: Medium: 1824: Bullock Correctional Facility: Bullock
Escambia County (Alabama) Usage on cy.wikipedia.org Escambia County, Alabama; Usage on de.wikipedia.org Liste der Countys in Alabama; Escambia County (Alabama) East Brewton; Poarch-Creek-Reservat; Atmore (Alabama) Brewton (Alabama) Vorlage:Navigationsleiste Orte im Escambia County (Alabama) Usage on es.wikipedia.org Condado de Escambia (Alabama)
The annual Alabama Blueberry Festival is held at Jennings Park and downtown Brewton. Prior to 2006 it was held on the campus of Jefferson Davis Community College. The Thomas E. McMillan Museum is housed on the campus of the Jefferson Davis Community College. [18] It was founded in 1979 to chronicle life in Escambia County, Alabama.
Riverview is located in south-central Escambia County at (31.058641, -87.056688), [3] on the south side of the Conecuh It is 3 miles (5 km) south of the city of Brewton and is bordered to the south by the Brewton Municipal Airport .
A woman in her 30s who was visiting an inmate at the Theo Lacy Facility jail in Orange County was forgotten and left overnight in the visitor's area of the lockup.
The largest county is Baldwin (1,590 sq mi, 4,118 km 2) and the smallest is Etowah (535 sq mi, 1,386 km 2). [8] The Constitution of Alabama requires that any new county in Alabama cover at least 600 square miles (1,600 km 2) in area, effectively limiting the creation of new counties in the state. [9]
U.S. Route 31 (US 31) in Alabama runs north–south up through the heart of Alabama for 386.449 miles (621.929 km). US 31 proper begins at a junction with US 90 and US 98 in Spanish Fort and exits the state into Tennessee running concurrently with Interstate 65 (I-65) near Ardmore .