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Ward leased the prison at $6,000 a year and made $100,000 out of the lease in four years. Fairbank stated: "To do this he literally killed 250 out of 375 prisoners [14]." Jeremiah South −1859-1862 Harry Todd--1862-1871–30 Females and 500 males in the Kentucky Penitentiary [15] 1856–1880 – The prison was under the Sinking Fund in the 1870s
An Act passed both houses of the Kentucky Legislature on April 28, 1884 [3] providing for a branch penitentiary to be located in Eddyville, Kentucky.Former Confederate States brigadier general and Eddyville native Hylan Benton Lyon was the moving force behind the Kentucky State Branch Penitentiary being located in what is now Old Eddyville.
Kentucky State Reformatory La Grange, Ky. Postcard view, c. 1940. Kentucky State Reformatory (KSR) is a medium-security prison for adult males. The prison is located in unincorporated Oldham County, Kentucky, [1] near La Grange, [2] and about 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Louisville. [3]
Convict Prison Old Newgate Prison: East Granby: Connecticut: United States Prison Former mine/Colonial prison; also spelled "Old New-Gate Prison" Old Prison (Victoria) Ċittadella: Victoria, Gozo: Malta: Prison Official webpage: Old Prison Museum (Deer Lodge, Montana) Deer Lodge: Montana: United States Prison Old Wilkes Jail (Wilkesboro, North ...
The Old Muhlenberg County Jail is a historic jail located on Court Row in Greenville, Kentucky.Built in 1912, the jail was the third used in Greenville. The stucco building was designed in the Mission Revival style.
The United States Penitentiary, Big Sandy (USP Big Sandy) is a high-security United States federal prison for male inmates in unincorporated Martin County, Kentucky, [1] near the city of Inez. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also has a satellite prison camp ...
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 ...
Women's prisons in Kentucky (1 P) Pages in category "Prisons in Kentucky" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.