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Some for-sale former correctional facilities, such as the Litchfield Jail in Litchfield, Conn., for example, have remained on the market for years without a bite, due to their undesirable penal ...
A 2014 inspection and study put initial estimates to fix, repair or update the then-35-year-old jail would total around $6 million over the ensuing decade. That sum included $681,000 for work ...
Price, Birch & Co., "dealers in slaves" Alexandria, Virginia, photographed c. 1862 In addition to private jails, enslaved people were often held in public jails, such as a 40-year-old fugitive man named Monday who fought "like the Devil when arrested" and who was held in the jail of Walker County, Alabama (The Democrat, Huntsville, July 7, 1847)
Twenty-One Magazine, also known as the Old Charleston Jail, is a structure of historical and architectural significance in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Operational between 1802 and 1939, the jail held many notable figures, among them Denmark Vesey , Union officers and Colored Troops during the American Civil War, and high-seas ...
Some old jails converted into museums are listed under the original name of the jail, especially if listed on the US National Register of Historic Places. For example, see Old St. Johns County Jail in St Augustine, Florida .
Sussex County moved another step closer to selling the former jail in downtown Newton. Sussex County OKs $1.8M to move offices out of Newton jail, clearing way for a sale Skip to main content
A typical jail cell of the time as seen in the Old Jail Museum. When the county put the jail up for sale in the fall of 1994, local residents Thomas McBride and wife Betty Lou purchased the building for $160,000 with the goal of preserving the local history. [4] The building is now operated as the Old Jail Museum with seasonal tours
For nearly 180 years, all of the residents were counting down the days until they could move out -- they were the inmates of the old Essex County Jail. The jail was in use from 1812-1992, making ...