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Known as the "angel of the prisons", Tutwiler pushed for many reforms of the Alabama penal system. In a letter sent from Julia Tutwiler in Dothan, Alabama to Frank S. White in Birmingham, Alabama, Tutwiler pushed for key issues such as the end to convict leasing, the re-establishment of night school education, and the separation of minor offenders and hardened criminals. [3]
Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women: Elmore: Wetumpka 1942: Medium / Maximum: 985: Death Row (female) ... Largest prison in Alabama Ventress Correctional Facility ...
Julia Strudwick Tutwiler (August 15, 1841 – March 24, 1916) was an advocate for education and prison reform in Alabama. She served as co-principal of the Livingston Female Academy, and then the first (and only) woman president of Livingston Normal College (now the University of West Alabama ).
The old Tutwiler residence hall on the University of Alabama campus was imploded July 4, 2022.
The Wetumpka State Penitentiary (WSP), originally known as the Alabama State Penitentiary, was the first state prison established in Alabama, United States. [2] Built on the east bank of the Coosa River in Wetumpka, it was nicknamed the "Walls of Alabama" or "Walls". For much of its operation, the prison housed both men and women, kept in ...
Alabama attorney general Harwell Goodwin Davis appointed Mitchell as Assistant Attorney General of Alabama 1922–25. She held the position again in 1939, when she wrote the legislation to create the Alabama Pardons and Parole Board. She was the first woman to serve on the board, 1939–1949. [2]
Education reformer Julia Strudwick Tutwiler joined the faculty in 1881 as co-principal with her uncle, Carlos Green Smith, former president of the University of Alabama. [10] In 1882–1883, state lawmakers provided $2,500 for tuition and supplies; Alabama was the first southern state to fund the education of women.
The Pinnacle, formerly known as Pinnacle at Tutwiler Farm, is a 75-acre (300,000 m 2), 644,000 square feet (60,000 m 2), $100 million lifestyle center located in Trussville, Alabama, which opened on October 11, 2006.