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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 Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women is a prison for women of the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC), located in Wetumpka, Alabama named after prison reform activist Julia Tutwiler. All female inmates entering ADOC are sent to the receiving unit in Tutwiler. [ 1 ]
In 1941 the prison was renamed as the Julia Tutwiler Prison. It was used mostly for female prisoners. In December 1942 a new Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women opened, built less than a mile north of the Wetumpka State Penitentiary. The previous Wetumpka prison's usage decreased.
"Alabama" was written as a poem by Julia Tutwiler, a distinguished educator and humanitarian.It was first sung to an Austrian air, but in 1931, the music written by Edna Gockel Gussen, an organist, and choirmaster from Birmingham, Alabama, was adopted by the State Federation of Music Clubs and through their efforts, House Joint Resolution 74 was adopted March 9, 1931.
Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women Heather Leavell-Keaton was the second person to stand trial for the murders of the DeBlase siblings. On May 8, 2015, Leavell-Keaton's trial began before a jury at the Mobile County Circuit Court, [ 32 ] [ 33 ] although she tried unsuccessfully to move her trial venue from Mobile County to another location.
More than 675 pounds of dynamite will be used to implode the old Julia Tutwiler Hall, with detonation set for 7 a.m. July 4 in Tuscaloosa.
The early move-in period began Wednesday in Tuscaloosa with some UA students making a bit of history as the first residents of the new Tutwiler Hall.
Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women: Elmore: Wetumpka 1942: Medium / Maximum: 985: Death Row (female) ...