February 2020 - Page 3 of 5

Old Sweetwater County Jail, South Pass City, Wyoming

Structures dating from 1854 come into view as the ferry approaches the dock at Alcatraz Island....

Posted by OldPrisons | Feb 1, 2020 | Magazine, People

More than 167 years after it was built, California’s oldest prison, San Quentin, still houses...

Posted by OldPrisons | Feb 1, 2020 | Back Story, Magazine

California became the USA’s 31st state on September 9, 1850 – and registered its first “convict...

The old Chambers County Jail in LaFayette, Alabama, is gone but not forgotten. Chambers County,...