National Parole Conference brings law and penal experts to Capital. Wa...
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Christmas tree at the District Jail, Washington, D.C. and some of the ...
National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). No. 3456. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Band, Bilibid Prison - A black and white photo of a tennis court
Photograph shows prisoner band in courtyard, Bilibid Prison, Manila, Philippines.
![Vida Milholland [in jail cell]. National Woman Party](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDcvdmlkYS1taWxob2xsYW5kLWluLWphaWwtY2VsbC04YTQ0MjAtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/60/webp "Vida Milholland [in jail cell]. National Woman Party")
Vida Milholland [in jail cell]. National Woman Party
Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Vida Milholland behind bars in a jail cell (District Jail, Washington, D.C.). Cropped version of the photograph published in The Suffragist, 6, no. 5 (Feb. 9,... More
Hospital at D.C. prison showing, on 3rd floor right, Alice Paul's wind...
Title transcribed from item. Summary: Image of exterior of prison hospital. Photograph published in The Suffragist, 7, no. 1 (Feb. 1, 1919): 6.
Silverton Historic District, Jail, West Fifteenth & Green Streets, Sil...
Survey number: HABS CO-53-K National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000255
Dreary hallway in the abandoned Eastern State Penitentiary, which oper...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...
Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were bui... More
Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...
Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were bui... More
Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...
Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were bui... More
Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...
Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were bui... More
Stone walls and chains do not make a prison --- for Houdini
Created by "Famous Players - Lasky Corporation." Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Division; 1956. Houdini followed his performance in "The master mystery" with the "Grim game," the first o... More
Chester County Prison, 235 West Market Street, West Chester, Chester C...
Significance: This building is a good example of prison architecture of the middle third of the nineteenth century and was built in the best possible manner from the design of Thomas U. Walter. Survey number:... More
Baltimore City Jail, 801 Van Buren & East Madison Streets, Baltimore, ...
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Castle Thunder, Richmond, on Carey, (i.e. Cary) from 19th street
Stereograph showing exterior of a building used by the Confederacy to detain Union soldiers and spies. No. 897. Part of series: Photographic Incidents of the War. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection... More
Wyoming Territorial Penitentiary, North side of State Route 130, West ...
Survey number: HABS WY-76
Wyoming Territorial Penitentiary, North side of State Route 130, West ...
Survey number: HABS WY-76
New Jersey State Prison, Second & Federal Streets, Trenton, Mercer Cou...
Significance: Built between 1833 and 1836, the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton was an extremely significant work of English architect John Haviland, who was known for his designs of prisons. This New Jersey ... More
New Jersey State Prison, Second & Federal Streets, Trenton, Mercer Cou...
Significance: Built between 1833 and 1836, the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton was an extremely significant work of English architect John Haviland, who was known for his designs of prisons. This New Jersey ... More
![[Washington, D.C. Adjusting the rope for the execution of Wirz]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1kYy1hZGp1c3RpbmctdGhlLXJvcGUtZm9yLXRoZS1leGVjdXRpb24tb2Ytd2lyei0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Washington, D.C. Adjusting the rope for the execution of Wirz]")
[Washington, D.C. Adjusting the rope for the execution of Wirz]
Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the execution of Captain Henry Wirz, November 1865.
Debtor's Prison, State Route 764, Accomac, Accomack County, Virginia
Significance: Originally built about 1785 as a residence for the jailor. Used for confinement of debtors in 1824, and continued as debtors' prison until 1849. Survey number: HABS VA-623 Building/structure da... More
Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Sol...
Significance: The Mt. Gleason facility is significant for several reasons. It was the first Nike unit planned and constructed in the Angeles National Forest, and it operated for the longest period of time amon... More
Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Sol...
Significance: The Mt. Gleason facility is significant for several reasons. It was the first Nike unit planned and constructed in the Angeles National Forest, and it operated for the longest period of time amon... More
Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Sol...
Significance: The Mt. Gleason facility is significant for several reasons. It was the first Nike unit planned and constructed in the Angeles National Forest, and it operated for the longest period of time amon... More
San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...
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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...
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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...
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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...
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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...
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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...
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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...
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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...
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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...
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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...
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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...
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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...
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Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet
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Louisiana State Prison Store, 703 Laurel Street, Baton Rouge, East Bat...
Significance: The Prison Store is the only remaining building of the state penitentiary complex, located in Baton Rouge from the late 1830s to the early 1900s. Survey number: HABS LA-1140 Building/structure d... More
![[Stockade at Andersonville Prison, Andersonville, Georgia] / Photographed and published by Engle & Furlong, Fernandina, Fla.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTAvc3RvY2thZGUtYXQtYW5kZXJzb252aWxsZS1wcmlzb24tYW5kZXJzb252aWxsZS1nZW9yZ2lhLXBob3RvZ3JhcGhlZC1hbmQtcHVibGlzaGVkLTQyNmZiOS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/20/webp "[Stockade at Andersonville Prison, Andersonville, Georgia] / Photographed and published by Engle & Furlong, Fernandina, Fla.")
[Stockade at Andersonville Prison, Andersonville, Georgia] / Photograp...
Date from Andersonville Civil War Prison / Robert Scott Davis. Charleston, SC : History Press, 2010, p. 121. Purchase; Russell Norton; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012: 069).
Burlington County Prison, 128 High Street, Mount Holly, Burlington Cou...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-191 Survey number: HABS NJ-340 Building/structure dates: 1810 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 86003558
Deer Island House of Correction, Hill Prison, Deer Island (northeast &...
Significance: Architecturally, Hill Prison is the culmination of the Palladian form of penal institutions utilized in Boston for over one hundred years. It is the final stage in the evolution of institutional ... More
Deer Island House of Correction, Hill Prison, Deer Island (northeast &...
Significance: Architecturally, Hill Prison is the culmination of the Palladian form of penal institutions utilized in Boston for over one hundred years. It is the final stage in the evolution of institutional ... More
Deer Island House of Correction, Hill Prison, Deer Island (northeast &...
Significance: Architecturally, Hill Prison is the culmination of the Palladian form of penal institutions utilized in Boston for over one hundred years. It is the final stage in the evolution of institutional ... More
Libby Prison - 19th century Virginia. Stereoscope card.
Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support wi... More
Eastern State Penitentiary, 2125 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Phila...
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Eastern State Penitentiary, 2125 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Phila...
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Eastern State Penitentiary, 2125 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Phila...
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Eastern State Penitentiary, 2125 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Phila...
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Eastern State Penitentiary, 2125 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Phila...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Eastern State Penitentiary, 2125 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Phila...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Eastern State Penitentiary, 2125 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Phila...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Eastern State Penitentiary, 2125 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Phila...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Eastern State Penitentiary, 2125 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Phila...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a church, crypt, chamber, underground vault architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Eastern State Penitentiary, 2125 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Phila...
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Eastern State Penitentiary, 2125 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Phila...
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Eastern State Penitentiary, 2125 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Phila...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a chamber, cell, interior, underground vault architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Eastern State Penitentiary, 2125 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Phila...
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Old Capitol Prison, Washington / negative by William R. Pywell, positi...
Photograph showing the prison located behind the Capitol building in which a number of Confederate prisoners were held. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington,... More
Condemned to die / F. Opper. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Print shows David B. Hill labeled "Hill-ism", Richard Croker as the Tammany Tiger labeled "Croker-ism", and Roswell P. Flower, wearing a tall stove-pipe hat, labeled "Flower-ism", standing on the right on "Cond... More
![[House of Correction, Detroit, Mich.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvaG91c2Utb2YtY29ycmVjdGlvbi1kZXRyb2l0LW1pY2gtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[House of Correction, Detroit, Mich.]")
[House of Correction, Detroit, Mich.]
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The in and the out of our penal system / Arthur Young.
Illustration shows criminals on the left entering a prison labeled "Penitentiary" with a statue of "Justice" and on the right leaving the prison after serving their sentences and given papers labeled "Freedom" ... More
Dining room at the Eastern State Penitentiary, which closed and became...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Cell and crude "bathroom" fixtures inside the old Ohio State Reformato...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. At first the facility emphasized rehabilitation of young, first-time offenders, but eventually this maximum-security cellblock was add... More
A cellblock at the old Ohio State Reformatory, built in stages between...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. At first the facility emphasized rehabilitation of young, first-time offenders, but eventually this maximum-security cellblock was add... More
Part of the Main Cellblock at the Yuma Territorial Prison State Histor...
Opened while Arizona was still a U.S. territory, the prison accepted its first inmate on July 1, 1876. For the next 33 years 3,069 prisoners, including 20 women, served sentences there for crimes ranging from m... More
The wagon gate West Virginia State Penitentiary, a retired, gothic-sty...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Currently (as of 2015) the huge stone structure that housed hundreds of inmates is maintained as a tourist attraction and training fac... More
The West Virginia State Penitentiary, a retired, gothic-style prison i...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Currently (as of 2015) the huge stone structure that housed hundreds of inmates is maintained as a tourist attraction and training fac... More
The West Virginia State Penitentiary, a retired, gothic-style prison i...
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Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet
Videodisc images are out of sequence; actual left to right order is 06014, 06013. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. nos. 05932, 010408. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...
Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were bui... More
Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...
Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were bui... More
The tables turned - Political cartoon, public domain image
Cartoon shows Chinese laundrymen and fishmongers making gifts to a man imprisoned in House of Correction cell 181. They offer socks with holes, a fish inscribed "Black Friday," crabs, and cigars.
Stone walls and chains do not make a prison --- for Houdini
Created by "Famous Players - Lasky Corporation." Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Division; 1956. Houdini followed his performance in "The master mystery" with the "Grim game," the first o... More
Afternoon tea / Albert Levering 1910., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows a socialite, prisoner "no. 500", in prison as a martyr for the cause of women's suffrage, having a tea party with her society friends outside her cell labeled "Cell no. 500 Our Noble Martyres... More
![Bainbridge [i.e., Bambridge] on trial for murder by a committee of the House of Commons / engraved by T. Cook from an original painting by William Hogarth in the possession of Mr. Ray.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTEvYmFpbmJyaWRnZS1pZS1iYW1icmlkZ2Utb24tdHJpYWwtZm9yLW11cmRlci1ieS1hLWNvbW1pdHRlZS1vZi10aGUtaG91c2Utb2YtYzNmOTEzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "Bainbridge [i.e., Bambridge] on trial for murder by a committee of the House of Commons / engraved by T. Cook from an original painting by William Hogarth in the possession of Mr. Ray.")
Bainbridge [i.e., Bambridge] on trial for murder by a committee of the...
Print shows several members of the House of Commons, including James Oglethorpe and Archibald Grant, gathered in a room at the Fleet Prison for an investigation of Thomas Bambridge, warden of the prison, for th... More
Prison in Irkutsk, eastern Siberia
The new prison in Irkutsk; next to it is the old prison. Transfer; Manuscript Division (George Kennan Papers); 1973; (DLC/PP-1973:080). The new city prison was built in 1861 to accommodate 450 prisoners but som... More
Wyoming Territorial Penitentiary, North side of State Route 130, West ...
Survey number: HABS WY-76
![[Richmond, Virginia Side view of Libby Prison]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvcmljaG1vbmQtdmEtc2lkZS12aWV3LW9mLWxpYmJ5LXByaXNvbi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/40/webp "[Richmond, Virginia Side view of Libby Prison]")
[Richmond, Virginia Side view of Libby Prison]
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.
New Jersey State Prison, Second & Federal Streets, Trenton, Mercer Cou...
Significance: Built between 1833 and 1836, the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton was an extremely significant work of English architect John Haviland, who was known for his designs of prisons. This New Jersey ... More
Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Sol...
Significance: The Mt. Gleason facility is significant for several reasons. It was the first Nike unit planned and constructed in the Angeles National Forest, and it operated for the longest period of time amon... More
Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Sol...
Significance: The Mt. Gleason facility is significant for several reasons. It was the first Nike unit planned and constructed in the Angeles National Forest, and it operated for the longest period of time amon... More
Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Sol...
Significance: The Mt. Gleason facility is significant for several reasons. It was the first Nike unit planned and constructed in the Angeles National Forest, and it operated for the longest period of time amon... More
Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Sol...
Significance: The Mt. Gleason facility is significant for several reasons. It was the first Nike unit planned and constructed in the Angeles National Forest, and it operated for the longest period of time amon... More
Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Sol...
Significance: The Mt. Gleason facility is significant for several reasons. It was the first Nike unit planned and constructed in the Angeles National Forest, and it operated for the longest period of time amon... More
Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Sol...
Significance: The Mt. Gleason facility is significant for several reasons. It was the first Nike unit planned and constructed in the Angeles National Forest, and it operated for the longest period of time amon... More
Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Sol...
Significance: The Mt. Gleason facility is significant for several reasons. It was the first Nike unit planned and constructed in the Angeles National Forest, and it operated for the longest period of time amon... More
Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Sol...
Significance: The Mt. Gleason facility is significant for several reasons. It was the first Nike unit planned and constructed in the Angeles National Forest, and it operated for the longest period of time amon... More
Henderson County Court House, First & Main Streets, Henderson, Henders...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-18 Survey number: HABS KY-20-18 Building/structure dates: 1843 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1858 Subsequent Work Building/stru... More
San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...
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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...
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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...
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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...
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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...
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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...
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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...
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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...
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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...
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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...
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A Siberian etape or exile station house
An etape (road prison) for convicts on the road from Barnaul to Krasno i arsk. Transfer; Manuscript Division (George Kennan Papers); 1973; (DLC/PP-1973:080). Forms part of: George Kennan Papers.
Fort Sheridan, Guardhouse, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL
Significance: The Guardhouse is one of the most architecturally notable of the Holabird and Roche designs at Fort Sheridan. A brick portico dominates the central facade, and rows of narrow arched windows pierce... More