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Stone walls, echoing halls, clanging doors -- all staples of our impressions of prisons and prison life. There are some that are no longer in use that the public can visit that perpetuate that image. Others might surprise you. As always, if we've missed any prisons now open to the public, please tell us.

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Yuma

Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park

1 Prison Hill Road

Yuma AZ 85364

Phone 928 783-4771

Web Site http://www.azparks.gov/Parks/parkhtml/yuma.html

Description prison from 1876-1909, with guard tower, cell blocks, gates

Type of Resource Historic Place

Building Type Prison

Industry /Profession Law Enforcement

Era 1876

Owner/Operator: Arizona State Parks

New or Updated: 10/24/2006

California
Represa
Folsom Prison Museum
300 Prison Road
PO Box 71
Represa CA 95671
Phone 916 985-2561
Web Site http://www.cdc.state.ca.us/facility/instfol.htm
Alt Web http://www.stevenmenke.com/FolsomPrisonMuseum.htm
Description near the entrance to the prison, documents, artifacts, video
Type of Resource Historic Place
Building Type Prison
Research/Reading Library

California
San Francisco
Alcatraz
Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay
San Francisco CA
Phone 415 705-1042
Alt Phone 415 705-5555
Web Site http://www.nps.gov/alcatraz/
E-mail goga_alcatraz@nps.gov
Description probably the most famous US prison, the island is accessible only by ferry - advance reservations suggested
Type of Resource Historic Place
Building Type Prison

Beyond the Newsstand

American History at A&E and the History Channel

Canon City

Museum of Colorado Prisons

201 N 1st Street

PO Box 1229

Canon City CO 81215

Phone 719 269-3015

Web Site http://www.prisonmuseum.org/

E-mail mailto:CTPM@prodigy,net

Description located in 1935 women's prison, details 77 executions, 32 cells, disciplinary artifacts, photos of prison life, gas chamber

Type of Resource Historic Place

Building Type Prison

Industry /Profession Law Enforcement

Era 1871

New or Updated: 4/3/2005

Connecticut
East Granby
Old New Gate Prison and Copper Mine
115 Newgate Road
East Granby CT 06026
Phone 860 653-3563
Web Site http://www.chc.state.ct.us/old_new.htm
Description copper mine known mostly as prison for captured British in the Revolution
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Military
Building Type Prison
Field of Study Science Facility Geology
Industry Profession Mining
Era Revolutionary War
Owner/Operator: Connecticut Historical Society

DE
Delaware City
Fort Delaware State Park
45 Clinton St
PO Box 170
Delaware City DE 19706
Phone 302 834-7941
Web Site http://www.destateparks.com/fdsp/fdsp.htm
Description Union fortress built on an island in 1859 served as POW camp, Port Penn Interpretive Center
Type of Resource Historic Place
Building Type Prison
Kind of Activity Living History
Owner/Operator: Delaware State Parks
New or Updated: 07/25/2003

Georgia
Andersonville
Andersonville National Historic Site
Route 1, Box 800
Andersonville GA 31711
Phone 912 924-0343
Web Site http://www.nps.gov/ande/
Alt Web http://www.inusa.com/tour/ga/albany/anhs.htm
Description visitor center explains Andersonville prison, national cemetery, Civil War prisons north and south
Type of Resource Historic Place
Building Type Prison
Nature of Group or Site Outdoor
Era Civil War

Deer Lodge

Old Montana Prison

1106 Main Street

Deer Lodge MT 59722

Phone 406 846-3111

Web Site http://www.pcmaf.org/prison.htm

E-mail mailto:oldprisonmuseums@in-tch.com

Description 7 museums and theatre on 22 acre site of old state prison

Type of Resource Historic Place

Primary Focus Building

Building Type Prison

Owner/Operator: Powell County Museum & Arts Foundation