Description: Missouri State Penitentiary, Missouri, Images of America, Paperback The Missouri State Penitentiary was established in 1833 via a bill passed by the state legislature, and the first prisoner was incarcerated in 1835. Inmates constructed the main prison building from rock quarried at the site in 1836. The penitentiary closed on September 15, 2004, and plans are in place to redevelop the site into offices for state agencies and private enterprises. The Missouri State Penitentiary was once considered one of the largest maximum-security penal institutions in the United States. After 550 serious assaults occurred inside the prison in the early 1960s, Time magazine called it "the bloodiest 47 acres in America" (although the walls of the penitentiary only contained 37 acres). The penitentiary had the distinction of housing some very famous individuals: boxing champion Sonny Liston learned to box there under the direction of the prisonchaplain, infamous gangster Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd spent time there, and James Earl Ray was an escapee when he shot and killed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Location: Columbia, South Carolina
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9780738590806
Book Title: Missouri State Penitentiary
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6.5in
Author: Arnold G. Parks
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / MidWest / West North Central (IA, Ks, MN, MO, Nd, Ne, Sd), Subjects & Themes / Historical, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, IL, in, Ks, MI, MN, MO, Nd, Ne, OH, Sd, Wi), General, Penology
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2012
Genre: Photography, Travel, True Crime, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 10.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
