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- Indiana State Prison, Life Prisoners
- Indiana State Reformatory
- Women's Prison
- State Farm
- Pardon and Parole Records
In the early 1900s, the Board of State Charities conducted interviews with inmates sentenced to life at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. Each prisoner was given the opportunity to give a statement telling his side of the story. The men often named family members and others involved in the crime for which they were sentenced, and discussed...
The State Prison South was converted into the Indiana State Reformatory in 1897 to create a more positive environment for younger prisoners accused of less serious offenses, but too old for the Boys' School. This reorganization resulted in prisoners over the age of thirty, or those with previous felonies or a capital offense, being sent to the nort...
The Indiana Women’s Prison opened in Indianapolis on October 8, 1873. The first seventeen inmates were brought from the State Prison South at Jeffersonville, where they had been housed in a separate wing from male inmates. Known initially as the Indiana Reformatory Institution for Women and Girls, the name changed in 1889 to the Reform School for G...
The State Farm was built in 1914 and 1915 by prisoners from the State Prison and Reformatory for the purpose of housing male misdemeanants. It was located on 1,892 acres of land one mile west of Putnamville and seven miles south of Greencastle. It opened officially, April 12, 1915 as an industrial farm colony, meaning that the prisoners actually fa...
The first set of Secretary of State Petitions begin in the early 1800’s and end around the time of the Civil War. The database for these records is searchable online at the Indiana Digital Archives. Citizens frequently wrote to the governor attempting to gain pardons, paroles, reprieves, commutations of sentences, or remissions of fines for crimes ...
History of the Indiana State Prison. Indiana gained statehood in 1816 and the first Indiana State Prison was built in Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1822. In 1858 the state was looking for a second location to build another prison.
History of Bridewell Prison, 1553-1700. Dr. William Hinkle and Drew Lazzara have written a thorough history the Indiana State Prison. An extensive study, it covers the years 1860-1910. It includes 43 black and white photos.
- Hinkle, William G.Lazzara, Drew
- 768
- 1-4955-0793-9978-1-4955-0793-9
- 2020
The first Indiana State Prison was built in Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1822. The state purchased 102 acres in 1858 for a second prison on the western edge of Michigan City. Construction began on the prison with 100 inmates from the Jeffersonville facility. The Michigan City prison originally enclosed 8.3 acres with walls 600 feet long. Both ...
Feb 21, 2024 · The first Indiana State Prison, established in Jeffersonville in 1822, marked the inception of the state's correctional system. Seeking expansion, Indiana acquired land in Michigan City in 1858, leading to the establishment of another prison.
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In the 1960s, one of the teams in their league was the Indiana State Prison (ISP) in Michigan City. This photo is from a game between the Bonivirs and ISP in 1968 in which the Bonivirs won, 42-0. Team sponsor George “Gizmo” Yaksic owned Gizmo’s Bar.
