Mississippi State Penitentiary

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:prison
gptkbp:address gptkb:Parchman,_Mississippi
gptkbp:area approximately 18,000 acres
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:deathChamber located on site
gptkbp:features medium security
maximum security
minimum security
gptkbp:hasDeathRow male inmates
gptkbp:hasFacility gptkb:prison
correctional institution
agricultural prison
gptkbp:hasWarden Timothy Morris (as of 2023)
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Gates_v._Collier_(1972)
Freedom Riders imprisoned in 1961
site of lawsuits over prison conditions
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mississippi State Penitentiary
gptkbp:inmatePopulation over 3,000
gptkbp:location gptkb:Sunflower_County,_Mississippi
gptkbp:managedBy gptkb:Mississippi_Department_of_Corrections
gptkbp:namedAfter nearby town of Parchman
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Parchman_Farm
gptkbp:notableFor site of executions in Mississippi
civil rights era events
history of prison labor
gptkbp:notableInmate gptkb:David_Cox
gptkb:Glenn_Ford
gptkb:Edgar_Ray_Killen
gptkb:Eddie_Lee_Howard
gptkb:James_Ford_Seale
gptkb:Bobby_Wilcher
gptkb:Charles_Ray_Crawford
gptkb:Curtis_Flowers
gptkb:Kenneth_Middleton
gptkb:Leon_Turner
gptkb:Michelle_Byrom
gptkb:Richard_Gerald_Jordan
gptkb:Thomas_Edwin_Loden_Jr.
gptkb:Willie_Jerome_Manning
gptkb:Willie_Nash
gptkb:Willie_Russell
gptkbp:opened 1901
gptkbp:state gptkb:Mississippi
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sunflower_County,_Mississippi,_USA
gptkb:Sunflower_County,_Mississippi,_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6