Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman)
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:prison
|
| gptkbp:address |
gptkb:Parchman,_MS_38738
|
| gptkbp:area |
approximately 18,000 acres
|
| gptkbp:capacity |
over 3,000 inmates
|
| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_States
|
| gptkbp:culture |
referenced in literature
featured in blues music referenced by Bukka White referenced by Johnny Cash |
| gptkbp:facilityId |
gptkb:prison
correctional institution |
| gptkbp:features |
medium security
maximum security minimum security |
| gptkbp:Gates_v._Collier_decision |
declared cruel and unusual punishment
ended trustee system |
| gptkbp:hasDeathRow |
male inmates
female inmates (historically) |
| gptkbp:historicalEvent |
gptkb:Gates_v._Collier_(1972)
site of prison reform lawsuits Freedom Riders imprisoned 1961 |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman)
|
| gptkbp:inmateLabor |
cotton farming
agricultural work livestock raising |
| gptkbp:inmatePopulation |
predominantly male
historically African American majority |
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Sunflower_County,_Mississippi
|
| gptkbp:method |
lethal injection
electric chair (historically) gas chamber (historically) |
| gptkbp:namedAfter |
James Parchman
|
| gptkbp:nickname |
gptkb:Parchman_Farm
|
| gptkbp:notableFor |
site of executions in Mississippi
civil rights era events history of forced labor site of Mississippi's male death row incarceration of Freedom Riders |
| gptkbp:notableInmate |
gptkb:Willie_Bosket
gptkb:Freedom_Riders gptkb:Edgar_Ray_Killen gptkb:James_Ford_Seale gptkb:Curtis_Flowers gptkb:Willie_Jerome_Manning |
| gptkbp:opened |
1901
|
| gptkbp:operatedBy |
gptkb:Mississippi_Department_of_Corrections
|
| gptkbp:state |
gptkb:Mississippi
|
| gptkbp:Warden |
varies (appointed by MDOC)
|
| gptkbp:website |
https://www.mdoc.ms.gov
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Tutwiler
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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