Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman Farm)

GPTKB entity

Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:prison
gptkbp:address gptkb:Parchman,_MS_38738
gptkbp:area approximately 18,000 acres
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:deathChamber Mississippi execution chamber
gptkbp:featuredIn gptkb:literature
documentaries
Blues music
gptkbp:hasDeathRow Mississippi male death row inmates
gptkbp:historicalEvent Freedom Riders imprisoned in 1961
site of prison reform lawsuits
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman Farm)
gptkbp:inmatePopulation over 3,000 (varies)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Sunflower_County,_Mississippi
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Parchman_Farm
gptkbp:notableFor agricultural production
prison reform activism
inmate labor
prison labor camps
racial segregation history
site of civil rights era incarcerations
site of executions in Mississippi
gptkbp:notableInmate gptkb:Willie_Simmons
gptkb:Eddie_Lee_Howard
gptkb:James_Ford_Seale
gptkbp:opened 1901
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Mississippi_Department_of_Corrections
gptkbp:state gptkb:Mississippi
gptkbp:type maximum security prison
working prison farm
gptkbp:website https://www.mdoc.ms.gov
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Freedom_Riders
gptkb:Mae_Frances_Moultrie
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6