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Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman Farm)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/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
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