Parchman Farm (Mississippi State Penitentiary)
GPTKB entity
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:prison
|
| gptkbp:address |
gptkb:Parchman,_MS_38738
|
| gptkbp:area |
approximately 18,000 acres
|
| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_States
|
| gptkbp:featuredIn |
book 'Worse Than Slavery' by David M. Oshinsky
songs by Bukka White songs by Mose Allison |
| gptkbp:governingBody |
gptkb:State_of_Mississippi
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| gptkbp:hasChapel |
Parchman Chapel
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| gptkbp:hasDeathRow |
Mississippi male death row inmates
|
| gptkbp:hasMuseum |
Mississippi State Penitentiary Museum
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| gptkbp:hasUnit |
Unit 17
Unit 25 Unit 28 Unit 29 Unit 30 Unit 32 Unit 42 |
| gptkbp:hasWarden |
Marshall Turner (as of 2023)
|
| gptkbp:historicalEvent |
COVID-19 outbreak, 2020
incarceration of Freedom Riders, 1961 prison reform lawsuits prison violence and deaths, 2019-2020 site of forced labor and convict leasing |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Parchman Farm (Mississippi State Penitentiary)
|
| gptkbp:inmatePopulation |
over 3,000
|
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Sunflower_County,_Mississippi
|
| gptkbp:method |
lethal injection
electric chair (historically) gas chamber (historically) |
| gptkbp:nickname |
gptkb:Parchman_Farm
|
| gptkbp:notableFor |
subject of federal investigations
site of civil rights era incarcerations site of executions in Mississippi inspiration for blues music subject of civil rights activism |
| gptkbp:notableInmate |
gptkb:Willie_McGee
gptkb:Freedom_Riders gptkb:Eddie_Lee_Howard |
| gptkbp:opened |
1901
|
| gptkbp:operatedBy |
gptkb:Mississippi_Department_of_Corrections
|
| gptkbp:type |
gptkb:farmer
maximum security prison |
| gptkbp:website |
https://www.mdoc.ms.gov
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Parchman_Farm_(song_by_Mose_Allison)
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
8
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