Tennessee State Penitentiary, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

GPTKB entity

Statements (22)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:prison
gptkbp:architecturalStyle castle-like
gptkbp:capacity 1,200
gptkbp:closed 1992
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:demolished no
gptkbp:historicalName listed on the National Register of Historic Places
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tennessee State Penitentiary, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
gptkbp:location gptkb:Nashville,_Tennessee,_USA
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Castle
gptkbp:notableEvent site of 1938 prison break
gptkbp:notableFor filming location for Ernest Goes to Jail
filming location for The Green Mile
filming location for Walk the Line
gptkbp:notableInmate gptkb:James_Earl_Ray
gptkbp:opened 1898
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Tennessee_Department_of_Correction
gptkbp:status closed
gptkbp:touredWith occasionally
gptkbp:usedFor maximum security prison
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Prisonaires
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7