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Prison History and Gallery

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1840 - State Penitentiary, Little Rock. 1866 - State Penitentiary. 1890 - State Penitentiary 1899 - Ground breaking for new Arkansas State Capitol
1840 - State Penitentiary, Little Rock. Future site of State Capitol.
1866 - State Penitentiary. Photo taken after Civil War.
1890 - State Penitentiary, Main Building. Little Rock, Arkansas.
1899 - Ground breaking for new Arkansas State Capitol.
 
1899 - Laying of cornerstone for new Arkansas State Capitol 1910 - Construction of the Arkansas State Capitol, north end of the building. 1930's - Completed Arkansas State Capitol in Little Rock, Arkansas 1920's - "The Walls"
1899 - Laying of cornerstone for new Arkansas State Capitol.
1910 - Construction of the Arkansas State Capitol, north end of the building.
1930's - Completed Arkansas State Capitol in Little Rock, Arkansas
1920's - "The Walls", Roosevelt Rd, Little Rock - Mess Hall, Hospital, Barracks.
 
1920's - "The Walls", State Penitentiary 1920's - "The Walls" 1920's - "The Walls", State Penitentiary, Roosevelt Rd, Little Rock - Front Gate 1990's - One of the buildings still standing at "The Walls", Little Rock
1920's - "The Walls", State Penitentiary. Roosevelt Rd, Little Rock, AR.
1920's - "The Walls", Roosevelt Rd, Little Rock - Interior of Hospital.
1920's - "The Walls", State Penitentiary, Roosevelt Rd, Little Rock - Front Gate
1990's - One of the buildings still standing at "The Walls", Little Rock.
 
1990's - Portion of the brick wall that is still standing at "The Walls", Little Rock. 1900's State Farm, Cummins, Main Stockade 1914 - Sawmill at State Farm, Cummins - Pine Bluff, AR. 1914 - Part of the cotton crop harvested at State Farm, Cummins.
1990's - Portion of the brick wall that is still standing at "The Walls", Little Rock.
1900's - Morning turnout at State Farm, Cummins, Main Stockade
1914 - Sawmill at State Farm, Cummins - Pine Bluff, AR.
1914 - Part of the cotton crop harvested at State Farm, Cummins.
 
1914 - Adminstration Building at State Farm, Cummins - Grady, AR 1930 - Women's Barracks at State Farm, Cummins - Grady, AR 1930 - First motorized tractor used at State Farm, Cummins. 1930's - Entrance of Tucker State Farm - Tucker, AR
1914 - Adminstration Building at State Farm, Cummins - Grady, AR
1930 - Women's Barracks at State Farm, Cummins - Grady, AR
1930 - First motorized tractor used at State Farm, Cummins.
1930's - Entrance of Tucker State Farm - Tucker, AR
 
1900's - Convicts sandbagging on the Red Fork Levee in Arkansas. 1960's - Warden Thomas Murton allows inmate dances. April, 1969 - The Johnny Cash Show performs at Cummins Prison. 1970's - Arkansas Prison Rodeo
1900's - Convicts sandbagging on the Red Fork Levee in Arkansas.
1960's - Warden Thomas Murton allows inmate dances.
April, 1969 - The Johnny Cash Show performs at Cummins Prison.
1970's - Arkansas Prison Rodeo, held at Cummins Prison, ended in 1983.
 
The Gallows - Arkansas' method of execution until 1913. 1926-48 "Old Sparky" Electric Chair 1926-48 "Old Sparky" Electric Chair Tucker Telephone" Used to torture inmates
The Gallows - Arkansas' method of execution until 1913.
1926-48 "Old Sparky" Electric Chair, 104 executions at the Tucker Unit.
1926-48 "Old Sparky" Electric Chair, 104 executions at the Tucker Unit.
"Tucker Telephone" Used to torture inmates - practice ended in 1970's.
 
Death House - Lethal injection Control Room at McPherson Unit Control Room at Cummins Unit in Grady, Arkansas. Finger printing unit in Jefferson County
The Death House - Lethal injection is the official method of execution in AR.
Control Room at McPherson Unit, privately managed facility in Newport.
Control Room at Cummins Unit in Grady, Arkansas.
Finger printing unit in Jefferson County Jail/Correctional Facility in Pine Bluff.