Doin' Hard Time Laramie, South Dakota, United States
By DRAGN Tamers on 09-Sep-02. Waypoint GC8C6E

Former Bedford Police Station and Jail
Now the [url=http://www.marconiusa.org/index.html]U.S. Marconi Museum[/url]
18 North Amherst Road, Bedford, NH, USA

The current Marconi Museum in Bedford, NH, used to be the Bedford Police Station and Jail! Interestingly enough, that wasn't even the original use for the building, either! The building was constructed as a school, and was only later converted to a police station, including the addition of jail cells.

We have been intending to visit when the museum is open to be able to also take pictures of the jail cells, but with locationless caches expiring today, this is the best we can do. Thanks for the interesting locationless cache.

Owego Jailhouse
Owego, NY

This jail is no longer used to house criminals, rather its used to house gourmet foods and desserts in the Jailhouse Restaurant.

In the Iron County, Utah Museum.

This is my first "locationless (reverse) cache" and I think these are neat! This is the scene of the old Clinton Jail and Drunk Tank and is located in Columbia Park at 8th and Anderson Street (Clinton, IN). There is a lot of history here and new history being made today. During the 30's and into the early 60's this jail also housed the police transmitter and receiver with the antenna on the water tower (just removed). The main police station contained a lock-up also and was behind my uncles laundromat and just off of main street. Main street had it’s share of bars and taverns but north 9th street had the “lions share.†It was decided to build another jail just off of 9th Street so the officers on foot patrol could walk the drunks over to that jail rather than all the way to Main Street. Due to the main police station being about a hundred feet (or so) below the level of the old jail it was decided that the radio be placed there and connected to the main police station via telephone for better coverage.

The city was going to tear down the old jail when they removed the old water tower but concerned citizens wanted it remodeled and used for a historical site. This caused a political storm because the city does not have the money to remodel or refurbish this site. It has been decided to deed this site over to a private party and have them remodel/refurbish the jail. I will try to get exact dates and edit this post at a later time.

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This used to be the Washington County prison in Washington, PA. They took down all the old bars. The new prison is located next to the old one. It is now being made into offices.

Kill #214.

TEAM COPYCAT
California, PA

This is the former Knox County Jail; built in 1874 it was replaced in the 1970's with a more "modern facility". The "modern facility" was replaced 2 years ago with yet another "modern facility". As my grandfather always said; "they don't build them like they use to"

More sentimental to me than the stability of this still standing building is that; my grandfather was a jailer here before it closed.
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Located 0700.
Boggo Road Jail, Annerley Road, Dutton Park, Brisbane.
Australia, originally founded as a penal colony for British insurgents, had once of it's most wretched gaols in Redcliffe, then known as Moreton Bay.
In the 1800's, crime on the rampage rose and a new jail was erected high on what would later be known as Mater Hill. Boggo Road opened in 1893 and later a female prison was built adjoining in the 1900's.
I first went to Boggo Road very early in my policing career to collet prisoners for the run down to the Southport Watchouse. (Now there was a combination that all prisoners hated.) The double gated doors had to hand opened and weighed over five tons. The inner gates were armour plated following riots in the 1970's (Finch and Baker the most notorious)
The jail closed in about 1993 and the original structure was converted into a museum. In the 19990's a fellow police officer and I ran Jailhouse Rock in the old compound yard.

Very old & rustic jail for East end of Teller County in Colorado.

Springhill, Kansas.
Evidently they only had one person in jail at any one time.
It's just an iron cage.
I'm waiting for the friend that took this picture of my GPS and the bars in the background to also send me a picture of the whole cell...

This old jail is now a historical site among other buildings for Historial Halifax located in Halifax County, North Carolina. The structure was built in 1838. There were 2 previous jails on this site that were burned down by escaping prisioners.

This was originally the jail for the city of Coleman, Florida. It was built in 1913. It, along with several other structures of historical significance were moved to this location and put on display. Currently the doors can't be opened. There is no charge to view the village which contain a General Store, Jail, Railroad Depot, Outhouse and a too many more items and equipment to mention. The bad part of all this visit is that I had the pleasure of using most of the items, including a 2 holer in the middle of the winter in Ohio.

This is the old prison of Mayen in Germany,
it is located in the Stehbachstrasse.
Now you can have a look at art in it, they made a gallery out of it.
Not allways , but when there is something to puplic ....

chloderic

This is the old Siskiyou Co. Jail. This building closed as county jail in 1988 when a new one was built across the street. Now it is the county Sheriff and dispatch offices.

This is the original Truckee, CA jail which is now a museum.

Truckee’s historic jail museum is one of only a few surviving 19th century jailhouses of its kind in the West and one of the few remaining original buildings in Truckee. The old Bastille was used continuously from 1875 until May 1964, and ably withstood the many fires that swept the town in its early days.

Although jails are usually sturdy, Truckee’s is a virtual strongbox. The original building consisted of just the lower level, constructed of native stone. The walls are 32 inches thick at the lower level, with no windows unless one counts the small vents for each cell, which are set with irregular rows of two-inch steel bars. The ceilings are plate steel, insulated with dirt, and lined with narrow gauge railroad tracks. All doors are riveted steel, weighing an estimated 200 pounds each.

The Ellsworth, Maine city jail, c. 1900, was recently transfered to the Ellsworth Historical Society as a new jail (to right) was recently completed. This gives the Historical Society a new, permanent home for its collection. Having toured the museum this summer, its great to see so much more of our town's history on display.

This is the Santa Clara County Court House built in 1866 in which two secret jail cells were recently discovered.

Construction begain in 1866 and completed by January 1, 1868 (at a cost of $200,000), the ornate courthouse, with its columns and dome covered with a shimmering layer of solid copper, was not enough to convince the legislators to return to San Jose. However, it did provide San Jose with a beautiful and lasting building: its six-foot solid brick masonry superstructure resting on a six-foot deep concrete foundation was solid enough to survive numerous earthquakes.

However the Loma Prieta Quake of 1989 did substantial damage. The building was closed in 1989 and reopened in 1994, the restoration project having been completed under budget and ahead of schedule. This successful effort to return a valuable part of local history to the public's use was recognized with multiple awards, including an award for "Historical Preservation/Adaptive Reuse", an award in recognition of "Outstanding Achievement in Design of Preservation Projects", and the "San Jose Interior Restoration of the Year" award in 1994. The restoration effort used 5,000,000 pounds of concrete and 240,000 pounds of steel.


Forgotten Dungeon

In 1992, during the earthquake restoration effort, engineers and construction workers made an interesting discovery. According to the Mercury News on July 20, 1992, "Deep in the bowels of the 124-year-old Santa Clara County Courthouse are two forgotten high-security jail cells..." The cells, with four-inch thick double safety-doors and steel ceilings, were heavy-duty and primitive. Though gas outlets indicated that heat was available, there were no plumbing facilities, so that function was probably taken care of by a bucket. Within the cells, workers found numerous old documents including some Mexican-era hand drawn boundary maps, partially burned and water-soaked, presumably in the fire of 1931. The cells were behind a brick wall that was added at some point in the Old Courthouse's history.

[url=http://www.sccsuperiorcourt.org/aboutus_court_history.htm]Court History[/url]

Found this great old jail turned museum in Fentress County while caching through the area.
Old Fentress County Jail (added 1984 - Building - #84003536)
Also known as The Alvin York Museum
N. Smith St. and TN 52, Jamestown
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown
Architectural Style: No Style Listed
Area of Significance: Architecture
Period of Significance: 1875-1899
Owner: Local Gov't
Historic Function: Domestic, Government
Historic Sub-function: Correctional Facility, Single Dwelling2
Current Function: Government, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function: Government Office, Museum

Will add pictures of myself with GPS and two views of the jail. Thanks for the great cache!

History in which this prison has more than 100 years
It is a historical site now
it located in Chiayi city, Taiwan(R.O.C)

[url=http://www.cyp.moj.gov.tw/english/index.asp?subject_classid=85&orgid=311100000F]more information[/url]

The Town Hall in Uxbridge Massachusetts was built in 1879 and a few year later a jail was established in the basement of building in an area which served the community for over 100 years until the police department recently moved to new building.

Jailhouse of Düsseldorf. Capital of Nordrhine Westfalia, Germany

N 35° 10.421 W 094° 43.081

This is the old Skullyville County Jail (also known simply as "The Rock Jail") west of Panama, Oklahoma. This small building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, has not been used since Oklahoma was known as Indian Territory.
The one-room jail was used by the Choctaw tribe in the late 1800s. According to interviews with pioneers, the jail was built near the home of the sheriff of what was then known as Skullyville County and often housed as many as 12 prisoners who were forced to work in the sheriff's fields. The last murderer to be executed there was in 1883, as decreed by the Choctaw court.

It is now a home but it was a jail during the revolution!
It is in Islet-sur-mer, Québec,Canada, by the way interested, I think it's for sale!

This used to be our local RCMP detachment, but they built a new building just two buildings south of here. It is located in Williams Lake BC Canada.

Built in 1891 it now serves as the office for Adams County supervisors.
Inside the old "gallows" is still visible.

Travelled many miles for this one. Were directed to the building by the local police.
Sad to see bars had been removed several years ago by the parents of the current occupants.
The taller section of the building was the old Magistrates Court while single storey annex to the left housed the prisoners.
The local information centre takes tourists on a walking tour through town and tells more of this gaol's history. (McGregortour@telkomsa.net)

Found at Joliette, Quebec Canada. The court of Joliette converted its jail at the middle of 70's. Many offices are instead cells and the new court was built on the side of the old part.

Trouvé à Joliette, Québec, Canada. Le palais de justice de Joliette a converti plusieurs cellules en bureau dans le milieu des années 70. Le nouveau palais de justice est attenant à cette vieille partie.

The Garfield County Courthouse's top two floors use to be the County Jail. Located in downtown Enid,OK. The courthouse was built in 1933 and the jail was refurbished in 1960's. They had to add a secure skywalk to a stairwell tower as a fire escape in the 1990's due to an investigation that found serious safety deficiencies for prisoners. The jail was used from 1933 until 2002 when the new 198-bed jail was opened. The weird, strange or sad thing about the location of the jail to me is that the town holds all it’s parades and festivals around the courthouse. I imagine the prisoners could hear but not see the fun from the windows that use to be open a lot on the upper floors where they were housed. I guess adding further punishment to them.

We found it in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Neanderwolf und die Meute

Chester Castle, Chester, UK

This Castle was also used as a prison, with trials being held in the Great or Shire Hall in the Outer Bailey. As the following extracts from Hemingway's History of Chester show the castle housed prisoners from both of the Jacobite uprisings:

1715: "This winter Lord Charles Murray (son to the Duke of Athol) with several gentlemen, and a great number of private men, who had been taken (November 13th) in the rebellion at Preston, were brought prisoners to Chester Castle. The weather was very severe, and the snow lay a yard deep in the roads. Many of the above mentioned prisoners died in the castle by the severity of the season; many were carried off by a very malignant fever; and most of the survivors were transported to the plantations in America. As the castle was quite filled with these prisoners, the Lent Assizes were held in Northwich."

1745: "Fearing the rebel army from Scotland, Chester and its Castle was again fortified. One veteran regiment, and three new ones were raised. However the rebels did not approach the city only passing through a part of the county on their way to Staffordshire. However, after the surrender of Carlisle, a number of the rebels were brought prisoners in sixteen carts and held at the castle - which they completely filled.

The photograph is ofn the castle from the corner of castle View, Close to the roodee car park.

God's House Tower, Southampton, UK. Built in the 15th century, and became a jail in the 18th century. These days it's a museum. More info here: http://www.southampton.gov.uk/leisure/museums-and-galleries/gods-house-tower-museum-of-archaeology/history-of-gods-house-tower.asp#0 Cache GCPG0E is also nearby

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This building was the Calhoun County Jail, in Marshall, MI. I don't know when it was built, although I'd guess within the last 75 years or so. It had a max capacity of 112. In the mid 1990's, a larger facility was built in Battle Creek, and this one closed. The county now houses 550 to 600 inmates most days. This building sat vacant for a while, and now houses offices for the road patrol division of the department, and storage upstairs. Originally, all cells were on the 2nd and 3rd floors, and the first floor had offices, kitchen facilities and such.

I was driving back from doing the Worlwide Hotsprings Cache, when I noticed this building, I stopped and lo and behold it was Carbondale, CO first jail! What luck! Another example of why Geocaching is great, I have driven by this Jail many times and never stopped to see what the building was.

This jail in Gonzalez Texas USA was opened in early 1919 and was used as a state prison until the late 1950's and was closed after the prison in Huntsville was opened.
The gallows are still there and were used last in the late 1930's. Today it is a museum.

The goal, the second oldest in the country, is situated in the Western Cape Town of Swellendam in South Africa. The photographs show the the goal house, Mickey and the GPS and a history of the goal.
Tricky Vicky & Mickey

Barrie Gaol (archeaic spelling of Jail) was built around 1840, to house the 'local lunatic', and was expanded in 1860 as the town grew. It was built next to city hall in Barrie Ontario Canada.

The Barrie Jail was a maximum security correctional facility providing short term, secure custody for persons awaiting trial or sentencing, those being held for immigration hearings or deportation, those serving short sentences

The last inmate to reside at the Barrie gaol was transferred to the Penetanguishene superjail on December 7, 2001. It remains vacant.

Near Dover, NY

Between 1994 to 2003 the penitentiary Glasmoor in Norderstedt/Germany has a custody pending deportation organized in container units. This was the darkest period for the poor seeking asylum applicants - I think nobody is illegal! Thanks for the cache.

THIS IS THE OLD SCOTT COUNTY JAIL IT WAS BUILT IN 1900 AND WAS CLOSED IN 1974 AT WHICH TIME IT WAS PLACED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES BUILDING #74001927. THE ARCHITECT WAS JG BARNWELL AND THE JAIL IS LOCATED IN HUNTSVILLE TENNESSEE. I FOUND THIS WHILE ON THANKSGIVING VACATION AT MY INLAWS HOUSE SORRY FOR THE DELAY I FORGOT THAT THE LOCATIONLESS CACHES ARE ALL GOING AWAY...THAT SUCKS!!! I HAD SO MUCH FUN HUNTING THE DIFFERENT THINGS AND SITES DOWN. TFTC...RAGEXN!!!

Located on SR-44 near US-17/92 in DeLand, Florida USA. The Volusia County Jail was built around 1963 and was converted to more of an administration building around 2002. Two pictures are of the front of the building and one is of the recreational area that was on top of the roof.

This tiny one room jail was built in 1871. It can be found in a tiny little town in California's gold country called Volcano. At one time, during the height of the gold rush, Volcano boasted the largest population in California. It was under consideration to be the state Capital. Once the gold ran out this town quickly dwindled and now has a population of 100.

I lived here as a kid for seven years, and had a great time.

This tiny jail is wood on the outside with a solid iron interior lining. It must have been miserable in very hot or cold conditions.

This is the old Tallulah Falls, GA, jail built in 1913. It was used as the city hall until the 1970s. In 1991, it was moved to its present location which is now part of Tallulah Gorge State Park.

The old jail house in Pemberton, NJ, or as it says on the door, "Ye Old Pemberton Lock Up. Built in 1876 and now preserved by the Pemberton Historical Society.

This Penitentiary is in Rawlins, Wyoming. It is famous for several outlaws being held there at one time or another. The new prison is several miles South of town now.

A brand new jail house nearby. A very modern one with swimming pool, great cinema and so on. But it is a very save one, so it was not possible to take a picture in a short distance position.
Greetings Garborwatzki

This is the old prison of Herford. Now it's a home for education of young men which had difficulties with the law.

Found this one caching near Rutledge,Tn.

My 250th Find Yeah!!! Fireworks!!! Bells!!! & Whistles!!!
I could've done this earlier, because there is a nearby
traditional cache that I have already found.
But back then I didn't know about locationless caches.
This is the Old Taney County Jail, I'm not sure about
the time period, I need to research that and add it later.
Thanks for the fun. Enjoy the pictures.
This was my 6th find on this beautiful fall day.

Boone, North Carolina - We found this old jailhouse at 142 South Water Street in Boone. The Jailhouse of Watauga County was constructed in 1886 in the historic district of Boone North Carolina. The previous jail was said to be constructed of "poor quality bricks", hence the need for a newer, sturdier building. The walls are constructed from hand made bricks that were fired here on the property. The walls are 22" thick throughout, with no metal reinforcement of any kind. The jail housed both men and women until the early 1920's. During the mid 1920's a family purchased the jail and renovated it to accomodate a large family. The jailhouse has changed hands many times through the years. The current occupants renovated it back to its original state and have an Indian restaurant and pub on the first floor.

This is the Stillwater County Jail which no longer houses prisoners. They stopped using the facility in 1999. Jitterbug205 and Horseman

The Lycoming County Jail, Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Built in 1867-68 it functioned as a jail until the late 1970's. After it closed it was renovated into boutique shops and a stained glass shop. It is now the Cell Block, a popular nightclub.

This is the former juvenal jail in Zutphen. It is now used as an office for the court police (justice). The court house is right behind the building. I do not know when the jail was closed but I think this was less than 10 years ago. A new jail was built just outside Zutphen.
Thanks for this nice cache!

CrankyHenkie, team member Egni.

Found this old historic jail in Laubach, Germany

Glueckauf
Die 5 Steinweisen

The Guelph Correctional Facility opened in 1915 to replace the Ontario Central Prison in Toronto. It was known as the Ontario Reformatory until 1972, when it was renamed to the Guelph Correctional Facility. Construction of the building began in 1911, and it was partly built by inmates from the Central Prison from 1917 to 1920. At one time it was a completely self-sufficient operation, with orchards, abattoir, laundary facilities, etc. The facility closed down in 2002.

The Facility is one of Canada's largest and most intact examples of a correctional facility designed to address late-19th and early-20th century ideas concerning the use of incarceration to reform rather than punish criminal behaviour. It is also a good example of the work of John M. Lyle, one of Canada's best known architects and an accomplished practitioner noted for his Beaux-Arts designs.

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This is a photo of the Perth Minimum Security Prison in Perth New Brunswick. It was located just across the border from Fort Fair Field Maine. I can remember watching the people in the prison walk around in circles while we waited at the border to be checked. It closed around 1980 and for a while was a place where they kept horses crossing the border now it is closed for good and slowly falling apart.

Whilst is Alice Springs in central Australia we found this old gaol and like any good tourist attraction we took a photo with the GPS.

Lindsay Ontario Canada. This is the old Lindsay jail - situated right in the middle of a very nice residential area! Quite surprising considering, even for it's size, it was considered a maximum security facility. It was closed when the new, much, much bigger "super jail" was built just outside of town. I'm not sure if you can read all the banner hanging over the door, but the second line says "help turn a jail into a museum". The local historical society is raising funds to do just that.

On a caching trip to get a series on Old Highway 66 and got off the expressway about 1 miles from Texas border and saw a sign stating there was a historical jail in this town. We almost drove by it. At the jail, no plaques or signs just a craved stone listing seniors. Don't know if they were occupants at one time or they donated the stone to be placed. No dates anywhere. It was in Texoma, Oklahoma.

The West Virginia Penitentiary is a Gothic styleprison located in the heart of historic Moundsville. This10-acrestructurewas the second public building contructed by the newly formed state of West Virginia after the civil war in 1876. It housed some of the mostviolent criminals in the history of the United States.
The Penitentiary closed its doors in 1995. Upon closing of the Penitentiary, the Moundsville Economic DevelopmentCouncil obtained a 25 year lease on the facility. The facility has been named to the National Register of Historical Places. It is utilized for historical and educational tours as well as theNational Corrections and Law Enforcement Training and Technology Center.

This is an old jail in Chesapeake, VA. It's still in use, this a picture of the newer part of the jail as the old part is inaccessable.

hey,,,this old jail is about 20 miles south of louisville, ky. it is surrounded by a new government center....but is kept as a reminder of the old days. thanks for this trek,,, jeepstaff.

This building, the Leicester Guildhall, is one of the oldest buildings in Leicester and has a long history. Built in the 1350's, it survived much including WW2 bombings by the Luftwaffe.
In the 1830's the local police force converted the ground floor into a series of cells, which are now open to the public. In one of them a condemed man was held the night before he was sent to London to be hanged there.
A visit will reveal the history behind the cells, and also highlights the lives and crimes of former inmates. A grim reminder of former criminal punishment hangs next to the window that backs onto the main street: the Gibbet that used to hang on the main road into the city.
It goes without saying that both the prison cells and the main building is well known to be haunted. Infact, a day before my visit a member of staff was violently pushed against the wall by unseen hands in one of the prison cells...

This is the Lorton Prison. It is abandoned now and the are thinking of coverting it into condos!? [:o)]

I also found this on the web.

According to the Washington DC Water Authority, the Lorton prison located in Lorton, Virginia, manufactured fire hydrants. It is known that in the late 1800's into the early 1900's the prisoners at the Lorton Prison manufactured the cast iron call boxes used by the fire department.

The Clink Prison Museum is on the site of the original Clink Prison ("possibly the oldest mens prison and probably the oldest womens prison in England") which held prisoners from the early Tudor years until 1780. Shakespeare visited an old schoolfriend here.
Opening Hours Mon-Sun, 10am-9pm
Admission Adult £5
Children (under16) £3.50
Senior Citizens (over 60) £3.50
Student (need I.D.) £3.50
Family £12.00
(2 adults, 2 children)

This is a Prison for the HARD Boys, it is in Wuppertal, NRW, Germany. The Name is "Simonshoefchen"

More INFOS here : http://www.jva-wuppertal.nrw.de/

This is the old jail in Bavaria Ruine Hohen-Freiberg

Found this one in a great little western town with a rough and tumble history (Ely, NV). The jailhouse is now a motel, casino and steakhouse. If you go to the steakhouse your table will be in a cell.

This is the old prison located in Navarcles, Catalonia, Spain.
Greetings.

This one was a prision for women only (I think I saw a film about the subject ). It is situated in the travessa das Monicas and this name is yet associated with women prisions.

Graça, Lisboa, Portugal

A jail near my parents place in Vienna - its name is 'Justizanstalt Mittersteig'. Looks nice from outside, but probably is not from inside. The prisoners are mostly sexual delinquents, maybe others as well. [xx(]
Greetings from Austria,
ChemSis

This prison is in Darmstadt, Germany incorporated into the old city wall.

Aurora Colony, Oregon Jail. Was used as a holding cell/drunk tank. Now it sits empty beneath the city water tower.

Gilbert City Jail.

This tiny building made from adobe (a local mud brick) was the town drunk tank. This building served double duty as the town's pump house and jail. Tales of the pump house turned drunk tank date back to the late 1920s. The building was used as a holding cell until around the 1950s. A shoddy cot provided a slightly comfortable place to rest aching heads.

The town took an almost comical approach to dealing with drunkards. One long time resident quipped "It was kind of like Mayberry and how they handled their drunks," alluding to the Andy Griffith Show.

Another resident remembered passing the jail with his family on Sunday mornings as a 6-year-old boy and witnessing firsthand the pump house's lore. "We'd hear the guys moaning because they were hung over." Once the inmates had sobered themselves up, they were usually let out in the morning.

The old jail/ pump house and water tower are being preserved by the town of Gilbert.

This is the old jail in Ribe the oldest town in Denmark.
Sinc 1987 et has bin a cafe and gift shop.

Team Schack.

The Moreton Correctional Centre is located in Brisbane's jail capital, Wacol. A suburb in the southwest. Queensland, Australia.

Moreton Correctional Centre closed late in the year 2000. At it's peak in 1998/99, it housed up to 557 inmates - this was at a time where a number of additions and upgrades were going on at 2 nearby prisons and a new prison was being built.

In the years before Moreton closed, it housed sex offenders and those with communicable diseases.

These days, it is deserted.... except for the kangaroos that graze on the lawns at dusk and dawn. If ever you have a visitor from overseas that wants to see a kangaroo in the wild, this is the place to go !

The Smethport Jail is located off King St. in the town of Smethport, PA. It was operational until the early 1990's when the new jail was built in Smethport. It was converted to a museum where several people visit and enjoy the dungeon tours, especially Halloween time!!! Hope you enjoy the photos!

The student´s hostel is on our picture. It was build in 1923 year. During German´s occupation in World War II, when intruders closed Czech universities, was in those buildings very hard prison of German´s secret police (GESTAPO). On a courtyard was in this time a scaffold. Today is here student´s hostel again.

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This little jail was built in 1965 in Waiuku New Zealand.It has been moved to a reserve with some other historic buildings from the local area.

Found will attending GW4 Planning meeting in Granbury, TX..

Hello from Duisburg/Germany.
In my town we still have three jails. The photo shows the prison for woman in Dinslaken. It`s a nother town but the jail is a part of the prison of Duisburg!
Greatings from Germany,

der_Pate1970

This jail is located in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.

Sherbrooke's Winter Street prison is a unique architectural complex for a number or reasons:
- It is the oldest stone structure in Sherbrooke
- It is the City's third oldest public building
- Its stone fence peniteniary wall is unique in Quebec

Built in 1865 by Charles Coté, following the plans of architect Frederic Preston Rubidge, the stone building is a Palladian-type structure (an Italian Renaissance Style developped in the 1500s) Features of tgid style include:
- a pedimented portico
- symmetrical design
- a hipped roof

Spring Hill, Kansas
There is a plaque on this old jail that says "Original City Jail". It was built by A. H. Starbuck and Son in 1926.

Origional Dodge City Jail, Dodge City, KS

This old jail (Calaboose) is located in Graham Missouri at the city park.

This is the former Morgan County jail in Madison, GA. Today, it houses the county archivist's office and associated country records.

We located this old jail in Council Grove, Kansas.

Steve & Mary Brown
http://mysteve.com
Kansas City, MO
MOKan Geocaching Forum
http://mogeo.ipbhost.com/index.php

This is the original Taylor County Jail in Buffalo Gap, Texas. Currently it is park of the Buffalo Gap Historic Village and houses an impressive gun and indian artifact displays. More information is included in the picture of the historical marker.

Hartsell, Colorado. This is abandoned, but clearly was a gas station converted into a Jail.

The old Tennessee State Prison in Nashville was completed in 1898 and used till 1992. It is located in the Cockrill Bend area of Davidson County.

The prison has been used three times for moves in the past. The movies are; The Green Mile (Tom Hanks), The Last Castle (Robert Redford), and my favorite Ernest Goes to Jail (Jim Varney).

Hello

This is a prison in the city of duisburg/Germany. It is between a church and the court.

Greetings form outside

Carsten

The old Richmond County Jail, in Augusta, Georgia. It now houses the Humane Society of Richmond County (the dog pound).

This is the former prison of Linköping, Sweden. It took 4 years to build and was finished in 1846. It was one of Swedens first prisons with separated cells and was used as a prison until 1946. The second period as a prison was 1957-1966 when it was closed. It was destroyed in 1969 and the only remnant is this beautiful wall.
Now it´s a place for what the western civilization calls the ultimate freedom. That means it´s used for our cars - as a parking house.

This old "calaboose" is located right on Main Street in historic downtown Grapevine, Texas, USA. I checked the inside, and the accomodations aren't too bad...no cable access, though! [:o)]

The Magazine Gateway was the main entrance into the Newarke precinct and was built around 1400. The gate has no portcullis (sliding iron door) and its main purpose was to impress visitors rather than be defensive. It is uncertain what use was made of the rooms inside the gateway during the Middle Ages. They may have been used to house visitors to the Newarke or have been rented to townspeople.

Several graffiti, one with a date of 1564, on the top floor of the Magazine suggest that it was used for a while as a prison.

Details here
http://www.leicester.gov.uk/your-council--services/regeneration--culture/environmentdevelopment/urbandesign/ancient-monuments/ancient-monuments-list/magazine-gateway

The coal mines just past saltwater river were used through 1834 till 1848 and is near the Port Arthur Penal Colony. The coal mines area features underground cells or detention of prisoners overnight that can be walked through today, but leave you with a real chill!!!

Staunton Virginia
By the looks of it this jail might have closed down within the last 20 years or so. It is most likely early 1900 type facility. There were no signs along the 2 sides I pased so there is no info. Not sure what they plan on doing with it though.
Flyingmoose

That is the old Fortress Hohenurach.
It was build in the 12. century.
For a long time, it was a state prison.
Thanks Hekop

We found this old jail on a trip on the highway near Elsberry, Mo. in the eastern part of the state. All we could think was how hot it must have been in the summertime. I'm sure there were no escapees.

Thanks,
Brian and Carlin
Liberty, Mo.

The Guard House is the third such house built on the former Arsenal grounds in Benicia, Ca. in 1872. The bars on the Guard House are still in place on the exterior windows. This building is currently used for office space.

The first Guard House, built in 1852, was the setting for the trial of a young lieutenant charged with a military infraction. The lieutenant was found guilty as charged. During the next 20 years, the lieutenant went on to become a General of the U.S. Army, a hero of the Civil War, and President of the United States. His name: Ulysses S. Grant.

Present day Town hall and former prison in Göteborg, Sweden.
The building is form 1746 and was used as a Town hall combined with a army prison and a â€normal†prison as well as the headquarters for the police. In 1895 the house become the house of public health and also headquarter for the fire brigade.
N 57 42.428 E 011 57.988

This village jail is located in Steeple Ashton Wiltshire.Its the kind of village where you wonder if it was ever necessary.