Jail museum

Built in 1859, this was the location of the third Jackson County jail. Established in 1959, the Jackson County Historical Society continues to preserve the 1859 Jail Museum located in Independence, Missouri. To truly unlock the history of the jailers and their families who lived in the residence and the criminals who occupied the jail cells, we recommend a walk through the old lock down and a stroll through the front house. You can see the cell where Frank James lived for six months, the home where jailers and county deputy marshals lived, the office of the Jackson County marshal, and touch the mighty limestone and tremendous iron doors guarding each cell.

This list is ( August 2008) Museums have been created from many former jails and prisons. Some old jails converted into museums are listed under the original name of the jail, especially if listed on the US Museums with a main purpose not associated with the jail or prison in which they are located are listed separately, below the main list. To use the sortable table, click on the icons at the top of each column to sort that column in alphabetical order; click again for reverse alphabetical order. Name Location State/Province Country Jail/ Prison Notes Prison United States Jail United States State Prison Japan Prison The only prison museum in Japan. United States Prison Canada Prison United Kingdom Jail United Kingdom Jail Jail Museum of Buckingham and rural life as well as the building as a prison United States Prison United States Jail location of the Cell Block 7 Prison Museum, United States Prison Closed as of December 2019. Central Penitentiary Costa Rica Prison Prison Many Indian Independence activists were kept in this prison by the British during the British Raj in India. Prison Prison Prison United States Jail United States Prison Prison Jail Australia Prison Jail and Prison Netherlands Prison Prison Canada Jail Prison The museum comprises ten galleries with one mock gallows and two mock cells. Prison United States Jail Prison The Lansing Historical Museum is home to hundreds of artifacts and documents relating to the Kansas State Penitentiary/Lansing Correctional...

We are open for the season! Visit the 1859 Jail Museum Jackson County constructed this residence and the hidden limestone jail from streetview at 217 Main St. in Independence in 1859. It was built to house the criminals of the early years of this county. This building is one of the oldest surviving structures in Jackson County. Unlock the history of the jailers and their families who lived at the residence and the criminals who occupied the cells. Today you can see the cell where Frank James lived for six months, the home where jailers and county deputy marshals lived, the office of the Jackson County marshal, and touch the mighty limestone and tremendous iron doors guarding each cell. Contact US Tuesday-Saturday during open hours via phone at (816) 252-1892 Address 217 N Main St, Independence, MO 64050 Parking is available across the street in a free parking lot and along the street. Please note that our site is a historic building and is not ADA compliant. MUSEUM HOURS (April-November) Tuesday 1-4PM Wednesday 1-4pm Thursday 1-4pm Friday 11-4pm Saturday 11-4pm Sundays and Mondays closed. ADMISSION PRICES • $6.00 - Adults • $5.00 - Seniors 65+ • $3.00 - Ages 6 - 16 • Free - Ages 5 and under • JCHS Members and Young Historians are always FREE!

Cañon City in southern Colorado is the home of the Museum of Colorado Prisons, a showcase of the atmosphere and exhibits of days, staff and inmates gone by. A visit to the the Royal Gorge Region isn’t complete without stopping and “doing time” in this historical cell house that was the original Women’s Correctional Facility constructed in 1935.

America's Most Historic Prison Eastern State Penitentiary was once the most famous and expensive prison in the world, but stands today in ruin, a haunting world of crumbling cellblocks and empty guard towers. Its vaulted,sky-lit cells held nearly 85,000 people over its long history, including bank robber "Slick Willie" Sutton and "Scarface" Al Capone.

Welcome to Old Jail Museum! Wander the Old Jail's cold hallways. Peek inCell 17 to get a glimpse of... theMysterious Handprint on the Wall. Standunder the gallows... onwhich seven of the accused Molly Maguires were put todeath! Creep into the eerie dungeon. Don't forget to check out our book, "Ghosts ofthe Molly Maguires?", a collection of visitors' first-handaccounts of strange happenings in the Old Jail.

Since the 1980s, mass incarceration has become a Dark tourism is the travel industry surrounding places that are linked to suffering or death—think Squirrel Cage Jail; Council Bluffs, Iowa Squirrel Cage Jail Walter Bibikow/AWL Images/Getty Images Plus Built in 1885, this Alcatraz; San Francisco, California On the night of June 11 or morning of June 12, prisoners Clarence Anglin, John Anglin and Frank Morris broke out of the main prison building through a chiseled cell air vent, and left Alcatraz Island aboard an improvised inflatable raft. Yiming Chen/Getty Images The Wyoming Frontier Prison; Rawlins, Wyoming Cellblock in Wyoming Frontier Prison Michael S. Lewis/Corbis Documentary/Getty Images Plus When construction on Cell Block 7; Jackson, Michigan The entrance to the prison holding Cell Block 7. Creative Commons To get to Museum of Colorado Prisons; Cañon City, Colorado Museum of Colorado Prisons Creative Commons The