Digital Snapshots

This exhibit features photographs that show the types of buildings that Parchman included, as well as the differences in areas allocated for those imprisoned at the facility versus the non-imprisoned staff of Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman).

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This exhibit features photographs that show instances of the agricultural, industrial, and overall physical labor that individuals endured while incarcerated at the Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman).

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This exhibit features photographs that show the agricultural and livestock related labor that individuals endured while imprisoned at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, relating directly to the facility’s status as a “prison farm.”

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This exhibit features technological and mechanical improvements made at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, specifically in the mid- to late-twentieth century, demonstrating the continuance of prison labor and the facility’s “prison farm” system.

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This exhibit features a document introducing Series 1695, which consists of photographs in a looseleaf booklet created to document improvements made to the penitentiary's agricultural facilities.

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