Digital Snapshots

Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman)

Livestock at Parchman

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.”


  • Men outside with cattle

    Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman) Photographs, Item 12; ca. 1914

    Livestock.

  • Three men in a field with cattle

    Parchman (Mississippi State Penitentiary) Photograph Booklet, Item 26; undated

    Superintendent C. E. Breazeale and Mr. Bill Smith in Pasture with Beef Cattle

  • Three men outside with turkeys

    Parchman (Mississippi State Penitentiary) Photograph Booklet, Item 35; undated

    Turkey Unit

  • Three men with hogs in a pen

    Parchman (Mississippi State Penitentiary) Photograph Booklet, Item 42; undated

    Inside Hog Unit