Wyoming Frontier Prison, Rawlins, Wyoming

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When Wyoming’s first state penitentiary opened in 1901, the 104 cells had no electricity, no running water and scant heating. The first inmates arrived at the prison, which was built using local sandstone, from Wyoming Territorial Prison in Laramie, which closed in the early 1900s. Around 13,500 people were incarcerated during the prison’s 80 years of operation, among them 11 women who served their time in a separate ward. Overcrowding was a constant issue, barely eased by the addition of extra cell blocks through the decades.

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Wyoming Frontier Prison, Rawlins, Wyoming When Wyoming’s first state penitentiary opened in 1901, the 104 cells had no electricity, no running water and scant heating. The first inmates arrived at the prison, which was built using local sandstone, from Wyoming Territorial Prison in Laramie, which closed in the early 1900s. Around 13,500 people were incarcerated during the prison’s 80 years of operation, among them 11 women who served their time in a separate ward. Overcrowding was a constant issue, barely eased by the addition of extra cell blocks through the decades.