Missouri State Penitentiary - Jefferson City, MO
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N 38° 34.386 W 092° 09.728
15S E 572986 N 4269737
Retired in 2004, was the oldest operating prison west of the Mississippi at the time.
Waymark Code: WMQ3EM
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 12/12/2015
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County of site: Cole County
Location of site: 115 Lafayette St., Jefferson City
Opened in 1836
Closed in 2004
The lengthy history of the prison, riots, infamous inmates, Sonny Liston's cell and more, can be read in detail Missouri Penitentiary History
"This wasn’t a place you wanted to be. When this prison opened in 1836, the Battle of the Alamo was going on in Texas and Andrew Jackson was in his second term as president. The Missouri prison had already been housing convicts for 100 years when Alcatraz began taking inmates. Before it closed in 2004, Missouri State Penitentiary (MSP) was the oldest continually operating penitentiary west of the Mississippi River.
"The Missouri State Pen was decommissioned in 2004; all inmates were transferred to more modern facilities. The administration building was demolished to make room for a new federal courthouse." ~ Missouri Department of Economic Development