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Title
Ohio
Penitentiary
fire
photograph
Subject
Ohio History -- State and Local Government -- Corrections
Fires
Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio)
Prisons--Ohio
Time Period
1930s
Place
Columbus (Ohio)
Franklin County (Ohio)
Description
General
view
of
fire
at the
Ohio
Penitentiary
,
April
21
,
1930
. The
fire
killed
322
inmates
,
some
of
whom
were
stuck
in their
cells
, and
injured
another
130
.
It
was the
worst
disaster
in
American
prison
history
. The
prison
,
which
was
built
in
1834
, was
notorious
for
having
horrible
conditions
. At the
time
of the
fire
, the
prison
was at
over
twice
its
capacity
. The
origins
of the
fire
have been
debated
, with
some
citing
prisoners
and
others
claiming
an
accident
.
Regardless
of the
origin
, the
fire
prompted
officials
to
address
the
overcrowding
and
establish
the
Ohio
Parole
Board
in
1931
.
Date of Original
1930
Collection
Ohio
Penitentiary
Fire
Collection
Source
SC
762
Format
Picture
;
Photographic
Print
(Black
and
White)
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
AL05870.tif
Image Height
2800
Image Width
2800
File Size
17953120 Bytes
Date created
2011-08-05
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