Inmates trained to construct prison
Inmates were trained to become bricklayers, steamfitters, carpenters, electricians, plumbers and welders. They swung picks over their heads and plunged shovels into the ground to dig foundations and tunnels.
Pictured: Crews of men dig ditches at the Norfolk State Prison Colony.
Joel Winslow
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- A personal history of the Norfolk prison
- A rare glimpse into MCI-Norfolk
- New state prison constructed
- Inmate labor constructs prison
- Inmates trained to construct prison
- Prison opens in 1932
- Prisoners encouraged to master trade
- Walled in
- A ‘country club’ prison
- A winning debate team
- The baseball team
- Medical experiments on inmates
- Wartime efforts
- The prison today
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