| General Information |
| Below are historical photos of the now demolished Junction City Prison in Perry County. The prison was a satellite prison of the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus that was used to house good behavior prisoners and for the care of aged and disabled prisoners. Prisoners here paid their debt to society by making bricks to be used for State projects. An escape attempt was made in 1927 resulting in the death of a prison guard. In the 1970s, a hostage situation occurred when prisoners took three female hostages by knifepoint and one inmate was killed. The structure was expanded several times during its tenure as a prison, finally closing in the late 1970s. Just after the prison was abandoned, the motion picture "Brubaker" was filmed there starring Robert Redford. In the early 1990s, a pizza factory was run from the former prison, making kits for schools. For more information on the Junction City Prison and to see photos from the OES exploration there, click here. | |
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A cabin for the Junction City Honor Camp circa 1958. |
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| Video |
| Prison Flyby |
"Brubaker" Prison Flyby - This video is from Twentieth Century Fox's 1980 movie "Brubaker". It's a flyby of the prison as it appeared almost 25 years ago. (The designs around the roof were props used in the movie). (1.87mb; 1:06) |
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