25 Photos of What Prison Looked Like in the 1970s
Daniel Bonfiglio
Published
11/26/2024
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Depending on who you were, and where you were, prison in the 1970s was rough.
Prison reform became a topic in the public eye for the first time, and protests and uprisings took place across the country & the world. Prisoners in places like Attica Correctional Facility and Tombs took matters into their own hands, and southern cotton-farm inmates protested their conditions.
Here are 25 photos of what prison looked like in the 1970s.
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A prisoner riding a motorcycle inside the walls of the Walla Walla State Penitentiary, 1970s. -
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Cummins prison farm, 1975. -
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Convict guards waiting to go to the fields at Cummins Farm Unit, 1971. -
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The Arkansas prison farm essentially used inmates as slave labor to pick cotton. -
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A 1974 court ruled that the prison subjected prisoners to “torture and inhumane punishment.” -
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Inmates at the Attica Correctional Facility in New York negotiating with Russell G. Oswald, after the Attica Prison revolt, 1971. -
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The 1970 Tombs Uprising. -
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Elton John at H.M. Prison in Grenada in the 70s. -
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Thanksgiving Day 1972: B.B. King performs for inmates at Sing Sing Prison. -
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In 1972, 300 inmates at the Charles-III prison in France revolted. -
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Non-violent protest at Holman prison in Alabama. -
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Inmates playing chess from their prison cells. Attica Correctional Facility, NY, 1972. -
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San Quentin prison rock band, 1975. -
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Two inmates and a seal, 1974. -
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Divans, 1971. -
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San Quentin football team, 1974. -
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Inmate banquet, 1978. -
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1974. -
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Public relations activity, 1974. -
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Soul Day, 1975. -
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Big Gaunt gym profile, 1975.
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