Waupun State prison farm -prisoner caring for pigs 1954
Name/Title
Photograph, Corrections, Wisconsin State Prison, Prison Farm
Entry/Object ID
2016.0078.0011
Description
Photograph, Corrections, Wisconsin State Prison, Prison Farm. Black and white photo from Waupun Correctional Institution of Prison Farm where a prisoner is caring for pigs.
Info from newspaper clipping dated September 19, 1954.
Well kept and prosperous are the farms operated by inmates of Wisconsin's state prison. At farm No. 1 at Waupun, a tractor cuts furrows in fertile land an a prisoner cares for pigs. Within the prison walls, inmates husk corn for canning. Much of the produce is used in state welfare institutions.
