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Listen: The Bluegrass & Old-Time ProgramView showing security fence at the Glades Correctional Institution in Belle Glade, Florida.
Image Number
COM04604
Photographer
Florida. - Division of Tourism.
Date
1961 (circa)
Rights
Collection
Department of Commerce collection
Series/Collection number: S 1047, Publicity photographs, 1940-1996 ; Box 2, FF37
Series/Collection number: S 1047, Publicity photographs, 1940-1996 ; Box 2, FF37
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Subject Term
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
1 slide - col.
General Note
Established in 1932 as Florida Prison Farm #2. Inmates were sent from Florida Prison Farm #1 in Raiford ("State Prison Farm") to grow fresh vegetables for state institutions. In 1951 it was renamed Glades State Prison Farm and in 1961 it became G.C.I.
View showing security fence at the Glades Correctional Institution in Belle Glade, Florida.
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