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Allegheny County Workhouse

Closed 1971Low
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The Allegheny County Workhouse was a prison that was located adjacent to the town of Blawnox, Pennsylvania. Its full name was "Allegheny County Workhouse and Inebriate Asylum". The first inmates were received in 1869, and the facility closed in 1971. The prison housed mostly inmates convicted of minor offenses. Many of those prisoners maintained a farm of about 1100 acres (445 ha), which contained apple orchards as well as many other crops and many different types of farm animals.

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1869

Closed 1971

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  • Alexander Berkman
    Alexander Berkman
    1870–1936 · typographer

    Alexander Berkman (born Ovsei Osipovich Berkman; November 21, 1870 – June 28, 1936) was a Russian-American anarchist and author.

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@misc{worldprisons-allegheny-county-workhouse,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Allegheny County Workhouse},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/allegheny-county-workhouse},
  urldate = {2026-10-15}
}