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Fort Grant

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  • 1933 DPO FORT GRANT AZ 1879-1955 HAND COLORED CACHET COVER.jpg

    Photo by Unknown authorUnknown author via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Fort Grant and Vicinity (Atlas Sheet 83) - DPLA - 2fcb6eb69f121e5b45b5435c8f25a03a.jpg

    Photo by War Department. Office of the Chief of Engineers. 1818-9/18/1947 via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Fort Grant Prison.jpg

    Photo by Eric Polk via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Fort Grant, Arizona - DPLA - 1410a00582f31258ac6b03ed828d5b6a.jpg

    Photo by War Department. Office of the Chief of Engineers. 1818-9/18/1947 via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Fort Grant, Arizona - NARA - 103396392.jpg

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  • Fort Grant, Arizona - NARA - 103396394.jpg

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  • Fort Grant, Arizona Territory - DPLA - 3042411e4a7e15afd52bcc4c10259c17 (page 1).jpg

    Photo by War Department. Office of the Chief of Engineers. 1818-9/18/1947 via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Fort Grant, Arizona Territory - DPLA - 3042411e4a7e15afd52bcc4c10259c17 (page 2).jpg

    Photo by War Department. Office of the Chief of Engineers. 1818-9/18/1947 via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Background

Fort Grant is a state prison and a former United States Army fortification in the U.S. state of Arizona. Fort Grant is located on the southwestern slope of Mount Graham in what is now Graham County. The post is named for Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States.

Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1872

Operational

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Facility profile

Operator

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Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1872

Region

Arizona

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Death-row facility

No

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World Prisons. (2026). Fort Grant. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fort-grant
Chicago
"Fort Grant." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fort-grant.
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@misc{worldprisons-fort-grant,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Fort Grant},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fort-grant},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}