Missouri State Penitentiary
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Photo by Chris Friese from Springfield , United States via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Photo by Chris Friese from Springfield , United States via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Photo by Chris Friese from Springfield , United States via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Photo by Chris Friese from Springfield , United States via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Photo by Chris Friese from Springfield , United States via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
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Photo by Chris Friese from Springfield , United States via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Background
The Missouri State Penitentiary was a prison in Jefferson City, Missouri, that operated from 1836 to 2004. Part of the Missouri Department of Corrections, it served as the state of Missouri's primary maximum security institution. Before it closed, it was the oldest operating penal facility west of the Mississippi River. It was replaced by the Jefferson City Correctional Center, which opened on September 15, 2004. The penitentiary is now a tourist attraction, and guided tours are offered.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1836
Closed 2004
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1836
Region
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Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
Data completeness
16%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.