This Missouri Prison Was Called the Deadliest 47 Acres in America — And No One Could Stop It

Four blocks from the Missouri state capitol stands a walled compound that opened the month the Alamo fell and did not close until 2004. A federal prisoner wrote a report on the conditions and addressed it to the President — that was 1920. Time magazine named the violence — that was 1967. Nobody had to smuggle a camera in. So the question isn't what was hidden. It's why a state that had been told, repeatedly and publicly, could not stop it. The answer is in why the prison was built at all. Sources https://missouripentours.com/history/ https://www.legendsofamerica.com/miss... https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles... https://www.voxmagazine.com/news/miss...