# United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas: Isolation and Punishment Cell Building (Department of Justice album)

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Plate 29 of the Department of Justice album of the Atlanta and Leavenworth penitentiaries, ca. 1900 to ca. 1925, captioned "Isolation and punishment cell building." The photograph shows a two-storey brick building with barred windows, a hipped roof and a chimney, over brick paving.

The catalog title is "United States Penitentiary - Leavenworth, Kansas: Isolation and Punishment Cell Building," local identifier 60-AL-29. It is plate 29 of the Department of Justice album of views of the penitentiaries at Atlanta and Leavenworth, two of the first three United States penitentiaries. The page is headed "UNITED STATES PENITENTIARY--LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS." and the caption reads, in English and Spanish, "Isolation and punishment cell building." / "Edificio para isolacion y castigamiento."

The photograph shows a two-storey brick building with barred windows, a hipped roof and a chimney, over brick paving.

The catalog dates the series "ca. 1900 - ca. 1925," and the item carries no date of its own, so no year is claimed. The series description says the album documents phases of construction and includes "a few photos of the prisoners." No prisoner or officer is named.

## Sources

- National Archives Catalog, General Records of the Department of Justice (RG 60), Album of Views of the Penitentiaries at Atlanta and Fort Leavenworth: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/99956053
- National Archives series: Album of Views of the Penitentiaries at Atlanta and Fort Leavenworth (NAID 518093): https://catalog.archives.gov/id/518093