Parchman Penitentiary in The Town (Location)

Submitted by jjoiner@keuka.edu on Sun, 2017-07-02 20:59
Text: 
The Town
Location Key: 
Parchman Penitentiary
Display Label: 
Parchman Penitentiary
Map Icon: 
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Authority : 
Text (when unambiguous)
Other Texts Location Appears In: 
"A Point of Law"
"Go Down, Moses"
"Monk"
"Smoke"
"There Was a Queen"
Go Down, Moses
Requiem for a Nun
The Mansion
The Reivers
X: 
2304
Y: 
400
Description: 

The "penitentiary at Parchman" (82) to which Mink Snopes is sent for killing Zack Houston is the Mississippi state prison better known as Parchman Farm. It is a maximum-security prison that has been in operation since 1901.

Role: 
Only Mentioned in Text
Status: 
Continuous
Types: 
Jail

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