"Parish Prison"

ID: 3745 ~ Source: LOUISiana Digital Collection, Louisiana State Museum ~ Creator: Franck, Charles L. ~ Date: Unknown

This file appears in: “Confined in the Dungeons”: Orleans Parish Prison and Self-Emancipated People

This undated photograph shows three men standing in front of the large iron gates of a brick building tentatively identified as the Orleans Parish Prison.

This file appears in: “Confined in the Dungeons”: Orleans Parish Prison and Self-Emancipated People

“Confined in the Dungeons”: Orleans Parish Prison and Self-Emancipated People

By Lauren Smith, Kathryn O'Dwyer, Editor & Brett Todd. Contributor

Located in Treme, the original Orleans Parish Prison stood where the Municipal Auditorium and Louis Armstrong Park stand today. From the 1830s to 1895, the prison housed individuals accused of crimes,…