Denny Behind Bars
3,069 prisoners were housed here at the Yuma Territorial Prison during its 33 year lifetime. That included 29 women.
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Denny in Jail
The cells were small and open to the elements. For example, at 4 PM on September 29, 2006 the temperature in Yuma is 107 degrees. Imagine what it would be like in one of these cells during the intense heat of summer.
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View from the end of the cell blocks
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Guard Shack, Yuma Territorial Prison
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Sally Port, Yuma Territorial Prison
After the prison closed down it was used as the local high school from 1910 to 1914. And yes, they called their teams the Prisoners.
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The Dark Hole
The prison's punishment cell, it was an iron cage inside a 10x10 foot cave-like room with no lighting and only a small ventilation tube.
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Water Reservoir turned Guard Tower
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Herons in trees
The herons roosting at dusk are hard to see in this picture but there were a lot of them. This is at the Yuma Lakes RV Park.
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