Prisons of New Jersey

In 1955 the American Prison Association held its conference in Atlantic City. A map of New Jersey's highlights titled New Jersey Invites You to Come and See it All was created to welcome guests.

These highlights were mostly prisons in their eyes. For example, the nearby Prison Farm at Leesburg.

Sure, there are other things to see in New Jersey like some statue of liberty but check out the Rahway Reformatory.

Washington crossed the Delaware, there's a world-class university but the Trenton Home for Girls is really something!

High Point is one of the few places highlighted that sounds like a nice place for the spouse to visit while you're at the conference.   

Even the roads look imprisoning with the light posts evoking watch towers or fences.

Nothing much to see in this area-except for the Camden County Workhouse.

You can browse the entire map on the Rutgers Mapmaker web site.

Map of the Week - Prison Cell Mapping

The Lincoln County Jail in Wiscasset, Maine is well worth a visit. You can go into the cells of this now empty prison and see how conditions were for the prisoners. Among lots of interesting grafitti on the walls is this nicely detailed world map that I was able to photograph. The tour guide speculates that it was done by one of the many sailors who spent time there. It's not the prettiest MOTW entry ever but is very well done. Even the latitudes are shown. Ignore the areas where the paint has peeled off - those are not continents.