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  1. The Lasting Legacy of Parchman Farm, the Prison Modeled After a …

  2. Parchman Farm (song) - Wikipedia

  3. Mississippi State Penitentiary - Wikipedia

    WebMississippi State Penitentiary ( MSP ), also known as Parchman Farm, is a maximum-security prison farm located in the unincorporated community of Parchman in Sunflower County, Mississippi, in the Mississippi Delta …

  4. Mississippi’s notorious Parchman prison doesn’t have …

    WebFeb 8, 2020 · Parchman functions as a metaphor for how crime and punishment is rendered in a swift, harsh and unrelenting manner in Mississippi. As historian David Oshinsky...

  5. Letter from Parchman: Inside Mississippi's notorious …

    WebMay 29, 2018 · This is the Mississippi State Penitentiary, a notorious prison in the Delta often referred to as Parchman Farm, where Curtis Flowers has spent most of the past two decades. He's been incarcerated since his …

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    The horrors of Parchman Farm — referred to as “destination doom” in William Faulkner’s novel The Mansion — have been documented in works of fiction and nonfiction, including novels, plays, and blues songs, such as Bukka White’s “Parchman Farm Bluess”: “There were two reasons for Parchman. One was money-making and the other was racial control.
    Parchman Farm symbolizes the oppressive and cruel environment that inmates had to endure. The lyrics of the song draw attention to the difficulties faced by prisoners within this institution, shedding light on the injustices prevalent in the penal system during that era.
    In the dream, all of her uncles and father had been arrested and sent to the Mississippi State Penitentiary — an infamous prison in the Mississippi Delta, often referred to as Parchman Farm. “When I thought about prison, that’s the prison that came to mind,” Ward said in a 2018 interview with PBS News Hour.
    Nowhere is this truer than Parchman Farm, which today has beds for nearly 5,000 inmate workers, many of whom are continuing its remarkable musical legacy. The producer Ian Brennan wanted to give them the opportunity to be heard. “It’s mathematical. It’s not philosophical. It shouldn’t be politicised,” Brennan says.
  7. Inside Mississippi’s notorious Parchman prison | PBS …

    WebJan 29, 2018 · The farm was profitable; in 1918, Oshinsky wrote that the prison had a net revenue of $825,000, or about $800 per inmate. In 1911, The New York Times ran a sprawling spread in the Sunday edition ...

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  8. ‘It’s a charged place’: Parchman Farm, the ... - The Guardian