Hand drawn tourist map of New Jersey's prisons, 1955

Jim sez, "Rutgers has an interesting collection of historic maps online, including what appears to be a 1955 tourist map ... of prisons."

The hand-drawn map has normal touristy captions notations like:
- High Point State Park [Highest Point in NJ]
- Lake Hopatcong (largest in NJ) Popular Summer Resort
- Newark's Airport is world's busiest
But the map is dominated by prisons:
- Here maximum and limited security for industrial type prisoner under 30 (Ref't'y Rahway)
- Here minimum custody for older men of common labor type and men nearing time of discharge (Prison Farm Bordentown)
- Here minimum security for men 18-30 trainable in vocational and agricultural work (Annandale Farms)

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Dartmoor prison in the UK (still in active use) attracts a number of tourists, due to its notorious history and scenic location. There’s even a museum and gift shop where one can buy novelties made by the prisoners.
dan winckler

It seems like the map was a promotional item for the American Prison Association’s conference in Atlantic City in October, c. 1955. I like that the big arrow pointing towards the conference makes it seem that it will take place on a small sailboat. :D
Bruce Arthurs

Well, “prison architecture” is a worthy subject all on its own.

I can see a small fandom of prison architecture (“prarchies”?) doing a guide to the most impressive prisons.

Personally, I find a lot of 19th-century prisons impressive (in an “it’s a nice place to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live there” way), what with lots of handsome brickwork and iron scrollery to admire. (See SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION.)
Green House Brand

cory, thank you so much for posting this, as a life long jersey resident i love this. I adore its hand drawn-ness that no longer exists in the world today.