The Mississippi State Penitentiary

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Largest, and perhaps most infamous, of Mississippi's prisons. Begun in 1903, Parchman is famous for being a working farm. It's known as the "Prison without walls," as there are no perimeter fences around the 23,000 acre facility. Only the individual units (called camps) are fenced.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_State_Penitentiary
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Coordinates:   33°56'7"N   90°32'31"W
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