1909 Prison Reformatory Jeffersonville IN Postcard

1909 vintage postcard of the First State Prison in Jeffersonville, Indiana's superintendent residence and lawn. In 1897, as a result of the penological reform movement prevalent at that time, the Jeffersonville facility was designated as the Indiana Reformatory. In 1918, a fire destroyed a significant portion of the Reformatory in Jeffersonville resulting in the Legislature passing a bill in 1921 to relocate the facility.