Lorton Prisons

Lorton Prisons
Author: Alice Reagan and Kenena Hansen Spalding
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2023-01-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1467109347

The workhouse, reformatory, and penitentiary buildings of the Lorton Correctional Complex were built on land purchased by the federal government in 1910 and leased to the District of Columbia Department of Corrections to establish prisons. The men's workhouse was built in 1910, and a women's annex was added in 1912. A reformatory to rehabilitate prisoners convicted of more serious crimes was built in 1916. All three were constructed dormitory style with no cells or walls. A brick wall enclosed the penitentiary built to house serious felons in the 1930s. When the Lorton prisons closed in 2001, the complex had grown to 3,200 acres. Its story reflects the history of the 20th century as it was impacted by and reacted to the ideas, events, and people outside its walls.

A Lorton Prison Project

A Lorton Prison Project
Author: Carolyn Williams
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2018-05-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1984524739

This story captures the insight of a bright, intuitively smart young man who grew up in the low-income housing projects of Southeast Washington, DC, our nations capital city. His name was Jimmy Black Blango, better known as JB. He lived in the Barry Farms Housing projects at the height of a glorified drug market, in the midst of a culture of the celebrated thug life, gang violence, and mob-style crime. Aside from all that, it was a known fact that gangbangers pledged allegiance to serving time in jail. Even JB got caught up in a clean sweep operation on the streets of Washington, DC, and was sent down to Lorton to serve his time. From there, his status on the streets of Washington, DC, was upgraded to include street credits (i.e., the status of lieutenant) for serving a stench at what was once called the most notorious prison on the east coast, the Lorton Correctional Complex. Now that the prison was mandated by federal law to shut down, the criminal element on the outside decided to bring their drug enterprise on the inside. This was an effort to establish networks that reached beyond the district and extended to all points targeted south. Yet due to the pending closure of the Lorton Complex and the greed among thieves, backstabbing gangbangers, cold-blooded killers, malicious cutthroat staffers, and others caused the whole scam to blow up. At the end of the day, a nefarious culmination of unsavory conduct caused many elements of the Lorton Complex to suffer its unfortunate demise.

The Lorton Prison Higher Education Project

The Lorton Prison Higher Education Project
Author: Ernesta P. Williams Ed.D.
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 111
Release: 2017-12-20
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1973609886

The history of the Lorton Project is a cautionary tale of what can happen when social policies go awry.

Lorton Legends

Lorton Legends
Author: Eyone Williams
Publisher: Dc Bookdiva Publications
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2011
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780984611065

The Lorton Correctional Complex was one of the most notorious prisons in U.S. history. It housed convicts from Washington, D.C. Known for violence and corruption, it shaped and molded every man, or woman, that experienced life on the inside. Sent to Lorton at age 17 for armed robbery, Ronald Mays is introduced to a world where only the strong survive. In prison he is forced to better himself as a man he learns to read, he drops his heroin habit, and becomes a father. Being a loyalist at heart, Ronald gets involved in a feud with older convicts that can cost him everything. A survivor by nature, Ronald makes it out of Lorton alive and returns to the streets of D.C. with his mind focused on doing bigger and better things with his life. He leaves all of his old ways alone and pursues his dreams of becoming a pro boxer if he succeeds he wins for all those close to him. No matter how hard he tries to avoid the drama of the D.C. streets, it comes his way hard and fast. Ronald finds himself fighting his yesterdays in order to attain his dreams of tomorrow. Like most real men that survived Lorton, Ronald is driven by his will to succeed and his demand for respect. Nothing will get in his way. An epic story of struggle, adversity, and accomplishment.

The Lorton Prison Higher Education Project

The Lorton Prison Higher Education Project
Author: Ernesta P. Williams
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2017-12-20
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781973609872

The history of the Lorton Project is a cautionary tale of what can happen when social policies go awry.

Hearings

Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1218
Release: 1969
Genre:
ISBN:

Lorton

Lorton
Author: JoAnne O'Bryant
Publisher:
Total Pages: 6
Release: 1995
Genre: Prisons
ISBN: