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The Ohio Penitentiary, also known as the Ohio State Penitentiary, was a prison operated from 1834-1984 in downtown Columbus, Ohio, in what is now known as the Arena District. The prison housed 5,235 prisoners at its peak in 1955. Conditions in the prison have been described as "primitive," and the facility was eventually replaced by the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, a maximum security facility in Lucasville. During its operation, it housed several well-known inmates, including General John H. Morgan, who famously escaped the prison during the Civil War, "Bugs" Moran, O. Henry, Chester Himes, and Sam Sheppard, whose story is said to have inspired the movie The Fugitive.

Latitude: 39° 58' 2.35" N
Longitude: -83° 00' 23.24" W

Nearest city to this article: Columbus, Ohio

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