Tags: Prison.
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 5235 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.
