Indiana Reformatory

ID: 2382 ~ Source: Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis University Library, Indiana Historic Architecture Slide Collection ~ Date: 2006
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Indiana Reformatory
Image courtesy of Indiana Landmarks.

The Colgate Building, renowned for its giant clock, originally served as the Indiana State Prison South. The buildings you see here today were new when Frank Moore lived within these walls. Frank arrived at a time of great reform in Indiana’s prisons, with corporal punishment and inhumane conditions declining.

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By Jeffersonville Township Public Library
Unfortunately, some Clark County orphans ended up serving time in the the Indiana State Reformatory South, among them Belle Moore’s brother William Frank “Polk” Moore. Belle was a fiery, original individual who captured the interest of reporters…