Prison, 1898
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This Sanborn map of the Indiana Reformatory at Jeffersonville lists building attributes of interest to those who insure other buildings in the neighborhood. Recent renovations and reforms meant that Frank Moore entered a prison with better facilities and fewer cruel punishments than those which past inmates had endured. However, conditions at the prison remained harsh.
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Frankie "Polk" Moore
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…