Cummins unit of Arkansas State Penitentiary. The corruption scandal of the historical penitentiary inspired the 1980 film Brubaker, which chronicled the warden's inside investigation into the corrupt southern prison system. The prison raise their own pigs. Close up of a prisoner showing in his wallet the portrait of the former Superintendent O. E. Bishop, Cummins, Arkansas

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Cummins unit of Arkansas State Penitentiary. The corruption scandal of the historical penitentiary inspired the 1980 film Brubaker, which chronicled the warden's inside investigation into the corrupt southern prison system. The prison raise their own pigs. Close up of a prisoner showing in his wallet the portrait of the former Superintendent O. E. Bishop, Cummins, Arkansas
Cummins unit of Arkansas State Penitentiary. The corruption scandal of the historical penitentiary inspired the 1980 film Brubaker, which chronicled the warden's inside investigation into the corrupt southern prison system. The prison raise their own pigs. Close up of a prisoner showing in his wallet the portrait of the former Superintendent O. E. Bishop, Cummins, Arkansas
Artist/Maker (French-American, born Algeria, 1935)
DateFebruary 3, 1968
MediumVintage gelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 7/16 × 6 5/16 in. (23.9 × 16 cm) Sheet: 10 × 8 1/16 in. (25.4 × 20.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2023.12.239
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Markings Verso, center (stamp, blue ink): "PHOTOGRAPHIE PAR / J.-P. LAFFONT - GAMMA / 4, Rue Augusta Vacquerie - Paris-16e (727.12.55)"
Verso, center left (stamp, black ink): [written sideways] "U.S.A. PRISON HOMMES ET FEMMES / ETAT ARKANSAS -- Cumming Farm"
Verso, lower center (stamp, blue ink): "DOCUMENT A RENDRE"
Inscribed Verso, upper left corner (pencil): "JPL-F-01"
Verso, upper left edge (pencil): "2500-"
Verso, upper left edge (pencil): "Fccf 6015"

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