An overall aerial view of Liberty Crest at Laurel Hill, the transformed Lorton Prison complex. Ground will break Dec. 7 on the project. Alexander Co. We have our first look at Liberty Crest at ...

Lorton Prison Land Mapped Out but Not Final. Tuesday, March 18, 2003 On one of the slides presented by county spokesperson Mary Ashton, the description of future development on the former Lorton ...

When Patrick Clark was stabbed at Lorton prison in July 1997, he became the ninth inmate killed in 12 months. Within days, Tarik Revel confessed. He pleaded guilty and got 30 years.

“When you hear about Lorton, it’s always negative,” says Mowatt, a former inmate at the prison who is now an independent filmmaker in D.C. “I wanted to document the place that we knew, the ...

The maximum security facility at Lorton Reformatory closed in 2001, and the rows of jail cells will soon undergo the renovation and rehabilitation that have turned other buildings at the site into… ...

DC’s Lorton Reformatory complex closed in 2001 and is now an upscale housing and shopping development as well as an arts center and a museum of suffrage.Karim Mowatt doesn’t want its history as a ...

In the 1920s, inmates at the Lorton Reformatory were given the unusual task of building their own prison. Two decades earlier, President Theodore Roosevelt had commissioned a workhouse and ...

LORTON, Va. (ABC7) — The historic Lorton Prison is reopening but not to house inmates. The old dormitories on the property have been redeveloped into modern apartment units. The old reformatory ...

The historic Lorton Prison, originally commissioned by Theodore Roosevelt in the early 20th century, just began an extensive redevelopment. The Alexander Company, a national leader in historic ...

Lorton Prison Land Mapped Out, But Not Final. Tuesday, March 25, 2003 On one of the slides presented by county spokesperson Mary Ashton, the description of future development on the former ...