The Lorton Reformatory, also known as the Lorton Correctional Complex, is a former prison complex in Lorton, Virginia, established in 1910 for the District of Columbia, United States. The …

May 22, 2020 · It turns out that this swath of suburbia was until recently one of the most violent and overcrowded prisons in the United States: Lorton Reformatory, where DC sent its inmates …

The Occoquan Workhouse (later Lorton Reformatory and Lorton Correctional Complex) in Lorton, Virginia was a jail facility used by the District of Columbia. It was built in 1910. At first, it …

The Lorton Reformatory carried on as a prison for nearly 90 years after the Night of Terror. At the start of the Cold War in the 1950s, Lorton was chosen as the nation's NIKE missile complex …

Sep 25, 2018 · In the 1990s, Lorton, Virginia was zoned mostly for industry, not for housing. With efforts to close Lorton Reformatory underway, Fairfax County took the opportunity to think …

Jul 9, 2020 · The Lorton Reformatory is a prison in Lorton, Virginia that closed in the late 1990s. In May 2018, it reopened as a sprawling complex of apartments called Liberty at Lorton about 19 …

Mar 23, 2022 · Karim Mowatt doesn’t want its history as a notorious lockup to be forgotten, though, and his new documentary, Lorton: Prison of Terror, uses firsthand accounts of life …

Jul 5, 2018 · For anyone looking for a totally unique -- and undeniably bizarre -- new home, there are new apartments available in a former prison in Virginia. Liberty Crest Apartments can be …

Apr 15, 2002 · The 91-year-old Lorton Correctional Complex is closed. Forever. In November 2001, after a 16-year-old jail population cap was temporarily lifted, the last 300 prisoners were …

Oct 21, 2011 · For the last 75 years the Lorton prison housed prisoners from Washington DC- the often poor inner-city blacks were bussed south from the crime ridden neighborhoods and the …