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How Was Life in Territory Prisons?

by | Dec 22, 2017 | Ask the Marshall, Departments

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How was life in territory prisons? Jim Spell Sonora, California Life in territory prisons was pretty tough, overall. For example, in Arizona Territory, in the Yuma Territorial Prison, a cell might hold a half-dozen men. They shared a gallon bucket, which served as a toilet and was emptied just once a day. At the Wyoming Territorial Prison, rules, enforced according to the beliefs of the warden, included the following: 1. You will not be allowed to converse with each other on any subject wh


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