As one of only four territorial prisons open for tours (like the infamous Alcatraz), the Old Idaho Penitentiary offers a look at life behind bars. In 1872, it started receiving criminals to its ...

Curtis Earl Weapons Exhibit at the Old Idaho Penitentiary in Boise. Scott McIntosh [email protected] Tucked away in a 4,500-square-foot former warehouse in a far corner of the Old Idaho ...

One of the first sights a visitor takes in while touring the Old Idaho State Penitentiary is the massive sandstone walls surrounding the entire grounds. Seventeen feet high and at least a couple ...

Soon, the 62,000-square-foot Idaho History Center at 2205 Old Penitentiary Road will be a storm of busyness as they make way for a 50,000-square-foot expansion. That’s about the size of an ...

BOISE, Idaho — The cold cells of the Old Idaho Penitentiary were warmed up with art highlighting history and stories of the former territorial prison on Saturday. For the annual 32 Cells Art ...

In Old Pen prison parlance ... mixed and hidden away to ferment. Ever since the Idaho State Penitentiary closed in 1973, the stories of squawky have become an integral part of the site’s ...

Tucked away in a 4,500-square-foot former warehouse in a far corner of the Old Idaho Penitentiary in Boise sits an exhibit representing one of the nation’s largest collections of historic ...