This series of satellite images takes its inspiration from the Prison Map project by Josh Begley. It is similarly interested in showing how carceral forms of discipline are etched into the landscape. In the case of prison agriculture, there are not only an array of places, but also prison architectures and agricultural practices. And these carceral conditions are embedded in a set of social and environmental spaces. Like agriculture, prisons are commonly located in remote locales hidden from most of the public. Concealed in these landscapes and cages are stories of exploitation, discipline, and at times, hope and resistance. Bringing together this set of images highlights the difficulty of identifying and accounting for the social death of incarceration and the supposed freedom that lies right outside prison walls.
There are at least 662 prisons with prisoners who participate in some form of agriculture. This is sometimes visible from the air, revealing the carcerality of agricultural landscapes, while other times it is invisible, suggesting the carceral power to hide agricultural practices inside carceral architecture. While one could focus strictly on prisons, this would be to ignore the permeability of carceral space and the relationship of prisons to the broader social and ecological communities within which they reside. There are two images for each prison. The first is zoomed out to visually let the eyes stretch beyond prison walls, while the second is zoomed in to focus the viewer on the bricolage of agriculture and prison architecture.
Goose Creek Correctional CenterLemon Creek Correctional CenterSpring Creek Correctional Center
Hiland Mountain Correctional CenterMat-Su Pre-Trial FacilityWildwood Correctional Center
Arizona
Arizona State Prison Complex – DouglasArizona State Prison Complex – Perryville
Arizona State Prison Complex – FlorenceArizona State Prison Complex – Tucson
Arizona State Prison Complex – Lewis
Arkansas
Barbara Ester UnitEast Arkansas Regional UnitMaximum Security UnitNorthwest Arkansas Community Correction CenterVarner Unit
Cummins UnitEast Central Arkansas Corrections CenterMcPherson Women’s UnitOuachita River UnitWrightsville Unit
Delta Regional UnitGrimes UnitNorth Central UnitTucker Unit
California
Avenal State PrisonCalifornia Health Care FacilityCalifornia Medical FacilityCalifornia State Prison – SolanoDeuel Vocational InstitutionPelican Bay State PrisonSan Quentin State Prison
California City Correctional FacilityCalifornia Institution for MenCalifornia State Prison – CorcoranCalifornia Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison Folsom State PrisonRichard J. Donovan Correctional FacilityValley State Prison
California Correctional CenterCalifornia Institution for WomenCalifornia State Prison – Los AngelesCentral California Women’s FacilityMule Creek State PrisonSalinas Valley State Prison
Colorado
Arkansas Valley CorrectionalCentennial Correctional FacilityColorado Territorial Correctional FacilityFour Mile Correctional FacilityLimon Correctional FacilitySkyline Correctional Center
Buena Vista Correctional FacilityColorado State PenitentiaryDenver Women’s Correctional FacilityLa Vista Correctional FacilitySan Carlos Correctional FacilityTrinidad Correctional Facility
Baylor Women’s Correctional InstitutionJames T Vaughn Correctional Center
Central Violation of Probation CenterSussex Community Corrections Center
Hazel D. Plant Women’s Treatment Center
Florida
Apalachee Correctional InstitutionCalhoun Work CampFlorida State Prison West UnitHamilton Work CampJefferson Correctional InstitutionLowell Correctional InstitutionNew River Correctional InstitutionPutnam Correctional InstitutionSumter Work Camp
Avon Park Work CampColumbia Work CampFort Meyers Work CampHardee Correctional InstitutionLancaster Work CampMartin Correctional InstitutionOkaloosa Correctional InstitutionRMC Work CampSuwannee Correctional Institution
Baker Work CampDesoto Work CampGraceville Work CampJackson Work CampLawtey Correctional InstitutionMayo Correctional InstitutionOkeechobee Correctional Institution Work CampSanta Rosa Work Camp
Georgia
Albany Transitional CenterAtlanta Transitional CenterAutry State PrisonBaldwin State PrisonC. H. Colwell Detention Center Charles D. Hudson Transfer CenterCoffee Correctional FacilityDooly State PrisonGeorgia Diagnostic and Classification State PrisonHays State PrisonLee State PrisonMetro Reentry FacilityPaulding Probation Detention CenterSmith State PrisonTurnerWare State PrisonWilcox State Prison
Appling Integrated Treatment FacilityAugusta State Medical PrisonBacon Probation Detention CenterBleckley Probation DetentionCalhoun State PrisonClayton Transitional CenterCold Springs Correctional Unit #10Emanuel Probation Detention CenterGeorgia State PrisonJenkins Correctional FacilityMacon State PrisonMontgomery State PrisonPulaski State PrisonSmith Transitional CenterValdosta State PrisonWest Central CenterWomen’s Detention Center
Arrendale State PrisonAugusta Transitional CenterBainbridge Substance Abuse CenterBurruss Correctional Training CenterCentral State PrisonCoastal State PrisonColumbus Transitional CenterEmanuel Women’s FacilityHancock State PrisonJohnson State PrisonMcEver Probation Detention CenterPatten Probation Detention CenterRogers State PrisonTreutlen Probation Detention CenterValdosta Transitional CenterWheeler Correctional Facility
Hawaii
Kauai Community Correctional CenterWomen’s Community Correctional Center
Kulani Correctional Facility
Waiawa Correctional Facility
Idaho
East Boise Community Work CenterIdaho State Correctional CenterNorth Idaho Correctional InstitutionSouth Idaho Correctional Institution
Idaho Correctional Institution – OrofinoIdaho State Correctional InstitutionPocatello Women’s Correctional CenterSt. Anthony Work Camp
Idaho Falls Community Reentry CenterNampa Community Re-Entry CenterSouth Boise Women’s Correctional Center
Illinois
Big Muddy River Correctional CenterDecatur Correctional CenterEast Moline Correctional CenterIllinois River Correctional FacilityLawrence Correctional CenterMenard Medium Security UnitPontiac Correctional centerSouthwestern Illinois Correctional CenterVandalia Correctional Center