Siberia- Old Penitentiary Oral History Project

These interviews provide information about the isolation and punishment cells at the Old Idaho State Penitentiary known as Siberia among the inmates.  Narrators include both former inmates and former staff from the Penitentiary. Topics include the daily routine, punishments, rewards and executions. Michael Walters conducted these interviews in 1982 for the Idaho State Historical Society.

The following interviews were included in the project:

OH 745             Anspaugh, Russ

OH 746             Carringer, Harley

OH 747             Clapp, Jerry and Margaret

OH 748             Clark, Dennis

OH 749             Greensweig, Robert

OH 750             Roach, Marvin

OH 751             Thompson, Dean

OH 752             Tisdel, Robert

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