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Kosciusko County Jail

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Kosciusko County Jail

The first jail was built in 1837 of 14 inches (36 cm) square logs. It was two-stories tall with a trap door from the second story floor to access the ground floor. The next jail was made of brick. Like the first jail, it was located on Courthouse Square. By 1869 this second structure was in serious need of repair. Frequent jail breaks from the second jail, led the county to hire George Garnsey of Chicago to design a new jail. The most notable jailbreak resulted when prisoners pushed bricks out of the wall.[2]

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