Oregon State Penitentiary
Oregon State Penitentiary, also known as Oregon State Prison, is a maximum security prison in the northwestern United States in Salem, Oregon. Originally opened in Portland 175 years ago in 1851, it relocated to Salem fifteen years later.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Prison
- Description: maximum security state prison in Salem, Oregon
- Also known as: “OSP”
- Address: 2605 State Street, Salem, OR 97310
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Oregon State Forester’s Office Building and Oregon State Hospital.
Oregon State Forester’s Office Building
Public building
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The Oregon State Forester's Office Building is a historic building in Salem, Oregon, United States that is used by the head of the Oregon Department of Forestry. Oregon State Forester’s Office Building is situated 1,300 feet southwest of Oregon State Penitentiary.
Oregon State Hospital
Hospital
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Oregon State Hospital is a public psychiatric hospital in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the state's capital city of Salem with a smaller satellite campus in Junction City opened in 2014. Oregon State Hospital is situated 2,000 feet north of Oregon State Penitentiary.
Lee Mission Cemetery
Cemetery
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Lee Mission Cemetery is a pioneer cemetery in Salem, Oregon, United States. Lee Mission Cemetery is situated 3,900 feet northwest of Oregon State Penitentiary.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Salem and Four Corners.
Salem
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Salem, the capital of Oregon, is located in the Willamette Valley between Portland and Eugene. It is also the county seat of Marion County. Salem was established in the early 1800s as a farming community.
Four Corners
Quarter
Four Corners is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Marion County, Oregon, United States, just outside the city limits of Salem but within the city's urban growth boundary.
Keizer
Town
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Keizer is a city in Marion County, Oregon, United States, along the 45th parallel. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 39,376, making it the 14th most populous city in Oregon. Keizer is situated 4½ miles north of Oregon State Penitentiary.
Oregon State Penitentiary
- Category: government building
- Location: Marion, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.93284° or 44° 55′ 58″ northLongitude
-123.00363° or 123° 0′ 13″ westElevation
190 feet (58 metres)Operator
Oregon Department of CorrectionsOpen location code
84PRWXMW+4GOpenStreetMap ID
way 30325771OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=prisonGeoNames ID
9671739Wikidata ID
Q7101366
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to German—“Oregon State Penitentiary” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “سجن ولاية اوريجون”
- Finnish: “Oregon State Penitentiary”
- German: “Oregon State Penitentiary”
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