Brushy Mountain State Prison was built in 1896 ... noting gleefully in his book the pride the prisoners felt when they were finally able to sign their names. But when he became warden in 1976 ...

The harsh walls even housed James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of Martin Luther King Jr. More: Manhunt in the mountains: James Earl Ray and the Brushy Mountain Prison breakout of 1977 So why ...

Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Morgan County ... "It's sad that until this day I'm watching my back." The prison shut down in 2009 after 113 years and was recently revived as a historic ...