The Atlanta City Prison Farm was a low-security prison established in 1922 at the site of the Key Road municipal dairy farm. This property was run as a city prison farm– with prison labor raising vegetables and livestock for city hospitals, prisons, and sanitariums– from 1922 through 1990. Since then, the property has remained vacant. In recent decades the infrastructure has degenerated significantly and vegetation has taken over. However, the site is still ripe for preservation opportunities.
This project seeks to document the Atlanta Prison Farm structures for public record, assess and advocate for preservation opportunities, and connect the lived experience of former inmates to the physical space that we see today.