Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Yuma Territorial Prison The Yuma Territorial Prison accepted its first inmate on July 1, 1876. For the next 33 years 3069 prisoners, including 29 women, served sentences there for crimes ranging from murder to polygamy. In 1909 the last prisoner left the Territorial Prison for the newly constructed prison located in Florence, Arizona. Despite an infamous reputation, written records indicate the prison was humanely administered, and was a model institution for its time. From 1910 to 1914 the Yuma Union High School occupied the buildings. The mascots of the school were named the "Criminals" or "Crims". "When the prison was no longer fit to house convicted murders, we sent our high schoolers there." A Yuma Union High School Principal, circa 1968. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.