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First prisoners: Yuma inmates built their own cells in 1876
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Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area's history of Yuma Territorial Prison's first inmates, published July 1, 2019.
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States that a time capsule put in when construction began was still there and that there were no immediate plans to open it. Also recounts the first prisoners building their own cells.
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