Julia Tutwiler
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Julia Strudwick Tutwiler was an advocate for education and prison reform in Alabama. She served as co-principal of the Livingston Female Academy, and then the first woman president of Livingston Norma
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The Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women is a facility of the Alabama Department of Corrections, located in Wetumpka, Alabama named after prison reform activist Julia Tutwiler. All female inmates entering
Julia Tutwiler
…she demanded better prison sanitation and helped institute educational and religious opportunities for prisoners. As a consequence of her advocacy, the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka, Alabama was named in her honor. For a period the Wetumpka State Penitentiary had been renamed after Tutwiler, prior to the opening of the…
The front entrance of Julia Tutwiler Prison is located along U.S. Highway 231 in Wetumpka, Alabama.