Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Farquhar Cattle Ranch was an Alabama Department of Corrections state prison for men, located a few miles east of the town of Greensboro in Hale County, Alabama. The ranch was purchased by the state of Alabama in 1940 and had been operated by director / warden Charles A. Farquhar as a working cattle ranch and catfish hatchery in 1956, in part to contribute to Alabama's "perennially underfunded corrections budget"In October 1994 the 74-year-old Farquhar was murdered on the grounds, along with his wife Doris and two trusties. Even after Farquhar's killing prisoners were allowed relative freedom to work the 4500 acres of the ranch on horseback. Since 2008 about 75% of the property has been purchased by Alabama's Forever Wild Land Trust and re-designated as state recreation land.A convicted murderer escaped from the prison facility in April 2012, raising questions about the placement of such prisoners on open ranchland. The prison ranch closed on 7/31/2013.. }
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- Farquhar_Cattle_Ranch abstract "Farquhar Cattle Ranch was an Alabama Department of Corrections state prison for men, located a few miles east of the town of Greensboro in Hale County, Alabama. The ranch was purchased by the state of Alabama in 1940 and had been operated by director / warden Charles A. Farquhar as a working cattle ranch and catfish hatchery in 1956, in part to contribute to Alabama's "perennially underfunded corrections budget"In October 1994 the 74-year-old Farquhar was murdered on the grounds, along with his wife Doris and two trusties. Even after Farquhar's killing prisoners were allowed relative freedom to work the 4500 acres of the ranch on horseback. Since 2008 about 75% of the property has been purchased by Alabama's Forever Wild Land Trust and re-designated as state recreation land.A convicted murderer escaped from the prison facility in April 2012, raising questions about the placement of such prisoners on open ranchland. The prison ranch closed on 7/31/2013.".