Howard was originally a farming hamlet in the southern part of Cranston, Rhode Island.
The Rhode Island State Prison, designed by prison reformer John Haviland was first built in 1878,[1][2] and is a stark and imposing gothic structure built of granite block.
Over the last several decades, numerous other institutional buildings for incarcerated criminals and the intellectually disabled were constructed.
[3][4] Today, Howard encompasses an area of almost one square mile.
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