Oregon State Penitentiary
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Oregon State Penitentiary is a maximum-security prison in Salem, Oregon, and the oldest correctional institution in the state.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oregon State Penitentiary canonical | 4 |
| Oregon State Penitentiary, Salem, Oregon, United States | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1792778 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oregon State Penitentiary Context triple: [Oregon Department of Corrections, hasPart, Oregon State Penitentiary]
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A.
San Quentin State Prison
San Quentin State Prison is California’s oldest and most notorious maximum-security prison, located on the shores of San Francisco Bay and known for housing the state’s death row for male inmates.
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B.
Pelican Bay State Prison
Pelican Bay State Prison is a maximum-security California state prison known for housing some of the state's most dangerous inmates and for its controversial Security Housing Unit (SHU).
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C.
United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth is a historic federal prison in Kansas known for housing some of the most notorious American criminals of the 20th century.
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D.
Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility
Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility is a California state prison located near San Diego that houses medium- to maximum-security inmates, including several high-profile prisoners.
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E.
Oregon Department of Corrections
The Oregon Department of Corrections is the state agency responsible for operating prisons and managing adult offenders in Oregon’s correctional system.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oregon State Penitentiary Target entity description: Oregon State Penitentiary is a maximum-security prison in Salem, Oregon, and the oldest correctional institution in the state.
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A.
San Quentin State Prison
San Quentin State Prison is California’s oldest and most notorious maximum-security prison, located on the shores of San Francisco Bay and known for housing the state’s death row for male inmates.
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B.
Pelican Bay State Prison
Pelican Bay State Prison is a maximum-security California state prison known for housing some of the state's most dangerous inmates and for its controversial Security Housing Unit (SHU).
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C.
United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth is a historic federal prison in Kansas known for housing some of the most notorious American criminals of the 20th century.
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D.
Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility
Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility is a California state prison located near San Diego that houses medium- to maximum-security inmates, including several high-profile prisoners.
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E.
Oregon Department of Corrections
The Oregon Department of Corrections is the state agency responsible for operating prisons and managing adult offenders in Oregon’s correctional system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
correctional facility
ⓘ
maximum-security prison ⓘ state prison ⓘ |
| buildingStructureType | walled prison ⓘ |
| buildingUse | adult corrections ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasFacilityType |
death row
ⓘ
execution chamber ⓘ |
| hasGenderOfInmates | male ⓘ |
| hasNotableEvent | site of Oregon executions for much of 20th century ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
cell blocks
ⓘ
chapel ⓘ education building ⓘ industries building ⓘ medical unit ⓘ perimeter fence ⓘ recreation yard ⓘ security towers ⓘ segregation units ⓘ visiting room ⓘ |
| hasNotableInmateCategory |
death row inmates
ⓘ
long-term offenders ⓘ violent offenders ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfInmates | over 2000 ⓘ |
| hasOfficialLanguageOfAdministration | English ⓘ |
| hasProgram |
education programs
ⓘ
mental health services ⓘ religious services ⓘ substance abuse treatment ⓘ vocational training ⓘ work programs ⓘ |
| hasVisitingPolicy | scheduled visits only ⓘ |
| inception | 1866 ⓘ |
| isOldestCorrectionalInstitutionIn | Oregon ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
State of Oregon
ⓘ
linked to:
Oregon
|
| locatedIn | Salem, Oregon ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Marion County, Oregon
ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Oregon State Hospital
ⓘ
downtown Salem ⓘ |
| operator | Oregon Department of Corrections ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Oregon Department of Corrections ⓘ |
| postalCode | 97310 ⓘ |
| publicAccess | restricted ⓘ |
| replaced | Oregon Territory prison ship ⓘ |
| securityClassification | maximum security ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 2605 State Street ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Oregon State Penitentiary Description of subject: Oregon State Penitentiary is a maximum-security prison in Salem, Oregon, and the oldest correctional institution in the state.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Oregon State Penitentiary