Penitentiary, Columbus, O[hio] Published January 30, 2024 at 1024 × 818 in Chester Himes: Reflections on a Life Shared ← Previous Next → Detroit Publishing Co. , publisher. Penitentiary, Columbus, O[hio], [between 1900 and 1906]. Prints & Photographs Division image of the Penitentiary in Cleveland, Ohio where Chester Himes was incarcerated.