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Throughout its history and into the present, the United States has held political prisoners, people whose detention is based substantially on political motives.. Prominent U.S. political prisoners have included anti-war socialists, civil rights movement activists, conscientious objectors, and War on Terrorism detainees.
There have been several individuals throughout history who served as head of state or head of government (such as president, prime minister or monarch) of their nation states and later became prisoners. Any serving or former head who was placed under house arrest, overthrown in a coup or became a prisoner of war is also included.
History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850. Harper & Brothers. pp. 483–508, vol. 4 ch. 29. for an impartial account. another copy online Archived 2010-06-27 at the Wayback Machine; Robins, Glenn. "Race, Repatriation, and Galvanized Rebels: Union Prisoners and the Exchange Question in Deep South Prison Camps," Civil War History ...
Amnesty International prisoners of conscience held by the United States (6 P) Pages in category "Political prisoners in the United States" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
This list consists of American politicians convicted of crimes either committed or prosecuted while holding office in the federal government.It includes politicians who were convicted or pleaded guilty in a court of law; and does not include politicians involved in unprosecuted scandals (which may or may not have been illegal in nature), or politicians who have only been arrested or indicted.
In a news release announcing the groundbreaking for the prisons, Slattery called the new facilities “the future of American corrections.” Among the new Correctional Services Corp. prisons was the Pahokee Youth Development Center, which sat in the middle of sugarcane fields in a rural, swampy part of the state northwest of Miami.
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American Civil War prisoners of war held by the United States (56 P) Pages in category "American Civil War prisoners of war" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 213 total.