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This list represents a sample of American people imprisoned abroad by state and non-state actors, past and present. This list includes both citizens of the United States and legal permanent residents. It represents individuals imprisoned through various channels, including tried crimes and kidnappings.
From the source report: "This graph shows the number of people in state prisons, local jails, federal prisons, and other systems of confinement from each U.S. state and territory per 100,000 people in that state or territory and the incarceration rate per 100,000 in all countries with a total population of at least 500,000." [26]
The East St. Louis riots or East St. Louis massacres, of late May and July 1–3, 1917, were an outbreak of labor- and race-related violence by whites that caused the death of 40–250 black people and about $400,000 (over $8 million, in 2017 US dollars) in property damage. An estimated 6,000 black people were left homeless. May 1918 Erwin ...
Many prisons in the United States are overcrowded. For example, California's 33 prisons have a total capacity of 100,000, but they hold 170,000 inmates. [180] Many prisons in California and around the country are forced to turn old gymnasiums and classrooms into huge bunkhouses for inmates.
In the summer of 1880, local citizens formed a vigilante group and drove Brown out of the state, with his ultimate fate left unclear. [24] 1881 Michael O'Rourke: 19–20 United States: O'Rourke, an American fugitive and gambler from Arizona who was imprisoned, later escaped from jail on 18 April 1881. [25] 1885 Mysterious Dave Mather: 34 United ...
During the Pandemic, the Bureau of Prisons moved over 36,000 people to home confinement under the CARES Act. The CARES Act expanded the amount of time individuals could be placed in home ...
Convicted of murdering 4 people in 1984, and suspected of killing at least one other person. [14] [15] Steven David Catlin: D32989 Convicted of poisoning his two wives and his adoptive mother. [16] Tiequon Cox: D29801 Crips member who was convicted of murdering 4 people that were related to NFL player Kermit Alexander. [17] Richard Allen Davis ...
As of October 1, 2024, there were 2,180 death row inmates in the United States, including 49 women. [1] The number of death row inmates changes frequently with new convictions, appellate decisions overturning conviction or sentence alone, commutations, or deaths (through execution or otherwise). [2]