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The United States Disciplinary Barracks (USDB), colloquially known as Leavenworth, is a military correctional facility [2] located on Fort Leavenworth, a United States Army post in Kansas. It is one of two major prisons built on Fort Leavenworth property, the other is the military Midwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility , which opened on 5 ...
Joseph and Michael Hofer were brothers who died from mistreatment at the United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth in 1918. The pair, who were Hutterites from South Dakota, were among four conscientious objectors from their Christian colony who had been court-martialed and sentenced to twenty years imprisonment for refusing to be drafted in to the United States Army during World ...
In 1945, the United States Army executed fourteen German prisoners of war by hanging at the United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The 14 POWs, members of the German armed services, had been convicted by general court-martial for the murders of fellow Germans believed by their fellow inmates to be collaborating as ...
Pages in category "Inmates of United States Disciplinary Barracks" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
United States Disciplinary Barracks, Northeastern Branch at Pine Camp, New York; United States Disciplinary Barracks, Northern Branch, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (closed 1950) United States Disciplinary Barracks, Northwestern Branch at Fort Missoula, Montana (closed 1947) United States Disciplinary Barracks, Pacific Branch on Alcatraz Island, San ...
The United States Disciplinary Barracks, now a maximum-security military prison, was established in 1875 under the command of Lt. Col. Edmund Rice. [19] In 1877 some 400 Nez Perce were shipped to Fort Leavenworth after being pursued and captured in the Nez Perce War. In 1889 they were sent to Tonkawa, Oklahoma.
Electrocution was added as an option in the 1950s but could only be used at a specific confinement facility designated by Headquarters, and only be performed by a professional civilian executioner. An electric chair was installed at the old United States Disciplinary Barracks at Ft. Leavenworth, KS, but was never used.
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