Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The United States Penitentiary, Hazelton (USP Hazelton) is a high-security United States federal prison for male inmates in West Virginia. The high-security facility has earned the nickname " Misery Mountain " by the inmates who are incarcerated there.
In 1890, two railway surveyors from the state of Virginia in the United States etched the name of their birthplace on a boulder near the farm Merriespruit. When a railway siding was eventually established at this spot, the name was adopted, and it stuck after the discovery of gold in 1949 which resulted in a mushrooming settlement on the banks of the Sand River.
That first prison was opened in 1852 in Waupun, Wisconsin. [5] In 1853, Wisconsin abolished the death penalty, making it the first state to do so. [6] That same year, Wisconsin created the office of state prison commissioner as a state-wide partisan elected office.
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
Marshall County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia.At the 2020 census, the population was 30,591. [1] Its county seat is Moundsville. [2] With its southern border at what would be a continuation of the Mason-Dixon line to the Ohio River, it forms the base of the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia.
Elmer David Bruner (January 18, 1918 – April 3, 1959) was a convicted American murderer.He was the last defendant executed by West Virginia, as the state abolished the capital punishment six years after his execution.
The New Mexico State Penitentiary riot, which took place on February 2 and 3, 1980, at the Penitentiary of New Mexico (PNM) south of Santa Fe, was the most violent prison riot in U.S. history. Inmates took complete control of the prison and twelve officers were taken hostage.
Harry F. Powers (born Harm Drenth; November 17, 1892 – March 18, 1932) was a Dutch-born American serial killer who was hanged in Moundsville, West Virginia.. Powers lured his victims through "lonely hearts" advertisements, claiming he was looking for love, but ultimately murdering them for their money.