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A shiv, also chiv, schiv, shivvie, or shank, [1] [2] is a handcrafted bladed weapon resembling a knife that is commonly associated with prison inmates. Since weapons are prohibited in prisons, the intended mode of concealment is central to a shiv's construction.
Andersonville Prison, surrounded by three rows of stockades. The word stockade also refers to a military prison in an army camp. In some cases, the term was applied to a crude prison camp or a slave camp. In these cases, the stockade keeps people inside, rather than out.
Portsmouth Naval Prison on Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Seavey Island, Maine (closed 1974) United States Disciplinary Barracks, Atlantic Branch at Castle Williams on Governors Island, New York City (closed 1965) United States Disciplinary Barracks, Central Branch at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri
U.S Army, Vietnam, Installation Stockade (USARVIS), more commonly known as Long Binh Jail, was established in the summer of 1966 by the U.S. Army as a temporary stockade designed to hold about four hundred prisoners, located on Long Binh Post approximately 20 kilometers northeast of Saigon.
Fort Dix Stockade Entrance Sign 1969 - Obedience to the Law is Freedom. Photo by David Fenton. On June 5, 1969, during the height of the Vietnam War and the soldier and sailor resistance to it, 250 men rioted in the military stockade at U.S. Army post Fort Dix located near Trenton, New Jersey.
Apr. 9—By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph WELCH — An inmate pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to having a homemade knife at a federal prison. William Williams, 24, an inmate at the ...
The state of Mississippi purchased land in Sunflower County in January 1901 to establish a state prison. [8] In 1901 four stockades were constructed, and the state moved prisoners to begin clearing land for crop cultivation. [6] The land was undeveloped Mississippi Delta bottomland and forest, fertile but dense with undergrowth and trees. [9]
A military prison is a prison operated by a military. Military prisons are used variously to house prisoners of war , unlawful combatants , those whose freedom is deemed a national security risk by the military or national authorities, and members of the military found guilty of a serious crime.