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Restraint belts. Belly chain (restraint) A belly chain (also known as a waist chain or Martin chain) is a physical restraint worn by prisoners, consisting of a chain around the waist, to which the prisoner's hands may be chained or cuffed. Sometimes the ankles are also connected by means of longer chains.
Teresa Wilson Bean Lewis (April 26, 1969 – September 23, 2010) was an American murderer who was the only woman on death row in Virginia prior to her execution. [ 2 ] She was sentenced to death by lethal injection for the murders of her husband and stepson in October 2002. Lewis sought to profit from a $250,000 life insurance policy her ...
The Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) is the government agency responsible for community corrections and operating prisons and correctional facilities in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The agency is fully accredited by the American Correctional Association and is one of the oldest functioning correctional agencies ...
Graeme Massie,Namita Singh and Joe Sommerlad. June 7, 2023 at 4:08 AM. Seven people were shot and two have died in gunfire that rang out on Tuesday at a high school graduation ceremony held on ...
Murders of the Castro and Youngblood children. On 5 August 2018, Veronica Youngblood murdered her daughters Sharon Castro and Brooklynn Youngblood, aged 15 and 5 respectively in their apartment in McLean, Virginia. She was sentenced to 78 years in prison. [1][2]
Contents. List of women executed in the United States since 1976. Since 1976, when the Supreme Court of the United States lifted the moratorium on capital punishment in Gregg v. Georgia, 18 women have been executed in the United States. [ 1 ] Women represent about 1.12 percent of the 1,601 executions performed in the United States since 1976.
01:19. Aviva Siegel, an Israeli woman who was kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7 and held for more than 50 days until she was freed during a temporary cease-fire, told NBC News she is determined to keep ...
A prisoner transport vehicle, informally known as a "Sweat Box" or “Court Bus” amongst British prisoners, is a specially designed or retrofitted vehicle, usually a van or bus, used to transport prisoners from one secure area, such as a prison or courthouse, to another. Less commonly, aircraft, railcars or vessels are also similarly fitted.