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  2. History of diabetes - Wikipedia

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    Today, the term "diabetes" most commonly refers to diabetes mellitus. Diabetes mellitus is itself an umbrella term for a number of different diseases involving problems processing sugars that have been consumed (glucose metabolism). Historically, this is the "diabetes" which has been associated with sugary urine .

  3. Virginia Department of Corrections - Wikipedia

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    The facility, which received its first prisoners in 1800 and was completed (with using prison labor) in 1804, (earlier than the current oldest state prison in America, the still standing Eastern State Penitentiary (1829-1971) in Philadelphia and seven years before the neighboring Maryland Penitentiary (now Metropolitan Transitional Center and ...

  4. Virginia State Penitentiary - Wikipedia

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    Virginia State Penitentiary was a prison in Richmond, Virginia.Towards the end of its life it was a part of the Virginia Department of Corrections.. Early 1900s. First opening in 1800, the prison was completed in 1804; it was built due to a reform movement preceding its construction. [1]

  5. List of Virginia state prisons - Wikipedia

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    Red Onion State Prison: Pound: 848 River North Correctional Center: Independence: 1,024 Rustburg Correctional Unit Rustburg: 152 St. Brides Correctional Center: Chesapeake: 1,192 Sussex I State Prison: Waverly: 1,139 Sussex II State Prison: Waverly: Closed on July 1, 2024 [5] Virginia Correctional Center for Women: Goochland: 572 Wallens Ridge ...

  6. History of United States prison systems - Wikipedia

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    This led to uprisings of state prisons across the eastern border states of America. Newgate State Prison in Greenwich Village was built in 1796, New Jersey added its prison facility in 1797, Virginia and Kentucky in 1800, and Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maryland followed soon after. Americans were in favour of reform in the early 1800s.

  7. Category:1794 in Virginia - Wikipedia

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  8. Greensville Correctional Center - Wikipedia

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    The prison, on a 1,105-acre (447 ha) plot of land, is operated by the Virginia Department of Corrections. [4] Greensville houses the execution chamber that was used to carry out capital punishment by the Commonwealth of Virginia until the death penalty in Virginia was abolished in 2021. [5]

  9. Debtors' Prison (Accomac, Virginia) - Wikipedia

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    From 1911 until 1927 the building was used as a library; today it is a museum of local history, [3] and is furnished to represent a typical middle class home of the eighteenth century. [9] The Accomac debtors' prison was surveyed by the Historic American Buildings Survey between 1958 [ 3 ] and 1961, when it was found to be in good condition ...