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Red Cross parcel refers to packages containing mostly food, tobacco and personal hygiene items sent by the International Association of the Red Cross to prisoners of war (POWs) during the First and Second World Wars, [1] as well as at other times. It can also refer to medical parcels and so-called "release parcels" provided during the Second ...
Commissary list, circa 2013. A prison commissary [1] or canteen [2] is a store within a correctional facility, from which inmates may purchase products such as hygiene items, snacks, writing instruments, etc. Typically inmates are not allowed to possess cash; [3] instead, they make purchases through an account with funds from money contributed by friends, family members, etc., or earned as wages.
The AP found that U.S. prison labor is in the supply chains of goods being shipped all over the world via multinational companies, including to countries that have been slapped with import bans by ...
On November 17, 1970, the idea for a prisoners union was born at a press conference held by former prisoners in support of the 1970 Folsom Prison strike. [2]: 202 Its constitution argued that prisoners were an enslaved social class with the right to collective struggle for better conditions: [2]: 202–3
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Forrest destroyed Grant's rail and telegraphic communications, and inflicted 1,500 casualties on the Union Army. [8] Grant's northern communications were cut off from Jackson, Tennessee to Columbus, Kentucky. [9] On December 20, Confederate General Earl Van Dorn raided Union supply station at Holly Springs destroying "shops, depots, and ...
The United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute (USP Terre Haute) is a high-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Terre Haute, Indiana.It is part of the Federal Correctional Complex, Terre Haute (FCC Terre Haute) and is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.
CCPOA plans to use a 5-acre Elk Grove property and home for storage, political events and lodging for the union’s president. California correctional officer union paid $2.3 million for property ...