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  2. History of United States prison systems - Wikipedia

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    When post-revolutionary prisons emerged in the United States, they were, in Hirsch's words, not a "fundamental departure" from the former American colonies' intellectual past. [5] Early American prisons systems like Massachusetts' Castle Island Penitentiary , built in 1780, essentially imitated the model of the 1500s English workhouse .

  3. Prison register - Wikipedia

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    For repeat offenders and escapees a description was added, and with juveniles, who were also housed in adult prisons, the names and address of their parents were included in the records. A 19th century prison register is on display in the lobby of the Hamilton County Justice Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the United States. [1]

  4. Prison cemetery - Wikipedia

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    Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery in Huntsville, Texas, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison cemetery for deceased prisoners who are not reclaimed by their families The original Point Lookout Cemetery, one of the prison cemeteries on the property of the Louisiana State Penitentiary in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

  5. Alton Military Prison - Wikipedia

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    The Alton Military Prison was a prison located in Alton, Illinois, built in 1833 as the first state penitentiary in Illinois and closed in 1857. During the American Civil War, the prison was reopened in 1862 to accommodate the growing population of Confederate prisoners of war and ceased to be prison at the end of the war in 1865.

  6. Albany Penitentiary - Wikipedia

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    Albany Penitentiary was an American prison in Albany, New York that operated from 1848 [1] until 1931. The prison was designed by Amos Pillsbury, also the first superintendent. [ 2 ] Until the American Civil War , the main type of for-profit prison labor done at the penitentiary was the "making of coarse boots and shoes for the Southern negroes."

  7. Once home to Kansas’ most infamous criminals, historic ...

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    Most people did their best to avoid this place for nearly 160 years. That’s about to change. When the Kansas Department of Corrections opened a newly constructed Lansing Correctional Facility in ...

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    800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. ... Joanne Ray has resided a stone's throw from the West Virginia Penitentiary on Jefferson Avenue in Moundsville for 59 years ...

  9. List of inmates at the United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth

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    Inmate Name Register Number Photo Status Details Charles R. Forbes: Unlisted Released from custody in 1927 after serving 2 years. Appointed by President Warren G. Harding, Forbes was the first director of the Veterans' Bureau; convicted of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government in 1923.