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Ronda Morrison, an 18-year-old white girl, was shot to death at a dry-cleaners in 1986. Walter McMillian, a black man, was arrested and immediately sent to Alabama's death row, where he was held for two years without having even been charged. McMillian was eventually charged in 1988 despite six witnesses placing him at a fish fry during the murder.
Capacity. 1,200. Opened. 1970. Managed by. Indiana Department of Corrections. Rockville Correctional Facility is a state prison located in Adams Township, Parke County, one mile (1.6 km) northwest of Rockville, Indiana. A part of the Indiana Department of Corrections, it is the largest state prison for women in Indiana with approximately 1,200 ...
Their primary purpose is to present a comprehensive criminal history for a specific individual. Criminal records may be used for many purposes, including for background checks for purposes of employment, security clearance, adoption, immigration to the United States, and licensing. [3] Criminal records may be useful for identifying suspects ...
1,190 (455 in prison camp) Opened. 1940 (as the United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute) Managed by. Federal Bureau of Prisons. The Federal Correctional Institution, Terre Haute ( FCI Terre Haute) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Indiana. It is part of the Federal Correctional Complex, Terre Haute (FCC Terre ...
A man charged with killing two teenage girls will remain held at a northern Indiana prison after a judge concluded Wednesday he's being treated better there than other inmates. Special Judge Fran ...
Death (later commuted to 60 years in prison) Ruth Pelke was a 78-year-old American living in Gary, Indiana, who was murdered by Paula R. Cooper [1] (August 25, 1969 – May 26, 2015), then aged 15, on May 14, 1985. Cooper stabbed Pelke 33 times with a butcher knife before stealing ten dollars and her car. A year later, Cooper was sentenced to ...
July 30, 2024 at 5:50 AM. 1912: Socialist party presidential candidate Eugene Victor Debs (1855 - 1926) addressing a political meeting in New York. Debs was the socialist candidate five times and ...
The Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) operates state prisons in Indiana. It has its headquarters in Indianapolis . [ 1 ] As of 2019, the Indiana Department of Correction housed 27,140 adult Inmates, 388 juvenile Inmates, employed 5,937 State Employed Staff, and 1,718 Contracted Staff.