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  2. List of jail and prison museums - Wikipedia

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    Museum of Buckingham and rural life as well as the building as a prison Burlington County Prison: Mount Holly: New Jersey: United States Prison Carthage Jail: Carthage: Illinois: United States Jail location of the death of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement: Cell Block 7 Prison Museum, State Prison of Southern Michigan ...

  3. List of U.S. states and territories by incarceration and ...

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    The incarceration numbers for the states in the chart below are for sentenced and unsentenced inmates in adult facilities in local jails and state prisons. Numbers for federal prisons are in the Federal line. Asterisk (*) indicates "Incarceration in STATE" or "Crime in STATE" links. Correctional supervision numbers for Dec 31, 2018.

  4. 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.

  5. Illinois Department of Corrections - Wikipedia

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    The IDOC is led by a director appointed by the Governor of Illinois, [3] and its headquarters are in Springfield. [4] The IDOC was established in 1970, combining the state's prisons, juvenile centers, and parole services. The juvenile corrections system was split off into the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice on July 1, 2006. [3]

  6. Joliet Correctional Center - Wikipedia

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    The prison was built with convict labor leased by the state to contractor Lorenzo P. Sanger and warden Samuel K. Casey. The limestone used to build the prison was quarried on the site. [2] The first 33 inmates arrived from Alton in May 1858 to begin construction; the last prisoners were transferred in July 1860.

  7. Lists of United States state prisons - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of lists of U.S. state prisons (2010) (not including federal prisons or county jails in the United States or prisons in U.S. territories): US State Prisons Per State Alabama

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  9. List of Texas state prisons - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of state prisons in Texas. The list includes only those facilities under the supervision of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and includes some facilities operated under contract by private entities to TDCJ.