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  2. American prison literature - Wikipedia

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    American prison literature is literature written by Americans who are incarcerated. It is a distinct literary phenomenon that is increasingly studied as such by academics. [1] In the words of Arnold Erickson: Prison has been a fertile setting for artists, musicians, and writers alike. Prisoners have produced hundreds of works that have ...

  3. Leopold and Loeb - Wikipedia

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    Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr. (November 19, 1904 – August 29, 1971) [1] and Richard Albert Loeb (/ ˈ l oʊ b /; June 11, 1905 – January 28, 1936), usually referred to collectively as Leopold and Loeb, were two American students at the University of Chicago who kidnapped and murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks in Chicago, Illinois, United States, on May 21, 1924.

  4. Yuma Territorial Prison - Wikipedia

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    Coordinates. 32°43′37″N 114°36′54″W  /  32.72694°N 114.61500°W  / 32.72694; -114.61500. Opened. 1876 [1] Website. www.yumaprison.org. The Yuma Territorial Prison is a former prison located in Yuma, Arizona, United States, that opened on July 1, 1876, and shut down on September 15, 1909. It is one of the Yuma Crossing and ...

  5. List of fictional towns in literature - Wikipedia

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    According to Lovecraft's short story, R'lyeh is a sunken city in the South Pacific and the prison of the malevolent entity called Cthulhu. The nightmare corpse-city of R'lyeh…was built in measureless eons behind history by the vast, loathsome shapes that seeped down from the dark stars.

  6. List of fictional prisons - Wikipedia

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    East Lee S. Capable Maximum Security Prison: New York City: Justice Squad: Eisenwald Prison: Berlin: Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014) Elevenworth Prison: Canada: The Dudley Do-Right Show episode Elevenworth Prison (1959) Elliott Bay Penitentiary: Seattle, Washington: The Killing (U.S. TV series) (2013) Ellsworth Federal Penitentiary: Kansas

  7. Prison literature - Wikipedia

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    Prison literature. Prison literature is a literary genre characterized by literature that is written while the author is confined in a location against his or her will, such as a prison, jail or house arrest. [1] The writing can be about prison, informed by it, or simply coincidentally written while in prison.

  8. A Prison Diary - Wikipedia

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    A Prison Diary. A Prison Diary is a series of three books of diaries written by Jeffrey Archer during his time in prisons following his convictions for perjury and perverting the course of justice. [1][2][3] Each volume is named after a part of Dante 's The Divine Comedy. The volumes become progressively longer due to his stay being longer and ...

  9. Bodmin Jail - Wikipedia

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    Converted to attraction and hotel. Jail closed in 1927, later reopened as a tourist attraction. Bodmin Jail (alternatively Bodmin Gaol) is a historic former prison situated in Bodmin, on the edge of Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. Built in 1779 and closed in 1927, a large range of buildings fell into ruin, but parts of the prison have been turned into ...