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  2. History of United States prison systems - Wikipedia

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    It was the population boom in the eastern states that led to the reformation of the prison system in the U.S. [6] According to the Oxford History of the Prison, in order to function prisons "keep prisoners in custody, maintain order, control discipline and a safe environment, provide decent conditions for prisoners and meet their needs ...

  3. Shiv (weapon) - Wikipedia

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    Since weapons are prohibited in prisons, the intended mode of concealment is central to a shiv's construction. An especially thin handle, for instance, makes it easier to conceal in available cracks or crevices in the prison's construction, or in stacks of objects, such as books, permitted to the prisoners; however, this can also render the ...

  4. List of military weapons of the United States - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of all military weapons ever used by the United States. This list will include all lists dealing with US weapons to show all weapons ever used by the United States of America. American Revolution

  5. New Mexico State Penitentiary riot - Wikipedia

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    The New Mexico State Penitentiary riot, which took place on February 2 and 3, 1980, at the Penitentiary of New Mexico (PNM) south of Santa Fe, was the most violent prison riot in U.S. history. Inmates took complete control of the prison and twelve officers were taken hostage.

  6. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    In a news release announcing the groundbreaking for the prisons, Slattery called the new facilities “the future of American corrections.” Among the new Correctional Services Corp. prisons was the Pahokee Youth Development Center, which sat in the middle of sugarcane fields in a rural, swampy part of the state northwest of Miami.

  7. Penitentiaries, Reformatories, and Chain Gangs - Wikipedia

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    Myra C. Glenn, writing for The American Historical Review says: "Despite my criticisms of Colvin's book, it is one of the few texts that provides undergraduate students with a readable, concise history of punishment and penal institutions in the nineteenth-century United States. If used judiciously by teachers, it can challenge students to ...

  8. 150 arrested in major weapons, drug bust at Georgia prisons - AOL

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    Officials say suspects, including prison staff, used drones to transport drugs, weapons and cell phones in and out of correctional facilities. 150 arrested in major weapons, drug bust at Georgia ...

  9. Ex-California guard accused of smuggling weapons, phones ...

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    The out-of-custody co-conspirator allegedly shipped the weapons Fernand with the expectation the correctional officer would bring the weapons to the inmate at prison in Solano County.