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  2. Colton Hall - Wikipedia

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    Colton Hall is a government building and museum in Monterey, California, United States. It was built in 1847–49 by Walter Colton, who arrived in Monterey as the chaplain on Commodore Robert F. Stockton's vessel. He remained and was named as Monterey's first alcalde (mayor) in the American Period. Colton Hall originally contained rooms ...

  3. Vásquez House - Wikipedia

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    The Vásquez House on Dutra Street is located directly across the street from Colton Hall at 570 Pacific Street and near the old county jail. Colton Hall is a government building and museum. It was the site of California's first constitutional convention in 1849. [5]

  4. Sacramento First Courthouse - Wikipedia

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    The Sacramento First Courthouse was built in 1851. In 1852 the State Capitol moved to 7th Street and I Street Courthouse in Sacramento. The City of Sacramento offered the used of space in the Sacramento County's courthouse for the State Capitol. On July 13, 1854, the old wooden courthouse and parts of Sacramento burnt to the ground in large fire.

  5. SLO County launched campaign to save old jails in 1970s. Here ...

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    That practice ended with the demolition of City Hall after a 1938 fire, but the jail wasn’t torn down. The old Cambria Jail will be relocated to a lot at 2884 Center St. in Cambria. The old ...

  6. Three years later, most of old jail set for demolition

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    The 70-year-old building, which was closed in October 2021 when the new jail opened, sits on Marshall Road in front of the new facility. The former Brancvh County jail, on Marshall Road will come ...

  7. List of prison escapes - Wikipedia

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    Colton Harris-Moore fled a three-year sentence by walking out of a halfway house in April 2008. On 11 July 2010, he was captured at Harbour Island, Bahamas and sent back to Seattle . The Sarposa Prison attack was a raid on the Kandahar detention facility in Kandahar , Afghanistan by Taliban insurgents on 13 June 2008.

  8. Historic prison transformed into luxury apartments

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    For nearly 180 years, all of the residents were counting down the days until they could move out -- they were the inmates of the old Essex County Jail. The jail was in use from 1812-1992, making ...

  9. List of longest prison sentences - Wikipedia

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    A registered sex offender, he had previously been convicted in 1996 of attempted sexual assault on a 7-year-old child. [114] [115] Samuel Hemphill 1970 800 years United States: A 19-year-old sentenced in Texas for the repeated rape of an 18-year-old girl over the course of several hours. [116] He will be eligible for parole in October 2030.