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A prison or a correctional facility is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interned and usually deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Prisons are conventionally institutions which form part of the criminal justice system of a country, such that imprisonment or incarceration is the legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime.
A criminal suspect who has been charged with or is likely to be charged with a criminal offense may be held on remand in prison if he or she is denied, refused or unable to meet conditions of bail, or is unable to post bail. This may also occur where the court determines that the suspect is at risk of absconding before the trial, or is otherwise a risk to society. A criminal defendant may also be held in prison while awaiting trial or a trial verdict. If found guilty, a defendant will be convicted and may receive a custodial sentence requiring imprisonment.
Prisons may also be used as a tool of political repression to detain political prisoners, prisoners of conscience, and "enemies of the state", particularly by authoritarian regimes. In times of war or conflict, prisoners of war may also be detained in prisons. A prison system is the organizational arrangement of the provision and operation of prisons, and depending on their nature, may invoke a corrections system. Although people have been imprisoned throughout history, they have also regularly been able to perform prison escapes.
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Bernard Madoff moved to medical center: The federal Bureau of Prisons reports that financier Bernard Madoff has.. http://bit.ly/8RlbUS
eyewitnessnyc (Eyewitness News ) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:32:00 -0000
Bernard Madoff moved to medical center: The federal Bureau of Prisons reports that financier Bernard Madoff has.. http://bit.ly/8RlbUS
Faith, Ideology and Fear: Muslim Identities Within and Beyond Prisons - by Gabriele Marranci - Continuum. http://tinyurl.com/yash774
new_textbook (New Textbooks) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:29:01 -0000
Faith, Ideology and Fear: Muslim Identities Within and Beyond Prisons - by Gabriele Marranci - Continuum. http://tinyurl.com/yash774
@AlyMcfresh hahaha! i don't know HOW @ChocolatLibra86 isn't in solitary confinement then! *daydreams about female prisons*
UrbanRokkstar (tee[vee]) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:15:27 -0000
@AlyMcfresh hahaha! i don't know HOW @ChocolatLibra86 isn't in solitary confinement then! *daydreams about female prisons*
@elegantmachines I'm not gonna shed a tear for the guy, but it's a bad thing if even our prisons are lawless.
mattbramanti (Matt Bramanti) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:59:51 -0000
@elegantmachines I'm not gonna shed a tear for the guy, but it's a bad thing if even our prisons are lawless.
RT @EqualityAmerica: Ex-Gay Ministries Inside America's Prisons http://bit.ly/65bXDb #LGBT #GAY #GLBT
ysubassoon (Rebecca Neuman) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:50:25 -0000
RT @EqualityAmerica: Ex-Gay Ministries Inside America's Prisons http://bit.ly/65bXDb #LGBT #GAY #GLBT
Alright alright!! RT @aisha1908: @DTP1908 lol, now you KNOW I only wear my heels 3 places - courtroom, prisons, DANCEFLOOR!!
DTP1908 (Dr. Surveillance1908) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:39:35 -0000
Alright alright!! RT @aisha1908: @DTP1908 lol, now you KNOW I only wear my heels 3 places - courtroom, prisons, DANCEFLOOR!!
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A Soldier's Story - An electronic edition of Prison Life and Other Incidents in the War of 1861-'65, by Miles O. Sherrill of Catawba County, North Carolina.
Meta Description: [ A soldier's story : prison
life and
other incidents in the war of 1861-'65, by Miles O Sherrill ]
Alton, Illinois Civil War Confederate Prison - The first prisoners arrived at the Alton Federal Military Prison on February 9, 1862. During the next three years, over 11,764 Confederate prisoners would pass through its gates.
Andersonville Civil War Prison Camp - Andersonville National Historic Site was designated by the U.S. Congress as a memorial to all POWs in American history. Park programs interpret the accounts of other Civil War POW camps, both North and South.
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Andersonville: A Legacy of Shame...But Whose? Part II - An alternate look at a notorious Confederate prison.
Brothers Bound - One of the darker sides of the Civil War was the fate of those people, men and some women, captured and taken prisoner in the line of duty. This site is dedicated to the memories of all our ancestors whose lives were touched by these dark places.
Camp Chase - History of the Camp Chase prison camp, its Confederate pow's, as well as of the men in Camp Chase Cemetery.
Meta Description: [ History of Camp Chase prison camp and its
Confederate POWS as well as of the men in Camp Chase Cemetery. ]
Camp Douglas - Detailing conditions and treatment of Confederate soldiers in this Northern prison of war camp.
Camp Morton - Civil War Camp and Union Prison - The history of the Camp in Indianapolis, Indiana. First used as a recruitment camp then as a prison during the Civil War, site includes photographs, monuments, and links.
Meta Description: [ History of Camp Morton - Civil War Camp and Union Prison, 1861-1865 - Indianapolis ]
Charleston Race Course Prison Dead - Union Civil War soldiers who died in Charleston, SC, were reinterred after the war in either the Florence or Beaufort National Cemeteries in South Carolina.
Civil War - Confederate and Union Prisoners of War - Searchable directory and categorized lists of registered prisoners taken during this conflict.
Meta Description: [ Civil War Confederate and Union Prisoners of War. ]
Civil War Prisons, Illinois - Names and locations of prisons in Illinois used during the Civil War. One is Rock Island, constructed 1863, which is one of the largest and most notorious prison camps in the North. Almost 2000 Confederate soldiers were buried here.
FlorenceStockade - The society for the preservation of this Civil War prison stockade site, and the memory of the prisoners and those who guarded them.
Fort Delaware Society - Now known as Fort Delaware State Park, the fort not only still exists, it is very much as it was when it held over 40,000 Confederate, Federal and civilian political prisoners. Will conduct search for individual prisoners upon request.
Gratiot Street Prison - Located in St. Louis, Missouri, the main Union prison for the Civil War in the West. Includes transcribed prisoner lists from Gratiot ledgers.
Meta Description: [ Gratiot Street Prison, the Civil War Union prison in St. Louis, Missouri. ]
Imagesof the Civil War - Prisoners and Prisons - Photos taken in both northern and southern prisons in the US Civil War.
Johnson's Island Civil War Prison - From April of 1862 until September of 1865, over 9,000 Confederates passed through Island's Military Prison, leaving behind an extensive historical and archaeological record.
Point Lookout POW Descendants Organization - This site is dedicated to those men, women, and children who suffered while imprisoned at Point Lookout Prison Camp for Confederates from 1863 to 1865 in the state of Maryland during the War for Southern Independence.
Point Lookout Prison Camp for Confederates - Dedicated to the 11,000 lives were lost at Point Lookout yet not accounted for.
Point Lookout State Park - Once the site of the largest Union prison for Confederate POW's. Built after the Battle of Gettysburg, the prison held 52,000 Confederate unfortunates at one time or another during the waning days of the Civil War.
Meta Description: [ Information, links and photos of historic Point Lookout which is located on the most southern point of Saint Mary's County ]
Point Lookout, Md., Prison Camp Records - In the two years during which the camp was in operation, August, 1863, to June, 1865, Point Lookout overflowed with inmates, surpassing its intended capacity of 10,000 to a population numbering between 12,500 and 20,000. In all, over 50,000 men, both military and civilian, were held prisoner there.
Prisons - Details about the locations that were used as prisons during the Civil War in Richmond, Virginia.
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Rock Island, IL Confederate POW's - Complete listing of Confederate prisoners who died in the Union prison camp at Rock Island, Illinois.
Salisbury Civil War Prison and National Cemetery - History and modern photographs from the prison site.
Meta Description: [ The Salisbury Confederate Civil War Prison & National Cemetery located in Salisbury NC. Deep in dixie was home to over 10,000 union prisoners of war. ]
Salisbury Confederate Prison - History through eyewitness testimony at the court-martial of the commandant, Major John H. Gee.
Meta Description: [ The history of Salisbury Prison through eyewitness testimony. ]
Salisbury Confederate Prison - The only Confederate Prison that was located in North Carolina was in the town of Salisbury. The prison was established on November 2, 1861. Includes property plats, guard photos, paintings and descriptive text.
The Johnson's Island Autograph Book Of Lt. Samuel Dibble - Compilation of 221 Confederate officer autographs from Johnson's Island prison.
The Story of One Union Soldier - On September 3rd, 1862 at the age of 25, Bernard McKnight enlisted in the Union Army (Massachusetts 3rd Cavalry) and would go to fight in America's Civil War, a conflict of which he probably had little understanding.
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The Trial of Captain Henry Wirz - Explicit details of the trial of Captain Henry Wirz, Commandant of one of the most infamous Civil War prison camps - Andersonville.
Meta Description: [ A site dedicated to the explication of the Wirz Andersonville Trial ]
U.S. Civil War Prisoner and Prisons Research Site - Site contains prison camp descriptions and prisoner recorded experiences. Includes a prisoner database project for listing of prison camp prisoners.
Meta Description: [ Civil War Prisoner Research Site. This site provides resouces for historical researchers and geneologist looking for information on Civil War Prisons and Prisoners. ]
Vermonters in Rebel Prisons - The final statements of each artillery, cavalry and infantry regiment, representing 28, 884 troops, of whom 2, 180 were taken prisoner and 601 died in prison.
Who Were the Immortal Six-Hundred? - On August 20, 1864, a chosen group of 600 Confederate officers left Fort Delaware as prisoners of war, bound for the Union Army base at Hilton Head, S.C. Their purpose - to be placed in a stockade in front of the Union batteries at the siege of Charleston.
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