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unusual facts about state prison



California Rehabilitation Center

California Rehabilitation Center (CRC) is a state prison located in Norco, Riverside County, California.

Gregorio Prestopino

Exemplifying this style is the series of paintings done in 1957 for “Life” magazine in connection with an article on Green Haven, a New York state prison.

New Boston, Texas

Although an International Paper mill, the Barry Telford state prison and a few smaller factories provided some industrial base for the town, New Boston depends heavily on the two military installations for its continued prosperity.


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Capital punishment in Florida

Today, the only death chamber in Florida is located at Florida State Prison in Raiford.

Capital punishment in Virginia

Executions are carried out at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Virginia, and death row is located at the Sussex State Prison near Waverly, Virginia.

Carl Panzram

He served time in prisons in Fresno, California; Rusk, Texas; The Dalles, Oregon; Harrison, Idaho; Butte City Montana; Montana State reform School, Miles City Montana; State Prison Montana {"Jeff Davis" #3194}; Oregon {"Jefferson Baldwin" #7390}; Bridgeport Connecticut {John O'Leary}; New York's Sing Sing {"Jeff Baldwin" #75182}; Clinton Correctional Facility New York {"John O'Leary"}; Washington D.C. (#33379); and Leavenworth, Kansas {Carl Panzram #31614}.

Doullens

the Citadelle, built by Vauban, which has often served as a state prison, and later, a reformatory for girls.

Ely State Prison

Nevada Governor, Jim Gibbons, and other commissioners were presented with a report by Corrections Director Howard Skolnik and Ely State Prison medical director Dr. Robert Bannister refuting Noel's findings.

Florida State Prison

Lynyrd Skynyrd's song "Four Walls of Raiford" tells the story of a convict who escapes from the Florida State Prison.

Gérin

John T. Gerin, American physician at Auburn State Prison in Auburn, New York

Jeanne Woodford

Having risen through the ranks, she was appointed Warden of San Quentin State Prison by Governor Davis in 1999.

Mary Kinder

At one time, her brother, Earl, husband Dale Kinder, and sweetheart Harry Pierpont were all inmates at the Indiana State Prison at Michigan City, Indiana.

Massachusetts Correctional Institution – Concord

MCI Concord opened in May 1878 as the New State Prison at Concord with Mexican War veteran General Chamberlain as its warden.

McNary, Texas

In Stephen King's novella "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption," Andy Dufresne, the unjustly imprisoned man who is the hero of the story, crosses into Mexico at McNary after escaping from the fictional Shawshank State Prison in Maine.

Middlesex House of Correction

South Middlesex Correctional Center, a small, minimum security/pre-release state prison for women located in Framingham, Massachusetts.

Mothers of East Los Angeles

Mothers of East Los Angeles (MELA), started in 1986, as a group of Latina mothers under the guidance of Monsignor John Moretta of Resurrection Church with the dedication to fight the proposed construction of a state prison in East Los Angeles by Governor Deukmejian.

Old Smokey

Old Smokey is a euphemistic name given to the state prison electric chair in New Jersey, which is on exhibition at the Newseum in Washington, DC as part of an exhibition detailing great cases of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Superintendent v. Hill

Hill and Crawford were inmates at Massachusetts Correctional Institution - Cedar Junction, a state prison in Walpole, Massachusetts.

Thomson Correctional Center

In 2008, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich proposed to close the state prison in Pontiac, Illinois and to open the Thomson maximum-security unit instead.

Vincent Alo

As a young man, Alo was convicted of armed robbery and sent to either Sing Sing or Dannemora state prison.