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Chauncey Judd: Prison Life
Newgate Afterward Prison Life Let us draw a picture of daily prison life in the Newgate of Connecticut One hundred years ago. At daybreak, summer and winter, the heavy iron trap-door…Balue, Jean
(Encyclopedia) Balue, JeanBalue, JeanzhäN bälüˈ [key], c.1421–1491, French statesman, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. A trusted adviser of the French king Louis XI, he saved Paris for the king…Baron Munchausen: The Baron is made a prisone...
by Rudolph Erich Raspe The effects of great activi... The Baron relates his adven... The Baron is made a prisone... The Baron is made a prisoner of war, and sold for a slave-…Aesop's Fables: The Trumpeter Taken Prisoner
by Aesop The Lion, the Mouse, and the FoxThe Wolf and the CraneThe Trumpeter Taken Prisoner A Trumpeter marched into battle in the van of the army and put courage into his comrades by his…Characteristics of Prisoners Under Sentence of Death
Characteristic 1980 1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2003…Prisoners in the United States, 1990-2006
Year Total inmates Federal prisoners State prisoners Local jails 1990 1,148,702 58,838…Great Escapes: Famous Prison Breaks
Have you ever been fascinated by daring prison escapes? Do you think breaking out of a maximum-security prison is even possible? Test your knowledge on famous prison breaks and their incredible…Prison Population Exceeds Two Million
According to a Justice Department report released in July 2003, the U.S. prison population surpassed 2 million for the first time—2,166,260 people were incarcerated in prisons or jails at…Bobadilla, Francisco de
(Encyclopedia) Bobadilla, Francisco deBobadilla, Francisco defränthēsˈkō dā bōbädēˈlyä [key], d. 1502, Spanish colonial governor. He superseded Columbus in the West Indies (1500) and sent him home as…Dustin, Hannah
(Encyclopedia) Dustin, Hannah, b. 1657, d. after 1729, Colonial New England heroine. She was captured (1697) in a Native American raid on Haverhill, Mass., and taken up the Merrimack River to a place…Trending
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