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Rikers Island is a 413-acre (167.14-hectare) [1] [2] prison island in the East River in the Bronx [3] that contains New York City's largest jail. [4] [5]Named after Abraham Rycken, who took possession of the island in 1664, the island was originally under 100 acres (40 ha) in size, but has since grown to more than 400 acres (160 ha).
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The Massachusetts Department of Correction (DOC) estimates the cost to repair the infrastructure of Cedar Junction at 30 million dollars; the DOC plans to move the money towards delivering effective care and services for the people under their supervision. The process of closing the prison is split into three main phases.
It has its headquarters in the Springs Office Park in unincorporated El Paso County, Colorado, near Colorado Springs. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The Colorado Department of Corrections runs 20 state-run prisons and also has been affiliated with 7 for-profit prisons in Colorado, of which the state currently contracts with 3 for-profit prisons.
George Appo: A 19th-century pickpocket and con artist, his biographer provides a description of 19th-century prison conditions in New York. [10]David Berkowitz also known as the Son of Sam and the .44 Caliber Killer, is an American serial killer who pleaded guilty to eight shootings that began in New York City on July 29, 1976.
Corrections in Yukon are administered by the Community and Correctional Services Branch of the Ministry of Justice. Whitehorse Correctional Centre — a multi-level 190-inmate facility, for adult males and females, completed in February 2012 and built next to an existing prison building (c. 1967) [ 26 ]
Harris County Juvenile Detention Center, Houston, Texas In criminal justice systems, a youth detention center, known as a juvenile detention center (JDC), [1] juvenile detention, juvenile jail, juvenile hall, or more colloquially as juvie/juvy or the Juvey Joint, also sometimes referred to as observation home or remand home [2] is a prison for people under the age of majority, to which they ...
Lovelock Correctional Center; Location: 1200 Prison Road, Pershing County, Nevada, 89419 U.S. Coordinates: 40.221123, -118.389614: Status: Operational every day: Security class: Minimum-Close: Population: 1,680: Opened: August 1995: Warden: Tim Garrett: Notable prisoners; O. J. Simpson (2008–2017): Lovelock Correctional Center (LCC) is a Nevada Department of Corrections prison in ...