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  2. List of United States federal prisons - Wikipedia

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    Camp Columbia Federal Prison: Washington 1947 Chillicothe Federal Reformatory: Ohio c. 1950s: Catalina Federal Honor Camp: Arizona 1951 United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island: California 1963 United States Penitentiary, McNeil Island: Washington 1982 Federal Prison Camp, Eglin: Florida 2006 Federal Prison Camp, Nellis: Nevada 2005 Federal ...

  3. Kingdom of Polonnaruwa - Wikipedia

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    [5] [6] After the victory at Polonnaruwa, Vijayabahu had to face more rebellions. This caused him to delay his coronation, which took place in 1072 or 1073, [7] eighteen years after being crowned as Vijayabahu in Ruhuna, and after a military campaign that lasted seventeen years. Polonnaruwa was renamed Vijayarajapura and chosen as the capital.

  4. Polonnaruwa - Wikipedia

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    The second-oldest of all Sri Lanka's kingdoms, Polonnaruwa was first established as a military post by the Sinhalese kingdom. [1] It was renamed Jananathamangalam by the Chola dynasty after their successful invasion of the country's then capital, Anuradhapura, in the 10th century. The Ancient City of Polonnaruwa has been declared a World ...

  5. Polonnaruwa period - Wikipedia

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    The Polonnaruwa period was a period in the history of Sri Lanka from 1017, after the Chola conquest of Anuradhapura and when the center of administration was moved to Polonnaruwa, to the end of the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa in 1232. The Kingdom of Polonnaruwa was the second major Sinhalese kingdom of Sri Lanka.

  6. United States Penitentiary, Pollock - Wikipedia

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    The United States Penitentiary, Pollock (USP Pollock) is a high-security United States federal prison for male inmates in unincorporated Grant Parish, Louisiana. [1] It is part of the Pollock Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Pollock) and operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.

  7. What to know about the Butner, NC, federal prison, where the ...

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    Another prison consultant, the Zoukis Consulting Group, calls Federal Correctional Institution Butner Low its top low-security prison. It offers health services, as well as psychological services.

  8. History of United States prison systems - Wikipedia

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    Prison oversight boards like the Utica one, composed of local businessmen, tended to defer to prison officials in most matters and focus solely on financial oversight, Rothman writes, [237] and therefore tended to perpetuate the status quo. [238] Prison reform efforts of the Reconstruction Era came from a variety of sources

  9. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    Former Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos, an avid supporter of prison privatization, received more than $15,000 from company executives during state and federal races. The company has given more in Florida over the past 15 years than the combined donations of Office Depot and Darden Restaurants, Inc., two of the state's largest Fortune ...