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Before 1970, there were five kinds of confinement in Germany. They were Zuchthaus (prison), Gefängnis (prison), Einschließung (jail), Arbeitshaus (workhouse), and Haft (custody). A Zuchthaus was a prison of hard, physically exerting labor, such as breaking rocks, where prisoners had to work, even to the point of collapse. This was repealed by ...
Italian prisoners of war working on the Arizona Canal (December 1943) In the United States at the end of World War II, there were prisoner-of-war camps, including 175 Branch Camps serving 511 Area Camps containing over 425,000 prisoners of war (mostly German). The camps were located all over the US, but were mostly in the South, due to the higher expense of heating the barracks in colder areas ...
Best known prisons (mostly from 19th century or older, mainly still in function except the Katajanokka Prison and Kakola): former Helsinki County Prison or Katajanokka Prison, so called "Nokka" or "Skatta" (1749–2002)
Per the Offender Population Statistical Report, provided by the Indiana Department of Correction Division of Data Science and Analytics, there were 22,758 adult male offenders (including 724 county jail “back-ups” and 23 in contracted beds) on January 1, 2025. This population is 13% below the operational bed capacity.
Lake County Jail USA: Officials boasted that the Lake County Jail in Crown Point, Indiana was escape-proof and posted extra guards, but he escaped using a fake gun. Richard Matt (1967–2015) 2 1986, 13 October Erie County Correction Facility USA: In 1986, at age 19, Matt was convicted and sentenced to a year in jail.
It’s the second lawsuit that has followed the October 2021 incident that led to a guard at the Indiana jail being criminally charged. ‘Night of terror’: Female inmates raped when male ...
The incarceration numbers for the states in the chart below are for sentenced and unsentenced inmates in adult facilities in local jails and state prisons. Numbers for federal prisons are in the Federal line. Asterisk (*) indicates "Incarceration in STATE" or "Crime in STATE" links. Correctional supervision numbers for Dec 31, 2018.
The women prisoners have filed two federal lawsuits alleging that they were subjected to a "night of terror" after male inmates bought a key to their wing from one of the jailers for $1,000.