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  2. List of prison escapes - Wikipedia

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    On 22 May 1938, during the Spanish Civil War, around 30 prisoners organised a mutiny for a massive prison break. 792 prisoners fled but only three succeeded in getting to the French border; 585 were arrested, 211 died and 14 of the arrested who were considered the leaders were sentenced to death. Most fugitives were intercepted during the ...

  3. James Pratt and John Smith - Wikipedia

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    An execution outside Newgate Prison in London, early 19th century Pratt and Smith were hanged in front of Newgate Prison on the morning of 27 November. The crowd of spectators was described in The Times' newspaper report as larger than usual; [ 19 ] this was possibly because the hanging was the first to have taken place at Newgate in nearly two ...

  4. Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort - Wikipedia

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    The ill were sent to the Federal Narcotics Farm at Lexington, and women prisoners were transferred to the old prison school building (until a new facility was constructed the following year in neighboring Shelby County, Kentucky Correctional Institute for Women). When the camp was completed, the men were transported back. [55] [56] [57]

  5. HM Prison Shepton Mallet - Wikipedia

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    Under the provisions of the United States of America (Visiting Forces) Act 1942, 18 American servicemen were executed at the prison: sixteen were hanged in the execution block and two were shot by a firing squad in the prison yard. Three of the hangings were double executions, i.e. two condemned prisoners stood together on the gallows and were ...

  6. List of prison deaths - Wikipedia

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    Charged with raping and abducting two young girls, and also his murder Scheduled to stand trial on 13 August 2001, but died three days before the trial was to begin Thomas Schleicher: 2001-11-02 Austria: Suicide Judoka and participant of the 1996 Summer Olympics: Convicted for drug trafficking Evison Matafale: 2001-11-27 Malawi: Pneumonia ...

  7. List of serial killers before 1900 - Wikipedia

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    Also wounded six people. Killed himself in prison in 1895. [132] [133] Thomas Williamson: United States: 1868–1890: 4: Sentenced to death for a murder in Illinois in 1868. After his sentence was commuted, he moved to Missouri, where he killed his wife and two men. Executed in 1891. [134] Katarzyna Onyszkiewiczowa

  8. Jim Leavy - Wikipedia

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    The men agreed to drive the team to Calabasas the next morning. [11]: 114 Murphy likely knew of Leavy's ability as a gunfighter, and decided to ambush Leavy. He recruited two friends and they killed Leavy as he was leaving the Palace Hotel. The three men were arrested immediately afterward. [11]

  9. Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary - Wikipedia

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    A hospital had originally been installed at Alcatraz during its time as a military prison in the late 19th century. [35] During its time as a federal penitentiary, it was located above the dining hall on the second floor. Hospital staff were U.S. Public Health Service employees assigned to the Federal Prison Service at Alcatraz. [36]