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| William I of Scotland |
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William the Lion |
William I (Mediaeval Gaelic: Uilliam mac Eanric; Modern Gaelic: Uilleam mac Eanraig), known as the Lion or Garbh, "the Rough", (1142/1143 – 4 December 1214) reigned as King of Scots from 1165 to 1214. His reign was the second longest in Scottish...
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| Nicolae Ceauşescu |
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Nicolae Ceausescu |
Nicolae Andruţă Ceauşescu (Romanian pronunciation: [nikoˈla.e andru.t͡sə tʃa.uˈʃesku]) ( 26 January 1918 – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian politician who was the Secretary General of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, President of the...
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| Angelo Buono, Jr. |
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Angelo Buono, Jr. (October 5, 1934 – September 21, 2002) was an American serial killer. Buono and his cousin Kenneth Bianchi together are known as the Hillside Stranglers.
Buono was born in Rochester, New York to first generation Italian-American...
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| Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej |
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈge̯orge ge̯orˈgi.u deʒ]; born Gheorghe Gheorghiu; November 8, 1901, Bârlad - March 19, 1965, Bucharest) was the Communist leader of Romania from 1948 until his death in 1965.
He was the son of a poor...
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| Richard Wurmbrand |
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Richard Wurmbrand (March 24, 1909 – February 17, 2001) was a Romanian evangelical Christian minister, author, and educator who spent a total of fourteen years in solitary confinement in Romania. He founded The Voice of the Martyrs.
Richard Wurmbrand...
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| Corneliu Zelea Codreanu |
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Corneliu Zelea Codreanu (Romanian pronunciation: [korˈnelju ˈzele̯a koˈdre̯anu]; born Corneliu Zelinski and commonly known as Corneliu Codreanu; September 13, 1899 – November 30, 1938) was a Romanian politician of the far right, the founder and...
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| Club Fed |
In North American English, Club Fed is a term that describes a prison whose accommodations are less severe than many other prisons. The term is a pun on the "Club Med" chain of all-inclusive resorts.
Because white-collar crimes are committed without...
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| Mittelbau-Dora |
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Mittelbau-Dora (also Dora-Mittelbau and Nordhausen-Dora) was a Nazi Germany labour camp that provided workers for the Mittelwerk V-2 rocket factory in the Kohnstein, situated near Nordhausen, Germany.
Approximately 60,000 prisoners from 21 nations ...
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| Horia Sima |
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Horia Sima (July 3, 1907—May 25, 1993) was a Romanian fascist politician. After 1938, he was the second and last leader of the fascist and antisemitic para-military movement known as the Iron Guard.
Sima was born near Făgăraş, in Transylvania (part...
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| Pleasant Valley State Prison |
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Pleasant Valley State Prison (PVSP) is a 640-acre (260 ha) minimum/medium security state prison in Coalinga, Fresno County, California. The facility houses convicted murderer Erik Menendez, rap performers Flesh-N-Bone and X-Raided.
The prison opened...
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| Witold Pilecki |
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Witold Pilecki (May 13, 1901 – May 25, 1948; Polish pronunciation: [ˈvitɔlt piˈletski]; codenames Roman Jezierski, Tomasz Serafiński, Druh, Witold) was a soldier of the Second Polish Republic, the founder of the Secret Polish Army (Tajna Armia...
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| Richard I of Normandy |
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Richard the Fearless |
Richard I of Normandy (born 28 August 933, in Fécamp Normandy, France died 20 November 996, in Fécamp) was the Duke of Normandy from 942 to 996; he is considered the first to actually have held that title. He was called Richard the Fearless (French,...
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| Doftana prison |
Doftana is a Romanian prison. Built in 1895, it was used in the 1930s to detain political prisoners, among them the future president Nicolae Ceauşescu. It is situated close to the village with the same name, in the Telega commune.
Due to its heroic...
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| Plaxico Burress |
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Plaxico Antonio Burress |
Plaxico Jeffrey Burress (pronounced /ˈplɛksɪkoʊ ˈbɜrəs/ PLEKS-i-koh; born August 12, 1977 in Norfolk, Virginia) is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He is currently serving a 2-year prison sentence. He has played in...
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| Kilmarnock |
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HM Prison Kilmarnock is a prison in Bowhouse, Hurlford near Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland. It is situated 3 miles south-east of Hurlford on the Mauchline Road. Its location means it is locally known as Bowhouse Prison.
The prison was opened 25...
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| Jürgen Stroop |
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Jurgen Stroop |
Jürgen Stroop, (born Josef Stroop, September 26, 1895 in Detmold — March 6, 1952 in Warsaw, Poland) was a German SS and police general who oversaw the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto during the Nazi occupation of Poland in World War II. After the...
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| Zygmunt Szendzielarz |
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Zygmunt Szendzielarz (also known as "Łupaszko"; March 12, 1910 – February 8, 1951) was a Polish commander of the 5th Vilnian Home Army Brigade.
Szendzielarz was born in Stryj (now in Lviv Oblast), then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to a...
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| Elisabeth Lupka |
Elisabeth Lupka (October 27, 1902 – January 8, 1949) was a Nazi female guard at two camps during World War II.
Lupka was born in Klein-Damner, Germany. She married in 1934, had no children and soon divorced. In 1937 she went to Berlin to work in an...
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| Mokotów Prison |
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Mokotow Prison |
Mokotów Prison (Polish: Więzienie mokotowskie, otherwise known as Rakowiecka Prison) is a prison in Warsaw's borough of Mokotów, Poland, located on Rakowiecka street 37. During World War II and until 1989 it was a place of detention and execution of...
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| Bronzefield |
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HM Prison Bronzefield is a Category A adult and juvenile female's prison located on the outskirts of Ashford in Surrey, England. Bronzefield is the only purpose-built private prison for women in the UK, and is the largest female prison in Europe....
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| Forest Bank |
HM Prison Forest Bank is a Category B men's private prison, located in the Pendlebury area of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. The prison is operated by Kalyx.
Forest Bank Prison was constructed on the site of the former Agecroft Power...
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| Arthur Road Jail |
Arthur Road Jail (Hindi: ऑर्थर रोड क़ैद ख़ाना Arthur Road Qaid Khānā), built in 1926, is Mumbai's largest and oldest prison. It houses most of the city's prisoners. It is located near Sat Rasta (Seven Roads), between Mahalaxmi and Chinchpokli...
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| Saskatoon Correctional Centre |
The Saskatoon Correctional Centre is an adult male, provincial correctional centre located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is one of four provincial correctional centres in the province including the Regina Correctional Centre, the Prince...
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| Ahtanum View Corrections Center | Ahtanum View Correction Center |
Ahtanum View Corrections Center is Washington's Convalescent Hospital for Convicts. It is where inmates with long-term care issues are incarcerated. These can be issues relating to age or long-term health-care needs.
Located in Yakima, Washington,...
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HM Prison Parc is a Category B men's private prison and Young Offenders Institution, located in Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales. Parc Prison is operated by G4S, and is the only privately operated prison in Wales.
Parc was the first prison in the UK...
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| Maitland Gaol |
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Maitland Gaol is an Australian gaol and prison located in East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. Its construction was started in 1844 and prisoners first entered the gaol in 1848. By the time of its closure, on 31 January 1998, it had become the...
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| Supermax |
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Supermax is the name used to describe "control-unit" prisons, or units within prisons, which represent the most secure levels of custody in some countries' prison systems. The objective is to provide long term, segregated housing for inmates...
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| Washington State Penitentiary |
Washington State Penitentiary (also called the Walla Walla State Penitentiary) is located in Walla Walla, Washington. With an operating capacity of 1,825, it is the largest prison in the state, and is surrounded by wheat fields.
It is the site of...
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| Calipatria State Prison |
Calipatria State Prison (CAL) is a male-only state prison located in the city of Calipatria, in Imperial County, California.
Although located about 3 miles (4.8 km) from the center of Calipatria, the prison is within the city limits. Called the...
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| High Desert State Prison | High Desert State Prison, Nevada |
High Desert State Prison is a state prison near Indian Springs, Clark County, Nevada. It is the largest institution of the Nevada Department of Corrections.
The 1,576,000 sq ft (146,400 m) complex lies approximately 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Las...
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| Tihar Prisons | Tihar Jail |
Tihar Prisons (Hindi: तिहाड़ सेन्ट्रल क़ैदख़ाना, Urdu: تہاڑ سینٹرل قیدخانہ Tihāṛ Central Qaidkhānā), also called Tihar Jail and Tihar Ashram (Hindi: तिहाड़ आश्रम, Urdu: تہاڑ آشرم), is the largest complex of prisons in South Asia. It is located at...
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| Bolesław Kontrym |
Bolesław Kontrym (1898—1953), also known by his codenames: Żmudzin, Biały, Bielski, and/or Cichocki, was a Polish army officer, cichociemny, soldier of the Armia Krajowa, organizer of the secret police force, and participant in the Warsaw Uprising....
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| Bremen-Vegesack |
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Vegesack is a northern district of the city of Bremen.
Vegesack is located at the mouth of the river Lesum, beside the Weser River (53°10′07″N 8°37′30″E / 53.16861°N 8.625°E / 53.16861; 8.625). Abutting the district of Vegesack to the northwest...
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| Chuckawalla Valley State Prison |
Chuckawalla Valley State Prison (CVSP) is located south of Interstate 10, west of Blythe, California in unincorporated Riverside County, California. The prison opened in December 1988 and covers 1,720 acres (700 ha). Although the prison was designed...
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| Max Goldstein |
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Max Goldstein (1898–1924) was a Romanian revolutionary, variously described as a communist and an anarchist.
Born in Bârlad to a Jewish family, he worked as a clerk and moved to Bucharest, where he became a Communist sympathizer. Sentenced to 10...
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| Gheorghe Apostol |
Gheorghe Apostol (born May 16, 1913) is a Romanian politician, and a former leader of the Communist Party noted for his rivalry with Nicolae Ceauşescu. He was born near Tudor Vladimirescu, Galaţi County.
After training at the Căile Ferate Române ...
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| Kazimierz Moczarski |
Kazimierz Damazy Moczarski (Pseudonyms: Borsuk, Grawer, Maurycy, Rafal) (July 21, 1907 - September 27, 1975) was an officer of the Polish Home Army. He was a Lieutenant (1944), Captain (1945), and a journalist. He is primarily known for his book...
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| Crumlin Road Gaol |
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HMP Belfast, also known as Crumlin Road Gaol is a former prison situated in north Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is the only Victorian era prison remaining in Northern Ireland and has been derelict since 1996.
The Northern Ireland Environment Agency...
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| State Correctional Institution - Graterford |
The Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution at Graterford, also known variously as SCI Graterford (SCIG), Eastern Correctional Institution, Graterford Prison, Graterford Penitentiary, and the Graterford Prison Farm, is located by the village of...
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| Riverbend Maximum Security Institution |
Riverbend Maximum Security Institution opened in 1989 and replaced its 100 year-old neighbor, the Tennessee State Penitentiary. Even today, it's billed as one of the state's most high-tech facilities. RMSI, which is made up by 20 different buildings...
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| North Kern State Prison |
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North Kern State Prison (NKSP) is a medium-security prison located in Delano, Kern County, California. Opened in April 1993, this state prison houses over 5,000 inmates. North Kern serves as a reception center for incoming inmates. Inmates usually...
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| California Institution for Men |
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California Institution for Men (CIM) is a male-only state prison located in the city of Chino, San Bernardino County, California. It is often colloquially referenced as "Chino." In turn, locals call the prison "Chino Men's" or just "Men's" to avoid...
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| Valley State Prison for Women |
Valley State Prison for Women (VSPW) is a state prison for women in Chowchilla, Madera County, California. It is across the road from Central California Women's Facility.
VSPW covers approximately 640 acres (260 ha). As of Fiscal Year 2006/2007,...
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| Massachusetts Correctional Institution - Plymouth |
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Massachusetts Correctional Institution - Plymouth or MCI - Plymouth is a minimum-security prison facility located in the Myles Standish State Forest in Plymouth, Massachusetts. It is not to be confused with much larger Plymouth County Correctional...
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| Deuel Vocational Institution |
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Deuel Vocational Institution (DVI) is a state prison located in Tracy, San Joaquin County, California.
DVI opened in 1953 and named for the late California state senator Charles H. Deuel who sponsored legislation establishing the institution. The...
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| Emil August Fieldorf |
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Emil August Fieldorf (20 March 1895 – 24 February 1953) was a Polish Brigadier General. He was Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Home Army (Armia Krajowa) after the failure of Warsaw Uprising (X. 1944 - I. 1945). Fieldorf was murdered by the...
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| Farge |
Farge is a small port on the Weser River in the City of Bremen. The bombing of Bremen in World War II attacked Farge targets, including the oil storage and the Valentin submarine pens.
Bremen-Farge was subcamp number 179 of the Neuengamme...
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| Clallam Bay Corrections Center |
Clallam Bay Corrections Center is situated on the Olympic Peninsula in Clallam County, two miles south of the community of Clallam Bay, Washington.
CBCC opened as a medium-custody 450-bed facility in 1985 and converted to a Closed Custody facility...
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| Alipore Jail |
The Alipore Jail (Hindi: अलीपुर सेन्ट्रल क़ैद ख़ाना Alīpur Central Qaid Khānā) is a prison in Alipore, Kolkata, where political prisoners were kept under British rule, among them Subhash Chandra Bose. It is still in operation.
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| Henry de Beaumont |
Henry de Beaumont, jure uxoris Earl of Buchan and suo jure 1st Baron Beaumont (died March 10, 1340) was a key figure in the Anglo-Scots wars of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, known as the Wars of Scottish Independence. He was a veteran...
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| Oklahoma State Penitentiary |
The Oklahoma State Penitentiary (OSP) is located in McAlester, Oklahoma on 1,556 acres (6.30 km). It is the chief incarceration facility for the state of Oklahoma. Opened in 1908 with 50 inmates in makeshift facilities, today the prison holds more...
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| Coyote Ridge Corrections Center |
Coyote Ridge Corrections Center is a minimum-security prison located in Connell, Washington. Inmates held here typically have four years or less on their sentences. The prison grounds resemble those of an average community college, complete with...
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| Massachusetts Correctional Institution - Cedar Junction |
The Massachusetts Correctional Institution—Cedar Junction (MCI-Cedar Junction), formerly known as MCI-Walpole, is a maximum security prison with an average daily population of approximately 800 adult male inmates under the jurisdiction of the...
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| Massachusetts Correctional Institution – Concord | Massachusetts Correctional Institution - Concord |
The Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Concord (MCI-Concord) is a medium security prison for men located in Concord, Massachusetts in the United States. Opened in 1878, it is the oldest running state prison for men in Massachusetts. This...
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| Collingwood Stockade |
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Collingwood Stockade was a penal stockade in modern day Carlton North, Victoria, Australia. It was built in 1853 and was in use until 1866 when it was converted into an asylum, which then closed in 1873. The stockade no longer exists but the area...
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| State Correctional Institution - Rockview |
The Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Rockview, commonly referred to as Rockview, is located off Pennsylvania Route 26 north of State College, at the foot of Mount Nittany in the Nittany Valley. It was a branch prison housing...
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| Sid Vicious |
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John Simon Ritchie |
Sid Vicious (born John Simon Ritchie; 10 May 1957 – 2 February 1979) was an English musician best known as the bassist of the influential punk rock group Sex Pistols.
Sid Vicious was born John Simon Ritchie in London to John and Anne Ritchie. Anne...
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HM Prison Altcourse is a Category B men's private prison and Young Offenders Institution, located in the Fazakerley area of Liverpool in Merseyside, England. The Prison is operated by G4S.
Altcourse Prison was opened in December 1997, being the...
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| Avenal State Prison |
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Avenal State Prison (ASP) is a male-only state prison in the city of Avenal, Kings County, California.
The structures on ASP's 640 acres (260 ha) include "17 open dorm buildings, six 200-bed open dorm E-bed buildings, six converted gymnasiums, a 100...
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| Kern Valley State Prison |
Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP) is in Delano, California and is adjacent to North Kern State Prison. Kern Valley is a Level IV Maximum Security institution. This prison houses 5,013 inmates with a design capacity of 2,448. Kern Valley opened in June...
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