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The Washington Arsenal and the District Penitentiary on the map, 1862
Arsenal Penitentiary, about 1865

The Arsenal Penitentiary was a penal institution in Washington, D. C. used as a military prison during the American Civil War, currently located inside Fort Lesley J. McNair. Four Lincoln assassination conspirators, David Herold, Lewis Powell, George Atzerodt, and Mary Surratt were executed on the grounds of the Arsenal Penitentiary on July 7, 1865.

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Arsenal Penitentiary

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The Arsenal Penitentiary was a penal institution in Washington, D. C. used as a military prison during the American Civil War, currently located inside...

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John Wilkes Booth

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buried in a storage room at the Arsenal Penitentiary in 1865, and later moved to a warehouse at the Washington Arsenal on October 1, 1867. In 1869, the...

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David Herold

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conspiracy, and hanged with three other conspirators at the Washington Arsenal, now known as Fort Lesley J. McNair. David E. Herold was born in Maryland...

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Mary Surratt

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annex to the Old Capitol Prison before being transferred to the Washington Arsenal on April 30. Two armed guards stood before the door to her cell from the...

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George Atzerodt

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Saxony, Prussia, Germany Died July 7, 1865(1865-07-07) (aged 30) Arsenal Penitentiary, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C., U.S. Cause of death Execution by...

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Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

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Mary Surratt, Powell, Herold, and Atzerodt were hanged in the Old Arsenal Penitentiary on July 7.: 362, 365  Mary Surratt was the first woman executed by...

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Albany Penitentiary

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done at the penitentiary was the "making of coarse boots and shoes for the Southern negroes." After the closure of the Arsenal Penitentiary, Albany became...

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1934, the island was converted into a federal prison, Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. The strong currents around the island and cold water temperatures made...

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The 1864 Washington Arsenal explosion occurred on June 17, 1864, at the Washington Arsenal (now known as Fort Lesley J. McNair) in Washington, D.C. The...

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New Jersey State Prison

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sections are the 1798 Penitentiary House, the 1832 Fortress Penitentiary, and the 1982 contemporary prison facility. The 1798 Penitentiary House, which was...

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Florida State Hospital

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soldiers at the Arsenal. In 1868, Florida Governor Harrison Reed converted the arsenal property at Chattahoochee into Florida's first penitentiary. Florida's...

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Whitey Bulger

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Judge Denise J. Casper. Bulger was incarcerated at the United States Penitentiary Coleman II in Sumterville, Florida. Bulger was transferred to several...

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Chevie Kehoe

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transferred to United States Penitentiary, Florence High On December 18, 2020, Kehoe was transferred to United States Penitentiary, McCreary in Kentucky. He...

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taxpayers' expense. Based on Bentham's panopticon plans, the National Penitentiary opened in 1821. Millbank Prison, as it became known, was controversial...

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had escaped from Litoral Penitentiary were captured at dawn when they tried to re-enter the prison center bringing an arsenal of rifles, ammunition, grenades...

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several law enforcement officers who were returning him to the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, from which he had escaped three years earlier...

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originally a state penitentiary, in 1814. It was demolished and rebuilt in 1861 as it exists today by prisoner labor as the Ohio State Arsenal. This brick Italianate...

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Robert Pickton

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Judge Williams stated that Pickton should be committed to a federal penitentiary; up to that point he had been held at a provincial pretrial institution...

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Mickey Cohen

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Penitentiary, inmate Burl Estes McDonald attempted to kill Cohen with a lead pipe. In 1972, Cohen was released from the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary,...

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Bugs Moran

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Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, U.S. Resting place Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary Cemetery, U.S. Other names George Gage, George Morrissey, George Miller...

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Samuel Mudd

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Surratt, Powell, Atzerodt, and Herold were hanged at the Old Penitentiary at the Washington Arsenal on July 7, 1865. Mudd, O'Laughlen, Arnold, and Spangler...

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Zak Bagans and team investigates the hauntings at the Missouri State Penitentiary. During this investigation, it was explained that one woman was executed...

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Michael Valpy

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Kingston Penitentiary. Windsor: Biblioasis. ISBN 9781771964029. Francis, Daniel (1997). National dreams: myth, memory, and Canadian history. arsenal pulp...

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