Incarceration
Operation Hammer (1987-1990)
Operation Hammer, a law enforcement program by the Los Angeles Police Department that began in 1987 was ostensibly an attempt...
Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville (1849- )
The Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville, the hometown of Sam Houston, was established in 1849. It is also referred to...
Louisiana State Prison, Angola (1880- )
The Louisiana State Penitentiary nicknamed the “Alcatraz of the South” is the largest maximum security prison in the country. Six thousand,...
Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman (1901 – )
Mississippi State Penitentiary is less than an hour drive from where Emmett Till was murdered. One of three state prisons...
Attica Prison Riot (1971)
The Attica prison riot took place at the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York on September 13, 1971. This conflict would...
George Jackson (1941-1971)
Author George Jackson is best known for his memoir Soledad Brother, containing the letters that he wrote from prison between...
Mumia Abu-Jamal (1954- )
Political activist and journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 24, 1954. Born Wesley Cook, he took...
