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1. www.mirror.co.uk › news › uk-newsMyra Hindley wrote 'I'm scared' in letter to prison officer's kid

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   3 days ago · A former prison officer trusted child-killer Myra Hindley to look after his eight-year-old daughter during a “take your kids to work day” – before she sent her a letter.. Joe Chapman, who ...

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   2 days ago · Cmdr. Richard Antrim was in a prison camp when a guard began savagely beating a prisoner. Antrim tried to convince the guards to discuss the man’s case, but they couldn’t understand one another. The camp commander ordered 50 lashes for the offending prisoner.

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Unit_731Unit 731 - Wikipedia

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   2 days ago · Unit Tōgō was set into motion in the Zhongma Fortress, a prison and experimentation camp in Beiyinhe, a village 100 kilometers (62 mi) south of Harbin on the South Manchuria Railway. The prisoners brought to Zhongma included common criminals , captured bandits, anti-Japanese partisans, as well as political prisoners and people rounded up on trumped up charges by the Kempeitai .

4. www.mycivilwar.com › pow › md-point-lookoutPoint Lookout Prisoner of War Camp - mycivilwar.com

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   4 days ago · Before long, the prison became the most populated and largest Union prison, at one time holding 20,000 prisoners, because it was so close to the battlefields on the Eastern Theater. The first guard detail assigned to the camp was the 2nd and 12th New Hampshire Regiments.

5. www.myrevolutionarywar.com › powRevolutionary War P.O.W. Camps

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   4 days ago · Not until March 25, 1782, (six months after Yorktown) did Parliament pass a law designating Americans as prisoners of war, allowing them to be detained, released or exchanged. This provided the British with a free hand to treat their captives in any manner they saw fit.

6. www.mycivilwar.com › pow › ga-maconMacon (Camp Oglethorpe) Prisoner of War Camp

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   5 days ago · The breakdown of prisoner exchanges, combined with General William T. Sherman's Georgia campaign, forced the Confederacy to reopen the facility as an officers' prison. By the summer of 1864, more than 2,300 Union officers were housed there.

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   What was Camp Hoffman known for?

   • The camp was only about 5 feet above sea level. The prison's official name was Camp Hoffman but it was hardly ever used. Before long, the prison became the most populated and largest Union prison, at one time holding 20,000 prisoners, because it was so close to the battlefields on the Eastern Theater.

   Point Lookout Prisoner of War Camp

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   Why did a Navy officer save a prison camp?

   • 1. A Navy officer saves his camp from both Japanese and U.S. attacks. The Japanese in World War II considered surrender dishonorable and expected Americans to fight to the death. So, when they started taking American prisoners, they were exceptionally cruel. Cmdr. Richard Antrim was in a prison camp when a guard began savagely beating a prisoner.

   7 POWs who were total badasses after being taken captive

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   How were prisoners treated during the Civil War?

   • Thus, prisoners held by the Union were somewhat better off. In the first phase of the war, 1861-1862, the relatively small numbers of prisoners taken by both sides were well treated. There were over 160 prisons used throughout the Civil War.

   Prisoner of War Camps - The American Civil War

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   Why was Camp Hoffman called Camp Hoffman?

   • The prison's official name was Camp Hoffman but it was hardly ever used. Before long, the prison became the most populated and largest Union prison, at one time holding 20,000 prisoners, because it was so close to the battlefields on the Eastern Theater. The first guard detail assigned to the camp was the 2nd and 12th New Hampshire Regiments.

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   What was the prisoner excange program?

   • A Prisoner Excange Program was used between the British and American forces during the American Revolutionary War. The premise of the exchange was to be able to exchange a sailor for a sailor, a soldier for a soldier, with the prisoners being of equal rank. Later on in the war, the exchange program was stopped by the British in 1780.

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   Did the Confederacy have prison camps?

   • Although the Confederacy had a number of horrid prison camps, the Union had its share of equally horrific camps. Prison camps on both sides produced scenes of wretched, disease-ridden and emaciated prisoners as repulsive as any to come out of the Second World War.

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8. www.mycivilwar.com › powPrisoner of War Camps

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   3 days ago · After the war, Confederate partisans laid responsibility for camp conditions (on both sides) at the feet of the Federal authorities. They pointed to the Northern cancellation of the parole and exchange cartel which put a heavy and unexpected strain on the Southern prisoner program.