i think about 8 or 10 years
it held many famous prisoners
They were held as prisoners of war. What that entailed depended upon the "enemy" who caught them. In Britain we often made prisoners of war work, but on the whole we treated them fairly well. In Japan many prisoners were treated extremely badly and were frequently tortured.
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2% died in Germany 30% in Japan
Once a year.
During the American Civil War, both the Union and Confederate armies held a significant number of prisoners. Estimates suggest that around 400,000 Union soldiers and approximately 200,000 Confederate soldiers were captured and held as prisoners of war. Conditions in these camps were often harsh, leading to high mortality rates, especially in Confederate prisons like Andersonville. The treatment and numbers of prisoners became a poignant aspect of the war's human cost.
There was one prisoner of war camp in Galveston, Texas during World War II. It was the Wallace camp and it held German prisoners of war. It held an average of 3,000 to 4,000 prisoners.
Once in 2002
45.2332 years were held
it is held every 4 years.
Captured and released, or still held as prisoners (hostages)? A few years ago, at least one US servicemember was be-headed (executed) on world wide television by terrorists.