Pardon, release or commute sentence.
When Alcatraz closed in 1963, the remaining prisoners were transferred to other federal prisons across the United States.
Thomas P. Wagner has written: 'Thomas P. Wagner papers' -- subject(s): Prisoners and prisons, Campaigns, Confederate Prisons and prisoners, United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 142nd (1862-1865), United States, History
The government does not make any money off of prisoners. Most prisons in the United States are privatized institutional settings.
Hedwig Friederike Lesser has written: 'Civil War prisons' -- subject(s): History, Prisoners, Prisons, United States Civil War, 1861-1865
Christian Miller Prutsman has written: 'A soldier's experience in southern prisons' -- subject(s): History, Prisoners and prisons, United States Civil War, 1861-1865
Dawn Bunyak has written: 'Our last mission' -- subject(s): Airmen, Biography, German Prisoners and prisons, Prisoners of war, United States, United States. Army Air Forces, World War, 1939-1945
Warren Hewitt Mead has written: 'Southern military prisons and escapes' -- subject(s): Accessible book, History, Prisoners and prisons, United States Civil War, 1861-1865
George Weiser has written: 'Nine months in Rebel prisons ..' -- subject(s): Accessible book, History, Personal narratives, Prisoners and prisons, United States Civil War, 1861-1865
Mathew Singleton has written: 'Mathew Singleton report' -- subject(s): United States, Prisoners and prisons, American loyalists, United States. Continental Army, History
Betty Jean Belkham Gatewood has written: 'Kriegie 7956' -- subject(s): Biography, Bombardiers, German Prisoners and prisons, Prisoners of war, United States, United States. Army Air Forces, World War, 1939-1945
John Scouller McCulloch has written: 'Reminiscences of life in the army, and as a prisoner of war' -- subject(s): Prisoners of war, Prisoners and prisons, Red River Expedition, 1864, Personal narratives, United States. Army, United States, Biography, History
Approximately 8.4% of state and federal prisoners in the US are housed in privately operated facilities. However, the percentage of privately owned prisons can vary by state, with some states having a higher proportion of privately operated prisons than others.