Download or read book Lorton Prisons written by Alice Reagan and Kenena Hansen Spalding and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2023-01-30 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The workhouse, reformatory, and penitentiary buildings of the Lorton Correctional Complex were built on land purchased by the federal government in 1910 and leased to the District of Columbia Department of Corrections to establish prisons. The men's workhouse was built in 1910, and a women's annex was added in 1912. A reformatory to rehabilitate prisoners convicted of more serious crimes was built in 1916. All three were constructed dormitory style with no cells or walls. A brick wall enclosed the penitentiary built to house serious felons in the 1930s. When the Lorton prisons closed in 2001, the complex had grown to 3,200 acres. Its story reflects the history of the 20th century as it was impacted by and reacted to the ideas, events, and people outside its walls.
Download or read book A Lorton Prison Project written by Carolyn Williams and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story captures the insight of a bright, intuitively smart young man who grew up in the low-income housing projects of Southeast Washington, DC, our nations capital city. His name was Jimmy Black Blango, better known as JB. He lived in the Barry Farms Housing projects at the height of a glorified drug market, in the midst of a culture of the celebrated thug life, gang violence, and mob-style crime. Aside from all that, it was a known fact that gangbangers pledged allegiance to serving time in jail. Even JB got caught up in a clean sweep operation on the streets of Washington, DC, and was sent down to Lorton to serve his time. From there, his status on the streets of Washington, DC, was upgraded to include street credits (i.e., the status of lieutenant) for serving a stench at what was once called the most notorious prison on the east coast, the Lorton Correctional Complex. Now that the prison was mandated by federal law to shut down, the criminal element on the outside decided to bring their drug enterprise on the inside. This was an effort to establish networks that reached beyond the district and extended to all points targeted south. Yet due to the pending closure of the Lorton Complex and the greed among thieves, backstabbing gangbangers, cold-blooded killers, malicious cutthroat staffers, and others caused the whole scam to blow up. At the end of the day, a nefarious culmination of unsavory conduct caused many elements of the Lorton Complex to suffer its unfortunate demise.
Download or read book The Lorton Prison Higher Education Project written by Ernesta P. Williams Ed.D. and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2017-12-20 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the Lorton Project is a cautionary tale of what can happen when social policies go awry.
Download or read book HR 461 Closing of Lorton Correctional Complex written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Subcommittee on the District of Columbia and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Transfer of Lorton Reformatory to the District of Columbia written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on National Penitentiaries and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lorton Legends written by Eyone Williams and published by Dc Bookdiva Publications. This book was released on 2011 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lorton Correctional Complex was one of the most notorious prisons in U.S. history. It housed convicts from Washington, D.C. Known for violence and corruption, it shaped and molded every man, or woman, that experienced life on the inside. Sent to Lorton at age 17 for armed robbery, Ronald Mays is introduced to a world where only the strong survive. In prison he is forced to better himself as a man he learns to read, he drops his heroin habit, and becomes a father. Being a loyalist at heart, Ronald gets involved in a feud with older convicts that can cost him everything. A survivor by nature, Ronald makes it out of Lorton alive and returns to the streets of D.C. with his mind focused on doing bigger and better things with his life. He leaves all of his old ways alone and pursues his dreams of becoming a pro boxer if he succeeds he wins for all those close to him. No matter how hard he tries to avoid the drama of the D.C. streets, it comes his way hard and fast. Ronald finds himself fighting his yesterdays in order to attain his dreams of tomorrow. Like most real men that survived Lorton, Ronald is driven by his will to succeed and his demand for respect. Nothing will get in his way. An epic story of struggle, adversity, and accomplishment.
Download or read book The Lorton Prison Higher Education Project written by Ernesta P. Williams and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2017-12-20 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the Lorton Project is a cautionary tale of what can happen when social policies go awry.
Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 1218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book District of Columbia issues related to the Youngstown Prison report and Lorton closure process written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Prisoner Release in the District of Columbia written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on the District of Columbia and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Future Role of the U S Bureau of Prisons written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Future Role of the U S Bureau of Prisons written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on National Penitentiaries and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
- Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies
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Departments of Commerce Justice and State the Judiciary and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1985
Download or read book Departments of Commerce Justice and State the Judiciary and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1985 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 1380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Prison Problem in the District of Columbia written by United States. Prison Industries Reorganization Administration and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
