Albany Penitentiary
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title:
Albany Penitentiary
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Albany Penitentiary was an American prison in Albany, New York that operated from 1848 until 1931. The prison was designed by Amos Pillsbury, also the first superintendent. Until the American Civil War, the main type of for-profit prison labor done at the penitentiary was the "making of coarse boots and shoes for the Southern negroes." After the closure of the Arsenal Penitentiary, Albany became the destination for prisoners of the District of Columbia. In 1910 the state prison commission issued
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American prison (1848–1931)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany_Penitentiary
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2023-12-13T07:19:11Z
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