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Filming the updated version of classic TV show The Prisoner is finishing in the Namibian seaside resort of Swakopmund.

Flossenburg was one of a number of Concentration Camps built by the Nazis in Germany before the Second World War.

The early southern triumphs of 1861 and 1862, filled Southern prisons with thousands of Union prisoners. The South was anxious for a formal agreement on prisoners.

American prisoners of war described their treatment by the British as "ungenerous and inhuman." British officers subjected prisoners to "insult and unmerited oppression."

Americans captured during the Revolutionary War were subjected to a policy of starvation and neglect designed to compel their enlistment in British forces or death.

As soon as the Nazis came into power in 1933 they built their first Concentration Camp to suppress any political opposition. Dachau was only the beginning.

Convicted prisoners, including murderers, escape each year from Ford Open Prison and despite the best efforts of Police and Prison authorities not all are recaptured.

Why and how German, Italian and Austrian soldiers were brought to the United States and held in prisoner of war camps during the second world war

Neuengamme Concentration Camp was opened in late 1938 initially as sub-camp of the Sachsenhausen camp, by mid-1940 Neuengamme was established as a main camp.

In 1971, research psychologists at Stanford began the "Stanford Prison Experiment". Thirty years later, the experiment still helps explain what went wrong at Abu Gharib.

Ex-prisoners need to be creative and pro-active in today's economy when competing for jobs with unprecedented numbers of unemployed and often, more experienced workers.

As the Napoleonic Wars dragged on French prisoners of war arrived in the towns of Selkirk, Kelso and Hawick

Statistics are shocking showing the large discrepancies of race in the United States prison population. This is an obvious case of racial discrimination.

Knighthood went through various changes over the centuries. Courtesy was important for protecting knights from mistreatment and ensuring fairness and justice.

Mumia Abu Jamal has been locked in Philadelphia jail for over two decades awaiting his death row. His only crime, his defenders argue, is the color of his skin.

There is a natural level of progression as Harry, Ron and Hermione embark on their third year at Hogwarts school and Cuaron and Rowling charter the dangers that lie ahead

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban divulges new information on Harry's past, which he learns from his parent's dearest friends and also their vilest enemies

When an Iraqi journalist and his family are held captive by the U.S. Army, things are just beginning to go wrong. Yunis Katayer Abbas will soon learn what prison means.

As a young man in 1916, Florida native Hugh Alderman might have had some great life experiences ahead of him. Instead he spent the next 63 years as a Florida prisoner.

Nativity is focal point of Algona Iowa community that was home to thousands of German and Japanese prisoners during second world war.

John Malam gives children a history lesson on pirates they'll never forget in You Wouldn't Want to Be a Pirate's Prisoner!

Britain's ITV Productions have revealed that they are to remake cult 60's show "The Prisoner". The new show will have a 21st Century look and two feature two majors stars

Developed by Merrill Flood and Melvin Dresher at RAND in 1950, the case of the "Prisoner's Dilemma" has become a classic example of a game theory conundrum.

The Spanish Prisoner is a very short play that somehow encapsulates the essence of David Mamet's favorite subject: the confidence game.

The speaker in "My Prisoner" begins with a prison metaphor that transforms into a cloister, wherein the devotee/speaker will retain his Divine Captive.

Sachsenhausen was one of a number of Concentration Camps built by the Nazis in Germany before the Second World War.

The Sobibor death camp was purposely built during the Second World to exterminate the Jews living in Poland and other Nazi-occupied territories

Ravensbruck was one of a number of Concentration Camps built by the Nazis before the Second World War.

Penal colonies were places where many civilized societies prior to the nineteenth century would send criminals in order for punishment and to use them for cheap labor.

Mauthausen Concentration Camp was opened in 1938 in Austria; just a few months after the Anschluss. It was the Nazi's first camp outside of Germany.

For Americans captured by the Mexican Army captivity was not harsh. While accounts of captivity are sparse, Capt. Cassius M. Clay left an account of his imprisonment.

In northwest Nebraska, German POWs were interred at Fort Robinson, a military base used during the Indian Wars.

The Treblinka death camp was purposely built during the Second World War to exterminate the Jews of Poland and other Nazi-occupied territories.

Auschwitz was an infamous German detention complex made up of three separate camps. Living conditions were harsh, and the work routine was exhausting and often pointless.

During World War II, German soldiers marched through French streets, fought in North African deserts and cut wood in Allegany County forests.

Auschwitz has long been a symbol of the Holocaust, embodying a total violation of human rights and is considered what racism, anti-Semitism and intolerance can lead too.

Venerable Palden Gyatso, a Buddhist monk, spent thirty-three years imprisoned by Chinese forces in Tibet. "Fire Under Snow" is his brave account.

A striking, if somewhat puzzling, biopic of Britain's most notorious and violent prisoner benefits from an excellent lead performance

Evidence emerges that, despite its denials, the Canadian government knew about the torture of battlefield detainees it transferred to Afghan security officials.

Canada has had an ombusdman in place charged with investigating federal prison inmates' complaints.

Several Supreme Court cases have addressed the question of the extent to which suspected terrorist detainees being held by the U.S. government have constitutional rights.

Many litigators defending sex offenders choose to portray the accused as victims merely acting out against personal wounds, forcing juries to decide who the victim is.

Photos from Abu Ghraib prison revealed un ugly underside to the unpopular War in Iraq. Who was responsible? A few "bad apples" or the very top of the Chain of Command?

Evidence suggests the man in the iron mask might have been Louis XIV's twin brother, but this fact is uncertain. No one will ever know who the masked prisoner was.

The Belzec death camp was purposely constructed during the Second World War with the specific task of exterminating the Jews of Poland and other Nazi-occupies territories

Volunteers from a church in Northwest Florida are making a difference in the lives of prison inmates. They are members of Kairos, an international Christian ministry.

Does the idea of Filipino prisoners dancing on YouTube have relevance for the rest of the world? Will this form of creative expression become accepted internationally?

For an idea of what prison was like in Victorian Scotland, a visit to Inveraray Jail in Argyll recreates the experience of 19th century Scottish prison life.

Harsh conditions experienced by Confederate prisoners at the Rock Island Prison led some to call it "the Andersonville of the North."

Finally, a documentary about Abu Ghraib that investigates the voices of the prisoners, the guards, those victimized, as well as those in charge of the debacle.d