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Tom Murton

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Thomas O. "Tom" Murton (March 15, 1928 – October 10, 1990) was a penologist best known for his wardenship of the prison farms of Arkansas. [1]

37 relations: Alaska, Animal husbandry, Arkansas, Auburn Correctional Facility, Baton (law enforcement), Blackballing, Bobby Darin, Bobby Darin Born Walden Robert Cassotto, Brubaker, Cummins Unit, David Brinkley, Factor 8: The Arkansas Prison Blood Scandal, Grove Press, Joe Hyams, Long line rider, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University–Stillwater, Orval Faubus, Penology, Potter's field, Prison farm, Robert Redford, Sing Sing, Southern Illinois University, The Jackie Gleason Show, The New York Times, Thomas Mott Osborne, Time (magazine), Trusty system (prison), Tucker Telephone, Tucker Unit, UAMS Medical Center, United States, University of California, University of Central Oklahoma, University of Minnesota, Winthrop Rockefeller.

Alaska

Alaska (Alax̂sxax̂) is a U.S. state located in the northwest extremity of North America.

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Animal husbandry

Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fibre, milk, eggs, or other products.

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Arkansas

Arkansas is a state in the southeastern region of the United States, home to over 3 million people as of 2017.

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Auburn Correctional Facility

Auburn Correctional Facility is a state prison on State Street in Auburn, New York, United States.

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Baton (law enforcement)

A baton or truncheon is a roughly cylindrical club made of wood, rubber, plastic or metal.

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Blackballing

Blackballing is a rejection in a traditional form of secret ballot, where a white ball or ballot constitutes a vote in support and a black ball signifies opposition.

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Bobby Darin

Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto; May 14, 1936 – December 20, 1973) was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actor in film and television.

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Bobby Darin Born Walden Robert Cassotto

Bobby Darin Born Walden Robert Cassotto is an album by American singer Bobby Darin, released in 1968.

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Brubaker

Brubaker is a 1980 American prison drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg.

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Cummins Unit

The Cummins Unit (formerly known as Cummins State Farm) is an Arkansas Department of Correction prison in unincorporated Lincoln County, Arkansas, United States,"." Arkansas Department of Correction.

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David Brinkley

David McClure Brinkley (July 10, 1920 – June 11, 2003) was an American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting from 1943 to 1997.

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Factor 8: The Arkansas Prison Blood Scandal

Factor 8: The Arkansas Prison Blood Scandal is a feature-length documentary by Arkansas filmmaker and investigative journalist Kelly Duda.

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Grove Press

Grove Press is an American publishing imprint that was founded in 1947.

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Joe Hyams

Joe Hyams (June 6, 1923 – November 8, 2008) was an American Hollywood columnist and author of bestselling biographies of Hollywood stars.

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Long line rider

Long line rider was a person in the Arkansas prison system of the twentieth century who supervised inmates, particularly in the area of field production.

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Oklahoma

Oklahoma (Uukuhuúwa, Gahnawiyoˀgeh) is a state in the South Central region of the United States.

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Oklahoma State University–Stillwater

Oklahoma State University (also referred to informally as Oklahoma State, OKState, and OSU), is a land-grant, sun-grant, coeducational public research university located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States.

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Orval Faubus

Orval Eugene Faubus (January 7, 1910 – December 14, 1994) was an American politician who served as 36th Governor of Arkansas from 1955 to 1967.

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Penology

Penology (from "penal", Latin poena, "punishment" and the Greek suffix -logia, "study of") is a section of criminology that deals with the philosophy and practice of various societies in their attempts to repress criminal activities, and satisfy public opinion via an appropriate treatment regime for persons convicted of criminal offences.

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Potter's field

A potter's field, paupers' grave or common grave is an American expression for a place for the burial of unknown or indigent people.

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Prison farm

A prison farm is a large correctional facility where penal labor convicts are put to economical use in a farm (in the wide sense of a productive unit), usually for manual labor, largely in open air, such as in agriculture, logging, quarrying, and mining.

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Robert Redford

Charles Robert Redford Jr. (born August 18, 1936) is an American actor, director, producer, businessman, environmentalist, and philanthropist.

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Sing Sing

Sing Sing Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision in the village of Ossining, in the U.S. state of New York.

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Southern Illinois University

Southern Illinois University is a state university system based in Carbondale, Illinois, United States, in the southern region of the state, with multiple campuses.

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The Jackie Gleason Show

The Jackie Gleason Show is the name of a series of American network television shows that starred Jackie Gleason, which ran from 1952 to 1970, in various forms.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Thomas Mott Osborne

Thomas Mott Osborne (September 23, 1859 – October 20, 1926) was an American prison administrator, prison reformer, industrialist and New York State political reformer.

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Time (magazine)

Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City.

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Trusty system (prison)

The "trusty system" (sometimes homophonically but perhaps incorrectly called "trustee system") was a strict system of discipline and security in the United States that was made compulsory under Mississippi state law but was used in other states as well, such as Arkansas, Alabama, Louisiana, New York and Texas The method of controlling and working inmates at Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, Mississippi's only prison, was designed to replace convict leasing.

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Tucker Telephone

The Tucker Telephone is a torture device designed using parts from an old-fashioned crank telephone.

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Tucker Unit

The Tucker Unit is a prison in Tucker, Dudley Lake Township, unincorporated Jefferson County, Arkansas, northeast of Pine Bluff.

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UAMS Medical Center

UAMS Medical Center is a teaching hospital and a Level I trauma center in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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University of California

The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the US state of California.

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University of Central Oklahoma

The University of Central Oklahoma, often referred to as UCO, is a coeducational public university located in Edmond, Oklahoma.

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University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (often referred to as the University of Minnesota, Minnesota, the U of M, UMN, or simply the U) is a public research university in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota.

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Winthrop Rockefeller

Winthrop Rockefeller (May 1, 1912 – February 22, 1973) was an American politician and philanthropist, who served as the first Republican governor of Arkansas since Reconstruction.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Murton

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