A hormone secreted by the pancreas in response to high blood sugar levels that induces hypoglycemia. Insulin regulates the body's use of glucose and the levels of glucose in the blood by acting to open the cells so that they can intake glucose.
Open from 1864 to 1865, Camp Sumter Military Prison located at Andersonville was the deadliest single location for a U.S. soldier during the Civil War. View the brochure. Georgia was home to 16 Confederate prisons during the Civil War, including notorious Camp Sumter in Andersonville. They ranged from well-constructed fortifications, such as county jails, to makeshift installations, such as wooded areas patrolled by armed guards.
Federal Penitentiary Atlanta 1920 postcard. The United States Penitentiary, Atlanta (USP Atlanta) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Atlanta, Georgia. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.hey were the beneficiaries of the Three Prisons Act of 1891, which established penitentiaries in Leavenworth, Kansas; Atlanta, Georgia; and McNeil Island, Washington. The first two remain open today, the third closed in 1976.