Prison

A prison is a place in which people are confined and deprived of a range of liberties. Prisons conventionally are institutions authorized by governments and forming part of a country's criminal justice system, or as facilities for holding prisoners of war. A prison system is the organizational arrangement of the provision and operation of prisons.

Prisons in Australia

Many prisons in Australia were built by convict labour in the 1800s. During the 1990s many prisons which were government run were privatised.

Related Topics:
Australia - Convict

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• List of Australian prisons and detention centres
• Immigration detention centres
• Mandatory detention in Australia