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.

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Introduction
Prisons in the criminal justice system
Military prisons
Political prisons
World prison populations
Prisons in Australia
Prisons in the United Kingdom
Prisons in the United States
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Further reading
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