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  2. Prison cell - Wikipedia

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    The International Committee of the Red Cross recommends that cells be at least 5.4 m 2 (58 sq ft) in size for a single cell accommodation (one person in the cell). However, in shared or dormitory accommodations, it recommends a minimum of 3.4 m 2 (37 sq ft) per person, including in cells where bunk beds are used.

  3. List of U.S. states and territories by incarceration and ...

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    On January 1, 2008 more than 1 in 100 adults in the United States were in prison or jail. [7] [8] Total U.S. incarceration peaked in 2008. [5] The U.S. incarceration rate was the highest in the world in 2008. [4] It is no longer the highest rate. [9] The United States has one of the highest rates of female incarceration. [10]

  4. Incarceration in the United States - Wikipedia

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    With around 100 prisoners per 100,000, the United States had an average prison and jail population until 1980. Afterwards it drifted apart considerably. [130] The United States has the highest prison and jail population (2,121,600 in adult facilities in 2016) as well as the highest incarceration rate in the world (655 per 100,000 population in ...

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    Allies say his time in a 15-square-meter (160-square-foot)cell on the third floor of the Federal Police headquarters in Curitiba imbued the leftist politician with a renewed sense of social justice.

  7. Solitary confinement in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Original bed inside solitary confinement cell in Franklin County Jail, Pennsylvania. In the United States penal system, upwards of 20 percent of state and federal prison inmates and 18 percent of local jail inmates are kept in solitary confinement or another form of restrictive housing at some point during their imprisonment. [1]

  8. Review: An Arkansas Jail Unlocked the Cells. Did it Work? - AOL

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    A new Netflix documentary series shows what happened when inmates were free to roam the cellblock with no guards in sight.

  9. Pontiac Correctional Center - Wikipedia

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    In 1931, an additional cell house with 440 cells on 5 tiers was built. In this cell house, two men were assigned to each 8'x10'x8' cell, sharing a bunk bed, a cabinet, a desk, and outlet for a radio. With the new cell houses, the prison population grew to 2,504 inmates with 150 guards, or approximately 1 guard per 17 inmates.