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The short-stay prisons although they are overwhelmed by the number of occupants, must continue to welcome new convicts. The rule «a place for a convict» no longer exists. In addition, the prison map is no longer suited to the geographical realities of crime, as there is a lack of institutions in large cities (Lille, Lyon, Nice, Toulouse) and ...
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Mettray in 1844. Mettray Penal Colony, situated in the small village of Mettray, in the French département of Indre-et-Loire, just north of the city of Tours, was a private reformatory, without walls, opened in 1840 for the rehabilitation of young male delinquents aged between 6 and 21.
Burlington County Prison: Mount Holly: New Jersey: United States Prison Carthage Jail: Carthage: Illinois: United States Jail location of the death of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement: Cell Block 7 Prison Museum, State Prison of Southern Michigan: Jackson, Michigan: Michigan: United States Prison Closed as of December 2019 ...
It is the first federal prison in Brazil, designed to receive prisoners deemed too dangerous to be kept in the states' prison systems. Campo Grande Federal Penitentiary ( Campo Grande , Mato Grosso do Sul , Brazil) - It houses the most dangerous prisoners in the country, as Fernandinho Beira-Mar , the Colombian trafficker Juan Carlos Ramírez ...
In northern New England—the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont—the combined population density is 63.56/sq mi (2000 census). According to the 2006–08 American Community Survey, 48.7% of New Englanders were male and 51.3% were female. Approximately 22.4% of the population were under 18 years of age; 13.5% were over 65 years of age.
England, France, and the Netherlands made several attempts to colonize New England early in the 17th century, and those nations were often in contention over lands in the New World. French nobleman Pierre Dugua Sieur de Monts established a settlement on Saint Croix Island, Maine in June 1604 under the authority of the King of France.
Fresnes Prison (French Centre pénitentiaire de Fresnes) is the second largest prison in France, located in the town of Fresnes, Val-de-Marne, south of Paris. It comprises a large men's prison ( maison d'arrêt ) of about 1,200 cells, a smaller one for women and a penitentiary hospital.