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HM Prison Hatfield, South Yorkshire, an open prison in England. An open prison or open jail is any jail in which the prisoners are trusted to complete sentences with minimal supervision and perimeter security and are often not locked up in their prison cells. Prisoners may be permitted to take up employment while serving their sentence.
The Escape Orbit (British title: Open Prison) is a science fiction novel by northern Irish author James White, first published in 1964 in the magazine New Worlds. It was a finalist at the Nebula Award. It tells the story of a human, Warren, who is abandoned on a prison planet by an alien race, the Bugs, who are warring against Earth.
The State Prison of Kragskovhede is an open prison in Denmark. The prison is located between the towns of Frederikshavn and Skagen and about two kilometers from the railway town of Jerup in Krageskov Moor. The prison has 1,500 acres of land, some of which is used for agriculture.
Loughan House Open Centre (/ l ɒ k ˈ æ n /; [1] Irish: Teach an Locháin) is a low-security, open detention centre in Blacklion, County Cavan, Ireland. It was purchased by the Department of Justice in 1972 to be converted to a prison facility. It is low security, and caters for male inmates. [2] Its current governor is Mr Mark Lydon.
Suomenlinna Island facility in Finland is an example of one such "open" correctional facility. The prison has been open since 1971 and, as of September 2013, the facility's 95 male prisoners leave the prison grounds on a daily basis to work in the corresponding township or commute to the mainland for either work or study.
The main gate to the Suomenlinna prison. The Suomenlinna prison is an open prison in Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland, founded in 1971. It was previously known as the Suomenlinna penal colony. The prison is located at the southern tip of the island of Iso-Mustasaari.
There are three types of prison in Turkey: closed, semi-open, and open.A further distinction is made between ordinary closed prisons and high-security prisons. Many prisons have separate blocks (or wings) for women and some also for children (juveniles), but there are also some prisons which are exclusively for women or children.
Open Prison Camps – 2 Anuradhapura Open Prison Camp; Pallekele Open Prison Camp; Correctional Centers for Youthful Offenders – 2 Pallansena; Taldena; Training School for Youthful Offenders – 1 Watareka; Work Release Center – 1; Lock–ups – 23 (prison buildings sited near courts to which prisoners with pending cases are transferred.)