enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Jail industry - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jail_industry

    During the colonial era in India, correctional facilities were referred to as "houses of industries" rather than centers of rehabilitation. The disciplinary system within these institutions prioritized the attainment of financial gain through the implementation of various forms of forced labor and severe punishment methods. [ 1 ]

  3. Firefighting - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefighting

    In this example, their duties include investigating any fire alarms (see if there really is a fire and if so, its nature), ensuring the fire department is contacted, directing the evacuation of the facility, activating or delaying activation of fire suppression equipment such as halon and sprinklers (delayed in case of a false alarm), meeting ...

  4. California Conservation Camp Program - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Conservation...

    The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) runs 44 conservation camps (also called fire camps) jointly with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) and the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The mission of the Conservation Camp program is to "support state, local and federal government ...

  5. Washington state pioneers program to turn inmates into ...

    www.aol.com/news/washington-state-pioneers...

    Recruited by the state's Department of Natural Resources and Department of Corrections, the program seeks to provide the dozen or so inmates with enough training to prepare them for jobs as ...

  6. Incarceration in California - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_California

    State: state prisons, fire camps, and juvenile justice facilities, as well as a variety of community housing programs, all run by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) County : county jails , usually run by county sheriffs and sometimes run by a county-level department of corrections

  7. List of California state prisons - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_California_state...

    This facility is owned by and leased from CoreCivic. It is staffed and operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. CDCR will not renew the lease for California City Correctional Facility, terminating the contract in March 2024 and ending the use of that facility as a state prison. [5] California Correctional ...

  8. Glossary of firefighting - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_firefighting

    Firefighting jargon includes a diverse lexicon of both common and idiosyncratic terms. One problem that exists in trying to create a list such as this is that much of the terminology used by a particular department is specifically defined in their particular standing operating procedures, such that two departments may have completely different terms for the same thing.

  9. Fire station - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_station

    Fire stations frequently contain working and living space for the firefighters and support staff. In large U.S. cities, fire stations are often named for the primary fire companies and apparatus housed there, such as "Ladder 49". Other fire stations are named based on the settlement, neighborhood or street where they are located, or given a number.