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  2. Foreign languages in prisons - Wikipedia

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    In 2005, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections banned "foreign language activities" at its prisons for security reasons. [1] However, the department reversed its decision later in the year when it realized that worship services conducted by volunteers, including a Spanish-language Bible study group, were being canceled.

  3. Detention (confinement) - Wikipedia

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    The detention of suspects is the process of keeping a person who has been arrested in a police-cell, remand prison or other detention centre before trial or sentencing. The length of detention of suspected terrorists , with the justification of taking an action that would aid counter-terrorism , varies according to country or situation, as well ...

  4. Prison - Wikipedia

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    A 19th-century jail room at a Pennsylvania museum. A prison, [a] also known as a jail, [b] gaol, [c] penitentiary, detention center, [d] correction center, correctional facility, remand center, hoosegow, or slammer, is a facility where people are imprisoned under the authority of the state, usually as punishment for various crimes.

  5. Corrections - Wikipedia

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    A typical correctional institution is a prison. A correctional system , also known as a penal system , thus refers to a network of agencies that administer a jurisdiction 's prisons, and community-based programs like parole, and probation boards. [ 3 ]

  6. Solitary confinement - Wikipedia

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    Solitary confinement is a form of imprisonment in which an incarcerated person lives in a single cell with little or no contact with other people. It is a punitive tool used within the prison system to discipline or separate incarcerated individuals who are considered to be security risks to other incarcerated individuals or prison staff, as well as those who violate facility rules or are ...

  7. Prison slang - Wikipedia

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    Prison slang is an argot used primarily by criminals and detainees in correctional institutions. It is a form of anti-language . [ 1 ] Many of the terms deal with criminal behavior, incarcerated life, legal cases, street life, and different types of inmates.

  8. Tihar Prisons - Wikipedia

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    The other two prison complexes are at Rohini and Mandoli with one and six central prisons respectively. [4] Tihar prison complex is located in Janakpuri, approximately 3 km from Tihar village in West Delhi. The prison is styled as a correctional institution. Its main objective is to convert its inmates into ordinary members of society by ...

  9. Prison education - Wikipedia

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    Prison education also has therapeutic benefits such as alleviating boredom, improving self-esteem and stimulating creativity, all of which have been linked to reductions in recidivism; [72] [120] studies have shown that the majority of benefits from high-school equivalency programmes in prison come from the experience of learning, rather than ...