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  2. 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]

  3. Inmates sleeping on the floor. Wake County is pushing on ...

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    “Your jail is full,” a consultant told county leaders Monday. “You’re starting to push those limits on those empty beds.” Inmates sleeping on the floor.

  4. Prison cell - Wikipedia

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    A prison cell (also known as a jail cell) is a small room in a prison or police station where a prisoner is held. Cells greatly vary by their furnishings, hygienic services, and cleanliness, both across countries and based on the level of punishment to which the prisoner being held has been sentenced.

  5. Prison overcrowding in the United States - Wikipedia

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    One solution the state of Alabama used to alleviate its prison overcrowding issues was the use of leased beds in 2008. [14] Inmates were housed inside of leased facilities that had a strict capacity requirement under federal court order, which helped to reduce overcrowding within the main correctional facilities. [ 14 ]

  6. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    Although YSI oversaw only about 9 percent of the state’s juvenile jail beds during the past five years, the company was responsible for nearly 15 percent of all reported cases of excessive force and injured youths. In 2012, 23 incidents of excessive force were reported at YSI facilities.

  7. How big of a jail are Monroe County elected officials ... - AOL

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    Study recommends 500-bed jail for Monroe County despite citizen demands to incarcerate fewer people.

  8. Man dies in KY jail’s custody. Lawsuit claims Department of ...

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    At that time, the detention center — which has 184 total jail beds — was housing 260 people. Barton was required to sleep on a floor mat, according to the lawsuit.

  9. One-room jail - Wikipedia

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    In some areas of the United States, a small, free-standing, one or two room jail building is known as a calaboose, meaning "dungeon" in Spanish.Calaboose were mainly used to incarcerate prisoners for minor crimes, such as drunkenness in public or fighting, or as a temporary holding cell for when a prisoner awaited transportation to a county jail.

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