enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Shiv (weapon) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiv_(weapon)

    A shiv, also chiv, schiv, shivvie, or shank, [1] [2] is a handcrafted bladed weapon resembling a knife that is commonly associated with prison inmates. Since weapons are prohibited in prisons, the intended mode of concealment is central to a shiv's construction.

  3. Correctional Training Facility - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correctional_Training_Facility

    Correctional Training Facility (CTF), commonly referenced as Soledad State Prison, is a state prison located on U.S. Route 101, five miles (eight kilometers) north of Soledad, California, adjacent to Salinas Valley State Prison.

  4. Sociobiology - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociobiology

    "Sociobiology is now part of the core research and curriculum of virtually all biology departments, and it is a foundation of the work of almost all field biologists. " Sociobiological research on nonhuman organisms has increased dramatically and continuously in the world's top scientific journals such as Nature and Science .

  5. Athens man sentenced to prison for having shanks in Butts ...

    www.aol.com/athens-man-sentenced-prison-having...

    An Athens man with what federal agents said is a violent criminal history was recently sentenced to more than 10 years in prison.

  6. Sociology of punishment - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociology_of_punishment

    The sociology of punishment seeks to understand why and how we punish. Punishment involves the intentional infliction of pain and/or the deprivation of rights and liberties. . Sociologists of punishment usually examine state-sanctioned acts in relation to law-breaking; for instance, why citizens give consent to the legitimation of acts of viole

  7. Shank - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shank

    Shank (footwear), part of a shoe or boot; Shank (sewing), a spacing device; Shank (weapon), a makeshift knife or stabbing weapon; Lead shank, a type of lead used for horses; Tang (tools), the back portion of the blade component of a tool; Drill bit shank, the non-cutting end of a drill bit; Sheepshank, a knot used to shorten a rope

  8. Survivors Guide to Prison - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivors_Guide_to_Prison

    On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 100%, based on 14 reviews with an average rating of 7.9/10. [7] Metacritic gives the film a weighted average score of 66 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [8]

  9. United States Penitentiary, Big Sandy - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Penitentiary...

    USP Big Sandy is located both on a mountaintop removal mining site and a former underground coal mine. Due to the underground mine, the federal government spent $40 million to remediate the site before construction and had to spend additional millions after construction began to fix further issues, making the project the most expensive federal prison project at the time. [4]