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  2. Sink-toilet - Wikipedia

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    Sink-toilet. A sink-toilet combination unit is sometimes used by prisons and militaries. [1] [2] Such units typically have no exposed pipes by which someone could hang himself. They are sometimes made of stainless steel for added durability. Sink-toilets are used at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. [3] Sink-toilets are also used in some homes ...

  3. 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. Cells can be occupied by one or multiple ...

  4. Toilets in Japan - Wikipedia

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    A cleansing jet of water designed to cleanse the anus of the user of this bidet -style toilet. High-tech washlets with control panel. Toilets in Japan are sometimes designed more elaborately than toilets commonly seen in other developed nations. European toilets occasionally have a separate bidet whilst Japan combines an electronic bidet with ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. Penal system of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Penal system of Japan. Tokyo Detention House in Katsushika, Tokyo. The penal system of Japan (including prisons) is part of the criminal justice system of Japan. It is intended to resocialize, reform, rehabilitate and punish offenders. The penal system is operated by the Correction Bureau of the Ministry of Justice.

  7. Prison abolition movement in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The prison abolition movement is a network of groups and activists that seek to reduce or eliminate prisons and the prison system, and replace them with systems of rehabilitation and education that do not focus on punishment and government institutionalization. [1] The prison abolitionist movement is distinct from conventional prison reform ...

  8. The Tokyo Toilet - Wikipedia

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    The Tokyo Toilet is an urban redevelopment project in Shibuya, Tokyo conceived by entrepreneur Koji Yanai, of Uniqlo and Fast Retailing, and funded by the Nippon Foundation. It involves the construction of modern high-quality public restrooms , with the aim of encouraging their use and consequently the use of the public spaces they serve, such ...

  9. Tokyo Detention House - Wikipedia

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    Tokyo Detention House東京拘置所. The Tokyo Detention House (東京拘置所, Tōkyō Kōchisho) is a correctional facility in Katsushika, Tokyo. [1][2] The prison, which is operated by the Ministry of Justice, is one of seven detention centres that carry out executions in Japan. It is used to detain people awaiting trial, convicted felons ...