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A 19th-century jail cell 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 against their will and denied their liberty under the authority of the state, generally as punishment for various crimes.
The Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) operates state prisons in Indiana.It has its headquarters in Indianapolis. [1] As of 2019, the Indiana Department of Correction housed 27,140 adult Inmates, 388 juvenile Inmates, employed 5,937 State Employed Staff, and 1,718 Contracted Staff.
Prisons, and their administration, is a state subject covered by item 4 under the State List in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India.The management and administration of prisons falls exclusively in the domain of the State governments, and is governed by the Prisons Act, 1894 and the Prison manuals of the respective state governments.
William S. Key Correctional Center. Categories: Prisons in the United States by state. Government buildings in Oklahoma. Government of Oklahoma. Penal system in Oklahoma. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
W. Walter B. Keane. Categories: Prisons in New York (state) Government of New York City. Government buildings in New York City. Prisons by city.
VIRGINIA BEACH — An inmate at the Virginia Beach Correctional Center died Monday morning after a medical emergency, according to the Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office. Kevin Lorenzo Jones, 36 ...
This category includes detention centers, detention camps, jails, and prisons in the United States that primarily hold people who have violated immigration statutes, or who have lost their legal status due to a crime and are awaiting deportation. There are other jails and prisons that also hold immigration prisoners, but this category includes ...
Y. York Correctional Institution. Categories: Penal system in Connecticut. Prisons in the United States by state. Government buildings in Connecticut.