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  2. Prisons in India - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Prison - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. List of prisons in India - Wikipedia

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    Central Jail, Ayodhya. Central Jail, Etawah. Central Jail, Varanasi. Fatehgarh Jail, Fatehgarh. Aawadha Central Jail, Faizabad. Bareilly Central Jail, Bareilly. Agra Jail, Agra. Sadar Jail, Deoria. Uttar Pradesh has the largest prison department in India and one of the largest around the world consisting of 73 total prisons (As of 2021 ).

  5. Missouri head of corrections held in contempt, wrongfully ...

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    August 10, 2024 at 4:00 AM. Nathan Papes/The Springfield News-Leader. The Missouri Department of Corrections has been held in contempt for refusing to release an 82-year-old man whose conviction ...

  6. Indiana Department of Correction - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. List of Virginia state prisons - Wikipedia

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    Coffeewood Correctional Center: Mitchells: 1,193 Cold Springs Correctional Unit #10 Greenville: 150 Culpeper Correctional Facility for Women Culpeper: Closed as of 2014 [2] Deep Meadow Correctional Center Powhatan County: 840 Deerfield Correctional Center: Capron: 1,069 Dillwyn Correctional Center: Dillwyn: 1,106 Fluvanna Correctional Center ...

  8. Corrective rape - Wikipedia

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    Corrective rape, also called curative rape[ 1] or homophobic rape, [ 2][ 3][ 4] is a hate crime in which somebody is raped because of their perceived sexual orientation. The common intended consequence of the rape, as claimed by the perpetrator, is to turn the person heterosexual. [ 5][ 6][ 7] The term was coined in South Africa after well ...

  9. Jackson Correctional Institution (Wisconsin) - Wikipedia

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    The Jackson Correctional Institution is a medium-security prison for adult males located in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. As of 2023, the prison had a population of 1,003 inmates, with an operating capacity of 837, and 292 staff. It is owned and maintained by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections. The facility was first opened in 1996.