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  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

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    Website. www .cdcr .ca .gov. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ( CDCR) is the penal law enforcement agency of the government of California responsible for the operation of the California state prison and parole systems. Its headquarters are in Sacramento .

  5. 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 ).

  6. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction - Wikipedia

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    The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC or ODRC) is the administrative department of the Ohio state government responsible for oversight of Ohio State Correctional Facilities, along with its Incarcerated Individuals. [1]

  7. Kentucky Department of Corrections - Wikipedia

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    KDOC Website. The Kentucky Department of Corrections is a state agency of the Kentucky Justice & Public Safety Cabinet that operates state-owned adult correctional facilities and provides oversight for and sets standards for county jails. They also provide training, community based services, and oversees the state's Probation & Parole Division.

  8. 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.

  9. Prisons in California - Wikipedia

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    Prisons in California. The California State Prison System is a system of prisons, fire camps, contract beds, reentry programs, and other special programs administered by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Division of Adult Institutions to incarcerate approximately 117,000 people as of April 2020. [ 1]