prison (original) (raw)
Meaning of prison in English
Examples of prison
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Most commentators believed that many ' incorrigibles ' had to be interned in security confinement after their prison or penitentiary sentence, in order to protect society.
Many prison officials agreed that, as long as security confinement had not become law, ' incorrigible ' inmates should at least be excluded from most benefits.
In contrast, the corporations operating private prisons inflict sanctions whose severity is determined by the state.
While he was in prison, two of his brothers died, one of a drug overdose.
Three senior medical officials were convicted of criminal negligence and fraud and were sentenced to prison.
It now mainly manufactures prefabricated building modules for schools, hospitals and prisons.
Confiscating and reading through his manuscripts, the agents decided to send him to a prison psychiatrist.
This may reflect the absence of patients with heart disease in some prisons, though all are likely to have some patients at some time.
Most of the increased risk associated with tattoos appeared to result from acquisition of tattoos in jail or prison.
But a brief foray into prison literature suggests to me that the conceptual difficulties can easily be exaggerated.
A further eight cases were identified in four other prisons within the state.
Included were questions about the provision of services applicable to prison populations but not usually to mainstream general practice.
But how did this affect the lives of individual inmates inside prisons and penitentiaries?
Less than a quarter of prisons had audited any of their chronic disease services in the last two years.
But such policies were not fully implemented in other prisons, not least because of resistance by local prison officials.
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Federal prison authorities will decide where.
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Translations of prison
in Chinese (Traditional)
監獄, 監禁，關押, 關押制度…
in Chinese (Simplified)
监狱, 监禁，关押, 关押制度…
in Spanish
cárcel, la cárcel, prisión [feminine…
in Portuguese
prisão, cadeia, prisão [feminine]…
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hapishane, mahpushane, hapisane…
prison [feminine], prison…
குற்றவாளிகள் தங்கள் செய்த குற்றத்துக்காக வாழ வற்புறுத்தப்படும் ஒரு கட்டிடம்…
fengsel [neuter], fengsel…
జైలు, కారాగారం/ నేరస్థులు శిక్షగా (శిక్ష పడినందువల్ల) ఎక్కడైతే జీవించవలసి వస్తుందో ఆ భవనం…
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