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A '''prison''' is a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the [[government]] (either because they have been accused of a crime and they are trial or because they have been convicted of a crime and they are serving a sentence). In the [[United States]], 2.2 million people are incarcerated, and over the course of a year, many millions spend time in prison or jail. Prisons create jobs - over 750,000 men and women work in correctional facilities. Despite correctional methods used in these institutions, 67 percent of former prisoners will be rearrested and 52 percent will be re-incarcerated.
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[[File:Prison.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|Prison fence]]
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A '''prison''' is a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the [[government]] (either because they have been accused of a crime and they await trial or because they have been convicted of a crime and they are serving a sentence).  
  
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In the [[United States]], 2.2 million people are incarcerated, and over the course of a year, many millions spend time in prison or jail. Prisons create jobs - over 750,000 men and women work in correctional facilities. Despite correctional methods used in these institutions, 67 percent of former prisoners will be rearrested and 52 percent will be re-incarcerated.<ref>[http://www.prisoncommission.org/ Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons]</ref> The term for this is [[recidivism]], meaning a criminal who has committed a crime, is released, then goes on to commit subsequent crimes.
  
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==References==
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==See also==
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*[[Jail]]
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*[[Palmasola]]
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[[Category:Punishment]]
 
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[[Category:Sociology]]

Latest revision as of 17:30, June 8, 2017

Prison fence

A prison is a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either because they have been accused of a crime and they await trial or because they have been convicted of a crime and they are serving a sentence).

In the United States, 2.2 million people are incarcerated, and over the course of a year, many millions spend time in prison or jail. Prisons create jobs - over 750,000 men and women work in correctional facilities. Despite correctional methods used in these institutions, 67 percent of former prisoners will be rearrested and 52 percent will be re-incarcerated.[1] The term for this is recidivism, meaning a criminal who has committed a crime, is released, then goes on to commit subsequent crimes.

References

  1. Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons

See also