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A '''prison''' is a place in which people are confined and deprived of a range of [[Freedom|liberties]]. Prisons conventionally are institutions authorized by governments and forming part of a country's [[criminal justice]] system, or as facilities for holding [[prisoners of war]]. A '''prison system''' is the organizational arrangement of the provision and operation of prisons.

There are a variety of other names for prisons, such as a ''prison-house'', ''penitentiary'' or '''''jail''''' (in [[British English]] and [[Australian English]], an archaic spelling '''''gaol''''' is sometimes used in a historical context, although this spelling is pronounced in the same fashion). There are, also, many [[slang|colloquial]] terms for prisons - such as ''beantown'', ''can'', ''clink'', ''joint'',
''cooler'', ''hoosegow'', ''lockup'', ''lockdown'' and ''slammer''—and imprisonment—''doing time'', ''bird'', ''porridge''.

In the [[United States]] at least, ''jail'' is generally used for facilities where inmates are locked up for a relatively short time (either while awaiting trial or serving a sentence of one year or less upon conviction for a [[misdemeanor]]), while ''prison'' and ''penitentiary'' typically denote a place where inmates go to serve long terms after having been found guilty of a [[felony]]. In [[Massachusetts]], some jails are known as ''houses of correction.'' In [[Washington]] some adult prisons are called ''reformatories'', while in other states this is reserved as a term for a prison of the juvenile justice system.

==Prisons in the criminal justice system==

In the domain of criminal justice, prisons are used to incarcerate convicted [[criminal]]s, but also to house those charged with or likely to be charged with offences. Custodial [[sentence (law)|sentence]]s are sanctions authorised by law for a range of offences. A court may order the incarceration of an individual found guilty of such offences. Individuals may also be committed to prison by a court ''before'' a [[trial]], [[verdict]] or [[sentence (law)|sentence]], generally because the court determines that there is a [[risk]] to society or a risk of absconding prior to a trial; such pre-trial imprisonment is known as [[remand]]. The possibility and maximal duration of remand vary between jurisdictions.

The availability of incarceration as a sanction is designed to mitigate against the likelihood of individuals committing offences: thus prisons are in part about the punishment of individuals who transgress statutory boundaries. Prisons also can serve to protect society, by removing individuals likely to pose a risk to others. Prisons also can have a rehabilitative role in seeking to change the nature of individuals so as to reduce the probability that they will reoffend upon release.

The nature of prisons and of prison systems varies from country to country. Common though by no means universal attributes are segregation by sex, and by category of risk.

Crime and punishment is a wide, very controversial and deeply politicised area, and so too are discussions of prisons, prison systems, the concepts and practices of imprisonment; and the sanction of custody set against other non-custodial sanctions and against the capital sanction, a [[death sentence]]. Some of these issues are discussed in the by country descriptions, below.

==Military prisons==
Prisons form part of military systems, and are used variously to house [[prisoner of war|prisoners of war]], [[unlawful combatant]]s, those whose freedom is deemed a national security risk by military or civilian authorities, and members of the [[military]] found guilty of a serious crime. See [[military prison]].

==Political prisons==

Certain countries maintain or have in the past had a system of political prisons; arguably the [[gulag]]s associated with [[Stalinism]] are best known. The definition of what is and is not a political crime and a political prison is, of course, highly controversial.

==World prison populations==

Over nine million people are imprisoned worldwide. The prison population in most countries increased significantly beginning in the 1990's.

By country, the [[United States prison population]] is the world's largest in absolute terms, at more than 2 million. Both [[Russia]] and [[China]] (with population 5 times that of USA) also had prison populations of 1 million or more in 2002. No data is available for [[North Korea]]. [http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs2/r188.pdf], [http://www.prisonstudies.org/]

[[Rwanda]] has the largest proportion of its population in prison where, as of [[2002]], over 100,000 people were held on suspicion of participation in the [[Rwandan_Genocide|1994 genocide]]. The USA is second largest in relative numbers with 701 people per 100,000 incarcerated, and the proportion in Russia is similar.

The UK had 73,000 inmates in its facilities in 2003, with France and Germany having a similar number. Each of both countries has approximately 1/5 of the population of the United States.

==Prisons in Australia==

Many prisons in [[Australia]] were built by [[convict]] labour in the 1800s. During the 1990's many prisons which were government run were privatised.

*[[List of Australian prisons and detention centres]]
*[[Immigration detention centres]]
*[[Mandatory detention in Australia]]

==Prisons in the United Kingdom==

For information on prisons and related subjects in the [[United Kingdom]], see articles on [[Her Majesty's Prison Service]], on the [[United Kingdom prison population]] and the [[List of United Kingdom prisons]]. Also see [[house arrest]].
[[Image:St-albans-prison-gatehouse.jpg|thumb|Gatehouse of former 19th century [[St Albans]] prison]]

==Prisons in the United States==
:''See [[Prisons in the United States]]

==See also==
*[[List of prisons]]
*[[Private prisons]]
*[[County jails]]
*[[Remand]]
*[[Penal colony]]
*[[Penology]]
*[[Prison abolition movement]]
*[[False imprisonment]]
*[[United States prison population]]
*[[Life imprisonment]]
*[[Panopticon]]
*[[Hard labor (prison)|Hard labour]]
*[[Prison education]]
*[[Penal reform]]
*[[Borstal]]
*[[Anton Praetorius]] in 1613 was one of the first to describe the terrible situation of the prisoners and to protest against torture.
*[[Alcatraz Island]]
*[[House arrest]]
*[[Community service]]

== Levels of imprisonment ==
*[[Minimum security]]-Used mainly for nonviolent offenders such as those guilty of [[Fraud]]
*[[Supermax]]-The highest level of imprisonment, often used for those who have committed crimes while imprisoned.

==Further reading==
*[[Peter Kropotkin]], "[http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_Archives/kropotkin/prisons/toc.html In Russian and French Prisons]". Online book. This is a criticism of the existence of prisons.
* James (Jim} Bruton, ''Big House: Life Inside a Supermax Security Prison'', Voyageur Press (July, 2004), hardcover, 192 pages, ISBN 0896580393
* [[George Jackson]]. George Jackson: ''George Jackson: Soledad brother''.
* Ted Conover. ''Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing''. Knopf, 2001. Trade paperback, 352 pages, ISBN 0375726624.
* Mark L. Taylor. ''The Executed God: The Way of the Cross in Lockdown America''. Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2001. ISBN 0800632834.
* Wil S. Hylton. [http://www.wrongfuldeathinstitute.com/links/sickontheinside.htm "Sick on the Inside: Correctional HMOs and the coming prison plague"]. ''Harper's Magazine'', August 2003.

==External links==
* [http://prisonmail.org Prisonmail: E-mail to mail service for families & friends of prisoners]
* [http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs2/r188.pdf World Prison Population List (fourth edition)]
* [http://www.prisonstudies.org/ International Centre for Prison Studies] at [[King's College]], [[London]]
* [http://72.1911encyclopedia.org/P/PR/PRISON.htm The 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica entry for "prison"]
* [http://www.justiz.nrw.de/AL/sonstigeadressen/justizvollzugsbehoerden.pdf (PDF) Full list of prisons in Germany]
* [http://www.ericdigests.org/1996-1/prison.htm Prison Literacy Programs]
* [http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-9217/community.htm Correctional Education and the Community College]
* [http://www.prisontalk.com/ Prison Talk Online] (discussion about prison related issues)
* [http://www.asphistory.com/ Pictures and Stories from an Iowa Prison]
* [http://www.innocentinprison.org Innocent In Prison Project]
* [http://www.meet-an-inmate.com/ Meet-An-Inmate.Com], a [[personals]] service to seek inmates in the [[USA]] for [[penpals]] and [[relationships]]
* [http://www.internationalpen.org.uk/ International PEN - Writers in Prison Committee]

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 ==Prisoner solidarity==
-Prisoner solidarity efforts consist of (1) prisoners uniting together for mutual aid and other common goals, and (2) people outside prison helping prisoners, especially imprisoned activists. The goal may be to encourage [[direct action]] within the prison system; [[Prison Action News]] perhaps helps promote this goal by providing a way to publicize disturbances. The [[Anarchist Black Cross]] and many other zines provide information concerning anarchism to prisoners free of charge.
+Prisoner solidarity efforts consist of (1) prisoners uniting together for mutual aid and other common goals, and (2) people outside prison helping prisoners, especially imprisoned activists. The goal may be to encourage [[direct action]] within the prison system or to build morale or provide prisoners with ideology-supporting materials they can share with fellow prisoners. [[Prison Action News]] perhaps helps promote this goal by providing a way to publicize disturbances. The [[Anarchist Black Cross]] and many other zines provide information concerning anarchism to prisoners free of charge.
 ==See also==

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		+	Prisoner solidarity efforts consist of (1) prisoners uniting together for mutual aid and other common goals, and (2) people outside prison helping prisoners, especially imprisoned activists. The goal may be to encourage [[direct action]] within the prison system; [[Prison Action News]] perhaps helps promote this goal by providing a way to publicize disturbances. The [[Anarchist Black Cross]] and many other zines provide information concerning anarchism to prisoners free of charge.

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	A '''prison''' is a place in which people are confined and deprived of a range of [[freedom\|liberties]]. Prisons conventionally are institutions authorized by governments and forming part of a country's [[criminal justice]] system, or as facilities for holding [[prisoner of war\|prisoners of war]]. A '''prison system''' is the organizational arrangement of the provision and operation of prisons.		A '''prison''' is a place in which people are confined and deprived of a range of [[freedom\|liberties]]. Prisons conventionally are institutions authorized by governments and forming part of a country's [[criminal justice]] system, or as facilities for holding [[prisoner of war\|prisoners of war]]. A '''prison system''' is the organizational arrangement of the provision and operation of prisons.

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-A '''prison''' is a place in which people are confined and deprived of a range of [[Freedom|liberties]]. Prisons conventionally are institutions authorized by governments and forming part of a country's [[criminal justice]] system, or as facilities for holding [[prisoners of war]]. A '''prison system''' is the organizational arrangement of the provision and operation of prisons.
+A '''prison''' is a place in which people are confined and deprived of a range of [[freedom|liberties]]. Prisons conventionally are institutions authorized by governments and forming part of a country's [[criminal justice]] system, or as facilities for holding [[prisoner of war|prisoners of war]]. A '''prison system''' is the organizational arrangement of the provision and operation of prisons.
-There are a variety of other names for prisons, such as a ''prison-house'',  ''penitentiary'' or '''''jail''''' (in [[British English]] and [[Australian English]], an archaic spelling '''''gaol''''' is sometimes used in a historical context, although this spelling is pronounced in the same fashion). There are, also, many [[slang|colloquial]] terms for prisons - such as ''beantown'', ''can'', ''clink'', ''joint'',
+There are a variety of other names for prisons, such as a ''prison-house'',  ''penitentiary'' or '''''jail''''' (in [[British English language|British English]] and [[Australian English language|Australian English]], an archaic spelling '''''gaol''''' is sometimes used in a historical context, although this spelling is pronounced in the same fashion). There are, also, many [[slang|colloquial]] terms for prisons - such as ''beantown'', ''can'', ''clink'', ''joint'',
 ''cooler'', ''hoosegow'', ''lockup'', ''lockdown'' and ''slammer''&mdash;and imprisonment&mdash;''doing time'', ''bird'', ''porridge''.
-In the [[United States]] at least, ''jail'' is generally used for facilities where inmates are locked up for a relatively short time (either while awaiting trial or serving a sentence of one year or less upon conviction for a [[misdemeanor]]), while ''prison'' and ''penitentiary'' typically denote a place where inmates go to serve long terms after having been found guilty of a [[felony]].  In [[Massachusetts]], some jails are known as ''houses of correction.''  In [[Washington]] some adult prisons are called ''reformatories'', while in other states this is reserved as a term for a prison of the juvenile justice system.
+In the [[United States]] at least, ''jail'' is generally used for facilities where inmates are locked up for up to one year or while awaiting trial, while ''prison'', ''penitentiary'', and ''correctional institution'' typically denote a place where inmates go to serve longer terms.  In [[Massachusetts]], some jails are known as ''houses of correction.''  In [[Washington]] some adult prisons are called ''reformatories'', while in other states this is reserved as a term for a prison of the juvenile justice system.
 ==Prisons in the criminal justice system==
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 ==Military prisons==
 Prisons form part of military systems, and are used variously to house [[prisoner of war|prisoners of war]],  [[unlawful combatant]]s, those whose freedom is deemed a national security risk by military or civilian authorities, and members of the [[military]] found guilty of a serious crime.  See [[military prison]].
 ==Political prisons==
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 By country, the [[United States prison population]] is the world's largest in absolute terms, at more than 2 million. Both [[Russia]] and [[China]] (with population 5 times that of USA) also had prison populations of 1 million or more in 2002. No data is available for [[North Korea]]. [http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs2/r188.pdf], [http://www.prisonstudies.org/]
-[[Rwanda]] has the largest proportion of its population in prison where, as of [[2002]], over 100,000 people were held on suspicion of participation in the [[Rwandan_Genocide|1994 genocide]]. The USA is second largest in relative numbers with 701 people per 100,000 incarcerated, and the proportion in Russia is similar.
+[[Rwanda]] has the largest proportion of its population in prison where, as of [[2002]], over 100,000 people were held on suspicion of participation in the [[Rwandan genocide|1994 genocide]]. The USA is second largest in relative numbers with 701 people per 100,000 incarcerated, and the proportion in Russia is similar.
 The UK had 73,000 inmates in its facilities in 2003, with France and Germany having a similar number. Each of both countries has approximately 1/5 of the population of the United States.
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 Many prisons in [[Australia]] were built by [[convict]] labour in the 1800s. During the 1990's many prisons which were government run were privatised.
-*[[List of Australian prisons and detention centres]]
+*[[list of Australian prisons and detention centres]]
-*[[Immigration detention centres]]
+*[[immigration detention centres]]
-*[[Mandatory detention in Australia]]
+*[[mandatory detention in Australia]]
 ==Prisons in the United Kingdom==
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 ==Prisons in the United States==
-:''See [[Prisons in the United States]]
+*[[United States prisons]]
 ==See also==
-*[[List of prisons]]
+*[[list of prisons]]
-*[[Private prisons]]
+*[[private prisons]]
-*[[County jails]]
+*[[county jails]]
-*[[Remand]]
+*[[remand]]
-*[[Penal colony]]
+*[[penal colony]]
-*[[Penology]]
+*[[penology]]
-*[[Prison abolition movement]]
+*[[prison abolition movement]]
-*[[False imprisonment]]
+*[[false imprisonment]]
-*[[United States prison population]]
 *[[Life imprisonment]]
 *[[Panopticon]]
-*[[Hard labor (prison)|Hard labour]]
+*[[hard labor (prison)|Hard labour]]
-*[[Prison education]]
+*[[prison education]]
-*[[Penal reform]]
+*[[penal reform]]
-*[[Borstal]]
+*[[borstal]]
 *[[Anton Praetorius]] in 1613 was one of the first to describe the terrible situation of the prisoners and to protest against torture.
 *[[Alcatraz Island]]
-*[[House arrest]]
+*[[house arrest]]
-*[[Community service]]
+*[[community service]]
 == Levels of imprisonment ==
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 [[Category:Penology]]
-[[Category:Prisons|*]]
+[[Category:Prison|*]]