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• Prison reform — is the attempt to improve conditions inside prisons, aiming at a more effective penal system.TheoryA precise definition refers to an attempt to change the penal system, typically from one model to another. Changing back to an earlier model is… …   Wikipedia

• punishment — pun·ish·ment n 1: the act of punishing 2: a penalty (as a fine or imprisonment) inflicted on an offender through the judicial and esp. criminal process see also cruel and unusual punishment Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster …   Law dictionary

• Prison literature in the United States — Prison writing is literature written by people who are incarcerated. It is a distinct literary phenomenon which is increasingly studied as such by academics. [ [http://cfp.english.upenn.edu/archive/2003 07/0107.html Call for Papers: American… …   Wikipedia

• Prison officer — Finnish Prison Officer Occupation Names Correctional officer, corrections officer, detention officer Activity sectors Law enforcement …   Wikipedia

• Prison rape in the United States — Prison rape commonly refers to the rape of inmates in prison by other inmates or prison staff. In 2001, Human Rights Watch estimated that at least 140,000 inmates had been raped while incarcerated. [1] and there is a significant variation in the… …   Wikipedia

• prison — pris·on n: an institution usu. under state control for confinement of persons serving sentences for serious crimes compare house of correction, house of detention, jail, lockup …   Law dictionary

• Prison au cinema — Prison au cinéma La prison est le sujet de nombreux films, qu il soient documentaires ou de fiction. Différents thèmes sont abordés dans ces films tels que la violence (agressions, combats ou meurtres), le viol, le vol, la peine de mort ou l… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Punishment (TV series) — Punishment is an Australian television soap opera made by the Reg Grundy Organisation for the Ten Network in 1981.Set in a fictional men s prison, the series attempted to present a male version of the successful soap Prisoner . Attempts by the… …   Wikipedia

• Prison Radio — is a project of The Redwood Justice Fund which is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the defense of the environment and of civil and human rights secured by law. Established by Judi Bari in 1994, the foundation embraces a wide array of… …   Wikipedia

• Punishment Park —    Film de science fiction de Peter Watkins, avec Stan Armsted, Jim Bohan, Bob Franklin.   Pays: États Unis   Date de sortie: 1971   Technique: couleurs   Durée: 1 h 28    Résumé    Au Viêt Nam, le président Nixon a décrété l état d urgence. Les… …   Dictionnaire mondial des Films

• prison — prisonlike, adj. /priz euhn/, n. 1. a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc. 2. See state prison. 3. any place of confinement or involuntary restraint. 4. imprisonment. [bef.… …   Universalium