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A prison, also known as a jail, gaol, penitentiary, detention center, correction center, correctional facility, or remand center, is a facility where people are imprisoned under the authority of the s
A 19th-century jail room at a Pennsylvania museum
A common punishment in Early Modern Europe was to be made a galley slave. The galley pictured here belonged to the Mediterranean fleet of Louis XIV, c. 1694.
In the modern era, many fortified buildings, such as abbeys and fortresses, were converted to use as prisons. Pictured is the cloister of Clairvaux Abbey, converted to a prison exercise yard after secularization.
Women in Plymouth, England (Black-eyed Sue and Sweet Poll) mourning their lovers who are soon to be transported to Botany Bay (1792)
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The United States Penitentiary, Administrative Maximum Facility is a United States federal prison for men in Fremont County, Colorado, United States. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a
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…prisoners may all also be present within a prison to monitor and control the movement and activity of prisoners within the facility. Design of a cell at ADX Florence Modern prison designs have increasingly sought to restrict and control the movement of prisoners throughout the facility and also to allow a smaller…
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Robert Hanssen in his cell at ADX Florence