Términos

Casa religiosa que se encuentra inmediatamente por debajo de las abadías y son presididas por un pior o priora

Lugar de confinamiento y corrección gestionado por el estado o las autoridades federales y destinado a aquellos adultos condenados a sentencias de más de un año por crímenes graves. Desarrollada desde finales del siglo XVIII, se caracteriza generalmente por su plano consistente en celdas y corredores con separaciones en función de los delitos y del sexo, y por sus programas de rehabilitación proporcionados como medio para reformar a los prisioneros. Use "cárcel" para lugares destinados al

Buildings that house prisons populated by prisoners who can be reasonably trusted to not to try to escape; the term is often used in British prison systems.

Lugar de confinamiento y corrección, establecido desde el siglo XVI, que utiliza el trabajo duro y la disciplina estricta como medidas reformativas para delicuentes menores, vagabundos o pobres mayores o discapacitados. Para edificios de asistencia social que proporcionan cuidados caritativos y trabajo a las personas pobres, use "hospicio".

Buildings that house places of detention primarily for debtors.

Buildings that house prisons administered by the state, particularly a state in the U.S.

Buildings housing prisons administered by a federal government, in the U.S., those managed by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Institución diseñada para mantener a los miembros de las fuerzas armadas que han sido condenados por violar el Código de la Juticia Militar.

Úsese para aquellos involuntariamente confinados en prisión o mantenidos bajo custodia. Usar "convicto" para aquellos que cumplen una sentencia de prisión siguiendo una condena por un delito penal. Usar "recluso" para aquellos confinados, voluntaria o involuntariamente, en una instalación institucional.

Aquellos tomados por captura o rendición por el poder del enemigo durante una guerra, especialmente personal militar.

Relatively small rooms in jails or prisons, used to confine one or more inmates; may be enclosed with bars or otherwise fortified against escape.

Inhabited places of any size in which a prison is located and contributes to the economy of the place.

Communities of modest size in which a prison and activities supporting the prison are primary industries.

Detention camps for enemy combatants captured in time of war.

Benches designed to allow the detainment of prisoners or others. The benches may be enclosed or open, and may be designed to allow the attachment of restraints. The purpose of the benches varied in periods of history and various contexts: purposes include as a temporary means of detainment prior to imprisonment or trial, to shame the citizen in a public place, or to allow the detainees to attend a religious service or other event.

Institutions having facilities where people are legally committed as punishment for a crime or while awaiting trial. In North America, the term specifically denotes a facility run by the state or federal government for those who have been convicted of serious crimes, in contrast to a locally run facility for those awaiting trial or convicted of minor offences. Use "jails (institutions)" for facilities for offenders sentenced either for lesser crimes or relatively short terms.

Family of rays having a long flat rostrum lined with sharp transverse teeth.

Order having only one living family of ray-like fish with long, flat, toothed rostrums.