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... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > penology > corrections (penology) > corrections > prison systems
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > social history of crime > courts, corrections, punishments > corrections > prison systems
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > race and crime > corrections > prison systems

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prison systems  

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  • A nation's prison system holds people who have been convicted by the courts and sentenced to a term of imprisonment. Offenders in the United States may be placed in a state or in a federal correctional facility. [Source: Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment; Prison Systems]

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