"A prison,[a] also known as a correctional facility, jail,[b] gaol (dated, British and Australian English[c]), penitentiary (American English), detention center (or centre if outside the US), ...
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correctional center,[d] (American English) or remand center, is a facility in which inmates (or prisoners) are forcibly confined and denied a variety of freedoms under the authority of the state. Prisons are most commonly used within a criminal justice system: people charged with crimes may be imprisoned until their trial; those pleading or being found guilty of crimes at trial may be sentenced to a specified period of imprisonment. In simplest terms, a prison can also be described as a building in which people are legally held as a punishment for a crime they have committed." - (en.wikipedia.org 29.02.2020)
