penal institution


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Noun1.penal institution - an institution where persons are confined for punishment and to protect the public
brig - a penal institution (especially on board a ship)
camp - a penal institution (often for forced labor); "China has many camps for political prisoners"
correctional institution - a penal institution maintained by the government
infrastructure, base - the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial base of Japan"
institution - an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated
penal colony - a penal institution where prisoners are exiled (often located on an island from which escape is difficult or impossible)
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Trumbold, who was indicted in March for a possession of alcohol in a penal institution Feb.
According to the appeal, the attempts are being made to artificially create fuss around the incident that occurred on December 16, 2018 in connection with Azerbaijani blogger Mehman Huseynov, who is imprisoned in the penal institution #14 of the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice.
At the same time, an absolutely new penal institution was introduced - a probation, a period of supervision over an offender, ordered by the court instead of serving time in prison.
Inmates at Naivasha GK Prison will undergo voluntary circumcision in a joint initiative between the penal institution and Kijabe Mission Hospital.
On his return, he wrote: "A walk through the cells in Quezon City jail makes one realise how far behind the normal jail standards the penal institution lags."
Larnaca/Famagusta criminal court meeting in Nicosia, imposed sentences of 12 years on two individuals and 10 years on two others for sexual offenses involving violence, sexual exploitation of an adult, drugging in order to have sexual contact by force, and injury, offences committed in the penal institution between November 20, 2013 and January 7, 2014.
Vehicles, carrying the two, entered penal institution of the prison at 11: 30 p.m.
Conrad's sequel, a women-in-prison epic known as the "jail movie" and shot with Mike Kelley, Tony Oursler, and others, long remained unfinished, until its installation at New York's Greene Naftali Gallery in 2013 as WiP, complete with full-size jail cells and enigmatic glass "paintings." For this exhibition, Conrad will reconfigure his prison project, adding a new series of diagrammatic works on canvas, effectively projecting the disciplinary penal institution through the kunsthalle's architectural and institutional context.
The suicide of the 22 year old inmate of "Nubarashen" penal institution, Manvel Azroyan, sentenced to life
ASECOND inquest begins today into how a 14-year-old boy hanged himself at a County Durham secure unit and became Britain's youngest person to die in a penal institution in modern times.
Following a recommendation of the Correctional Administration Reform Council, a Penal Institution Visiting Committee was established.