prisons and jails

Scope Note

Places of imprisonment and detention; precautions against escape; personnel (e.g., jailers, wardens, chaplains, guards); differential treatment of inmates (e.g., women, trusties); organization of penal institutions; prison rules an routines; rewards and punishments for behavior; terms; paroles and pardons; prison labor; penal labor camps; special prisons (e.g., prisons for political offenders, military prisons); etc.

Identifier

Broader Term

• 690 justice

Related Terms

• 344 public structures
• 466 labor relations
• 681 sanctions
• 727 aftermath of combat
• 734 invalidism
• 738 delinquency