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Also known as: penitentiary
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Aug. 29, 2024, 5:34 AM ET (Medical Xpress)
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His Murder Conviction Was Overturned. Why Is He Still in Prison?
prison, an institution for the confinement of persons who have been remanded (held) in custody by a judicial authority or who have been deprived of their liberty following conviction for a crime. A person found guilty of a felony or a misdemeanour may be required to serve a prison sentence. The holding of accused persons awaiting trial remains an important function of contemporary prisons, and in some countries such persons constitute the majority of the prison population. In the United Kingdom, for example, generally about one-fifth of the prison population is unconvicted or unsentenced, while more than two-thirds of those ...(100 of 4687 words)