Prisons
A prison (also known as a jail or gaol (dated, British and Australian English), penitentiary (American English), detention center (or centre if outside the US), correction center (American English), correctional facility, lock-up 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, …
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5 May 2022 English
Notes of interest with links to documents in Cold War Eastern Europe. Links to photos, maps and compelling stories.
371/171883 119-135 Textual Nice cheery report about prisons in Romania (images 131 & 132 are duplicates) FO …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 Bulgarian
A file of correspondence and reports concerning the internal political situation in Bulgaria. The documents cover meetings of the Bulgarian Central Committee and National Assembly concerning a new labour code, …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
exfiltration of Afghan prisoners held in Afghan prisons. So far, there have been no Afghan prisoners released …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
course a fair parallel, but the reason British prisons are over-crowded is not that our police have cracked …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
depth of their souls. Do not put them away in prisons, in mental hospitals, in exile. Their voices will …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
A file containing documents concerning the position of Jews in the Soviet Union. Subjects covered in the file include a severe decline in the rate of Jewish emigration from the …
Cristopol P r i s o n , one of the most severe prisons in the Soviet Union, demands our attention. 42 …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
government did not demand the release from American prisons of the handcuffed leaders of the trade union of …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
languishing in Cristopol Prison, one of the most severe prisons in the Soviet Union, demands our attention. 42 …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
Government did not demand the release from American prisons of the handcuffed leaders of the trade union of …
