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prison (from Old French prisoun)[1] is a place in which people are physically
confined and usually deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or
incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime. Other terms used are penitentiary, correctional
facility, remand centre, detention centre, and jail or gaol. In some legal
systems some of these terms have distinct meanings.
