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==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] prehension-, prehensio act of seizing, from prehendere to seize
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Century 12th century]
==Definitions==
*1 : a [[state]] of confinement or captivity
*2 : a place of confinement especially for lawbreakers; specifically : an [[institution]] (as one under [[state]] [[jurisdiction]]) for confinement of [[persons]] [[convicted]] of serious [[crimes]]
==Description==
A '''prison''' (from Old French prisoun) is a place in which people are [[physically]] confined and, usually, deprived of a range of [[personal]] [[freedoms]]. Other terms are penitentiary, correctional facility, and jail (or gaol), although in the United States "jail" and "prison" refer to [[different]] subtypes of correctional facility. Prisons are [[convention]]ally [[institutions]] which form part of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_justice criminal justice system] of a country, such that imprisonment or incarceration is a [[legal]] [[penalty]] that may be imposed by the [[state]] for the commission of a [[crime]].
A criminal [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspect suspect] who has been charged with or is likely to be charged with criminal [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offense_(law) offense] may be held on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detention_of_suspects remand] in prison if he is denied or unable to meet conditions of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bail bail], or is unable or unwilling to post bail. A criminal defendant may also be held in prison while awaiting [[trial]] or a trial [[verdict]]. If found [[guilty]], a defendant will be convicted and may receive a custodial sentence requiring imprisonment.
As well as convicted or suspected criminals, prisons may be used for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment internment] of those not charged with a [[crime]]. Prisons may also be used as a [[tool]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_repression political repression] to detain political prisoners, prisoners of [[conscience]], and "enemies of the state", particularly by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoritarianism authoritarian] [[regimes]]. In times of [[war]] or [[conflict]], prisoners of war may also be detained in prisons. A prison system is the [[organizational]] arrangement of the provision and operation of prisons, and depending on their [[nature]], may invoke a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrections corrections] [[system]]. Although people have been imprisoned throughout [[history]], they have also regularly been able to perform [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_escape prison escapes].
[[Category: Law]]
==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] prehension-, prehensio act of seizing, from prehendere to seize
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Century 12th century]
==Definitions==
*1 : a [[state]] of confinement or captivity
*2 : a place of confinement especially for lawbreakers; specifically : an [[institution]] (as one under [[state]] [[jurisdiction]]) for confinement of [[persons]] [[convicted]] of serious [[crimes]]
==Description==
A '''prison''' (from Old French prisoun) is a place in which people are [[physically]] confined and, usually, deprived of a range of [[personal]] [[freedoms]]. Other terms are penitentiary, correctional facility, and jail (or gaol), although in the United States "jail" and "prison" refer to [[different]] subtypes of correctional facility. Prisons are [[convention]]ally [[institutions]] which form part of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_justice criminal justice system] of a country, such that imprisonment or incarceration is a [[legal]] [[penalty]] that may be imposed by the [[state]] for the commission of a [[crime]].
A criminal [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspect suspect] who has been charged with or is likely to be charged with criminal [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offense_(law) offense] may be held on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detention_of_suspects remand] in prison if he is denied or unable to meet conditions of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bail bail], or is unable or unwilling to post bail. A criminal defendant may also be held in prison while awaiting [[trial]] or a trial [[verdict]]. If found [[guilty]], a defendant will be convicted and may receive a custodial sentence requiring imprisonment.
As well as convicted or suspected criminals, prisons may be used for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment internment] of those not charged with a [[crime]]. Prisons may also be used as a [[tool]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_repression political repression] to detain political prisoners, prisoners of [[conscience]], and "enemies of the state", particularly by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoritarianism authoritarian] [[regimes]]. In times of [[war]] or [[conflict]], prisoners of war may also be detained in prisons. A prison system is the [[organizational]] arrangement of the provision and operation of prisons, and depending on their [[nature]], may invoke a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrections corrections] [[system]]. Although people have been imprisoned throughout [[history]], they have also regularly been able to perform [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_escape prison escapes].
[[Category: Law]]