military prisons

Soldier detention facilities

Military prisons are detention facilities operated by armed forces to hold service members convicted of crimes under military law, as well as prisoners of war and enemy combatants during wartime.

They differ from civilian prisons in being governed by military justice systems and codes of conduct.

He served two years in a military prison for desertion.

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