open prison
Low-security detention center
An open prison is a minimum-security facility where inmates have greater freedom of movement and fewer physical barriers than in conventional prisons.
Prisoners may leave during the day for work or education, returning at night.
The system relies on trust rather than walls: He served his final months in an open prison.
Also called open jail.
Incarceration with employment permitted
- halfway houseTransitional residence for recovery
- community serviceUnpaid labor benefiting society
- family reunificationRejoining separated relatives
- transitional housingTemporary supported accommodation
day release · home leave · probation · community ties · furlough · job placement · family visits
Least guarded confinement level
- honor systemTrust-based compliance without supervision
- self-disciplineRegulating one's own behavior
- good behaviorAcceptable, rule-following conduct
- low-riskMinimal potential for harm
trustee · accountability · responsibility · compliance · supervised · monitored · conditional · merit-based
Curative mental treatment
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- educationSystematic development of mind
- vocational trainingJob-skill education
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
self-improvement · behavioral change · support groups · life skills · anger management · substance abuse treatment · mental health · empowerment
Student living building
- groundsBasis for justification
- perimeterShape's outer edge length
- campusInstitutional grounds and buildings
- housing unitIndividual living space
common area · workshop · classroom · cafeteria · recreation yard · administration · gatehouse · visitors center
work release
Incarceration with employment permitted
- halfway houseTransitional residence for recovery
- community serviceUnpaid labor benefiting society
- family reunificationRejoining separated relatives
transitional housing · day release · home leave · probation · community ties · furlough · job placement · family visits
minimum-security
Least guarded confinement level
- honor systemTrust-based compliance without supervision
- self-disciplineRegulating one's own behavior
- good behaviorAcceptable, rule-following conduct
low-risk · trustee · accountability · responsibility · compliance · supervised · monitored · conditional · merit-based · behavioral assessment
therapy
Curative mental treatment
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- educationSystematic development of mind
- vocational trainingJob-skill education
recovery · self-improvement · behavioral change · support groups · life skills · anger management · substance abuse treatment · mental health · empowerment · skills development
dormitory
Student living building
- groundsBasis for justification
- perimeterShape's outer edge length
- campusInstitutional grounds and buildings
housing unit · common area · workshop · classroom · cafeteria · recreation yard · administration · gatehouse · visitors center · farm
- prisonsinmates, cells, penitentiary, guards, Alcatraz
- UK Prisonsjail, gaol, Dartmoor, Strangeways, Wandsworth
- minimum securitywork camp
- prison classificationsmaximum security, medium security, minimum security, supermax, level one
- sentencessimple sentence, compound sentence, complex sentence, declarative, interrogative
open prisonmaximum security prison
Highest-level detention facility
supermax · secure unit · medium security prison · state prison · penitentiary
open prisonsolitary confinement
Isolated imprisonment in cell
the hole · isolation unit · isolation cell · death row · detention center
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