penal systems
Correctional institution networks
Penal systems are the institutions and practices a society uses to punish criminal offenders—prisons, jails, parole boards, and the laws governing them.
The term often appears in discussions of reform or comparison: The Nordic penal system emphasizes rehabilitation over punishment.
Critics of mass incarceration speak of the penal system as a unified apparatus perpetuating inequality.
- paroleConditional early release
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- penologistsScholars of incarceration systems
- probationSupervised trial period
- time servedPeriod already imprisoned
work release · correctional facility · guard · criminal law · prison · maximum security · death row · education programs · sentencing guidelines · life sentence · vocational training · recidivism · halfway house · three-strikes laws · plea bargain · detention center · cell · reformatory
- criminologycrime, criminology, criminal behavior, criminologist, criminalization
penal systemsrestorative justice
Conflict resolution through mutual healing
rehabilitation programs · healing circles · decarceration · truth and reconciliation · mental health services
penal systemsliberty
Absence of unjust constraint
freedom · civil liberties · personal autonomy · emancipation · open society
penal systemsanarchy
Disorder from absent authority
statelessness · decriminalization · lawlessness · tribal customs