prison farm
Inmates grow crops
A prison farm is a correctional facility where inmates perform agricultural labor—raising crops, tending livestock, or working the land.
These institutions combine incarceration with farming operations, historically intended to make prisons self-sustaining or profitable.
He served two years at a prison farm in Louisiana.
The term sometimes carries connotations of harsh conditions and forced labor.
Confined facility resident
- convictJailed offender after trial
- wardenSupervisory custodian of place
- guardWatchful defensive attention
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
correctional · detention · custody · facility · cell · lockup · bars · security
Research conducted on location
- harvestingGathering mature crops
- cultivationFostering growth through care
- plowingTurning earth for crops
- tillingCultivating soil for crops
crops · livestock · dairy · poultry · manual labor · work detail · chain gang · hoeing
Amount of land owned
- pastureGrazing ground for livestock
- barnAgricultural storage structure
- farmlandAgricultural terrain
- orchardFruit tree plantation
fields · grounds · compound · remote · isolated · agricultural land · open land · dormitory
Job-skill education
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- reintegrationRestoration to a group
- life skillsCompetencies for daily living
- second chanceRenewed opportunity after failure
work ethic · job skills · self-sufficiency · restorative justice · redemption · transformation · education · counseling
inmate
Confined facility resident
- convictJailed offender after trial
- wardenSupervisory custodian of place
- guardWatchful defensive attention
sentence · correctional · detention · custody · facility · cell · lockup · bars · security · solitary
fieldwork
Research conducted on location
- harvestingGathering mature crops
- cultivationFostering growth through care
- plowingTurning earth for crops
tilling · crops · livestock · dairy · poultry · manual labor · work detail · chain gang · hoeing · weeding
acreage
Amount of land owned
orchard · fields · grounds · compound · remote · isolated · agricultural land · open land · dormitory · barracks
vocational training
Job-skill education
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- reintegrationRestoration to a group
- life skillsCompetencies for daily living
second chance · work ethic · job skills · self-sufficiency · restorative justice · redemption · transformation · education · counseling · recidivism reduction
prison farmsupermax
Highest-security prison classification
maximum-security prison · maximum security prison · Alcatraz · death row · locked ward
prison farmfree society
Polity guaranteeing personal liberties
civilian life · liberty · home · freedom
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