prisons

inmate

Confined facility resident

• cellblockPrison housing unit
• wardenSupervisory custodian of place
• barsRods, taverns, or measures

cells · guards · confinement · custody · penitentiary · convict · jailhouse · lockup · prisoner · cellmate

rehabilitation

Recovery from injury/addiction

• recidivismHabitual return to crime
• reentryComing back in
• decarcerationReducing imprisonment rates

restorative justice · education · advocacy · sentencing reform · parole · probation · clemency · amnesty · oversight · humanization

trial

Judicial examination of claims

• sentencingImposing legal punishment
• verdictOfficial court decision
• judgeOne who decides

courtroom · defendant · prosecution · attorney · evidence · appeal · conviction · sentence · acquittal · testimony

remand

Return for further proceedings

• holdingMaintaining physical possession
• detaineePerson held in custody
• captivityState of being confined

arrest · enclosure · fence · security · surveillance · captive · booking · intake · pretrial · bail

solitary confinement

Isolated imprisonment in cell

• segregationForced separation by group
• the holeAbsence within solid
• seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society

sensory deprivation · lockdown · mental health · alienation · loneliness · windowless

felony

Serious criminal offense

• assaultViolent offensive act
• robberyTheft through intimidation
• traffickingIllegal transport for profit

smuggling · homicide · manslaughter · drug offense · violent crime · offense · conviction · charge · criminal record · rap sheet

• justicecourtroom, trials, retributive justice, courts, gavel
• prisonsinmates, cells, prisoner, penitentiary, guards
• crime historyorganized crime, trial records, criminal records, Al Capone, Bonnie and Clyde
• government functionslaw enforcement, national defense, tax collection, public safety, judiciary
• law and societysocial control, legal institutions, legal systems, social order, rule of law
• nationalized sectorsrailways, postal service, national bank, national railway, public utilities