Institutions responsible for the custody, confinement or supervision of convicted or sentenced people, spanning a historic penitentiary built around a specific architectural and philosophical model of confinement and a modern national prison system. Belongs here: any institution whose function is holding, confining or administering the custody of offenders after sentencing. Does not belong here: police and investigative agencies, whose function ends at arrest and prosecution, grouped under the law enforcement subcategories above. This subcategory currently holds two live entities; a future mint wave is expected to grow it as more correctional institutions are researched.
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All Corrections and Custodial Institutions
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1. Eastern State Penitentiary (Wikipedia)
Eastern State Penitentiary, lead sectionQuote, Eastern State Penitentiary, lead section
Designed by John Haviland and opened on October 25, 1829, Eastern State is considered to be the world's first true penitentiary
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