conditions of imprisonment
1IMPRISONMENT — IMPRISONMENT, the act of depriving a person of his liberty by restricting his freedom of movement and confining him within a particular defined locality, where he is under the direct and constant supervision of the confining authority. This form… …
2IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT — IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT, the imprisonment of a debtor who fails to pay his debt on or before the date due. Prevalence in Other Legal Systems Influenced by Roman law (see execution civil law), imprisonment for debt was the most common means of… …
3Imprisonment of John Drayton — The imprisonment of John Drayton in 1904 was the first and, until 1995, only, time that an Australian parliament punished somebody under parliamentary privilege provisions.The incident arose over the forfeiture and subsequent reinstatement of a… …
4History of life imprisonment — In the history of life imprisonment or life incarceration, where all or most of a person s remaining life is spent imprisoned, its purpose has chiefly been as an alternative to the death penalty or exile. The phrase life without parole is… …
5False imprisonment — is a tort, and possibly a crime, wherein a person is intentionally confined without legal authority.ElementsThe elements of the tort are: * Intent to confine another person against their will. In Australia, this element will be fulfilled if the… …
6Life imprisonment — or life incarceration is a sentence of imprisonment for a serious crime, often for most or even all of the criminal s remaining life, but in fact for a period which varies between jurisdictions: many countries have a maximum possible period of… …
7Life imprisonment in England and Wales — Criminal procedure Criminal trials and convictions …
8Alternatives to imprisonment — might be understood on several levels:One way to sketch the range of alternatives people have developed for responding to violence is to divide it by shorter term and longer term strategies.Shorter term strategies include restorative justice… …
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10GHETTO — GHETTO, urban section serving as compulsory residential quarter for Jews. Generally surrounded by a wall shutting it off from the rest of the city, except for one or more gates, the ghetto remained bolted at night. The origin of this term has… …
