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military prisons  

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  • Military prisons have been housing offenders from each branch of service since the early 1870s. The system replaced corporal punishment practices and was meant to standardize the treatment of military offenders in correctional facilities. [Source: Encyclopedia of Prisons & Correctional Facilities; Military Prisons]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-C89DQ8KK-5

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