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women's prisons  

Definición

  • Since the 19th century, women offenders in the United States have been held in separate women's facilities. These institutions have always been shaped by ideas of gender as well as by the pathways that lead women to them. [Source: Encyclopedia of Prisons & Correctional Facilities; Women's Prisons]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-T32WK7LL-2

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