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Meanings of jails in English

Russian
кичман
Portuguese
aljube
Spanish
carcelazo
Catalan
centre penitenciari
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Place in which people legally are physically confined and usually deprived of a range of personal freedoms.

кичман
Usage of jails in English
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The population in the treatment center is different from jails and prisons.
Ebony
2
Mr Xu noted that dozens of political prisoners remained in Chinese jails.
The Irish Times
3
No national standards govern the use of Tasers in jails and prisons.
Reuters
4
He has been held in Canadian jails for more than four years.
Reuters
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Rio has officially reported 12 deaths from coronavirus in the state's jails.
Reuters
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They're in the courts, the police departments, even the jails and prisons.
Salvador strike
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Thel had seen medieval keeps with similarly built jails back on Sanghelios.
The Cole Protocol
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They were defined as common criminals and slung in Cape Town's jails.
The Guardian
9
Many more immolated themselves or ended serving long sentences in over-crowded jails.
After the Rain : how the West lost the East
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Poverty and its sister, Ignorance, fill the jails and the insane asylums.
Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers
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The data captures jails in 44 states plus the District of Columbia.
Reuters
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Plus, we are forgetting that jails and prisons are already traumatic experiences.
Ebony
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There were no jails nor was any whipping done on the farm.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
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I am surprised, in visiting jails, to find so few respectable-looking convicts.
The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1
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I've practiced in jails, prisons and mental health community based treatment centers.
Ebony
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The commission also warns of the rising numbers of women in jails.
The Guardian
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Ireland
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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