Imprisonment and detention

non-governmental organization based in the United Kingdom

thumb|A punishment cell block in one of the subcamps of Vorkutlag, 1945 The Gulag was a system of forced labor camps in the Soviet Union. The word Gulag originally referred only to the division of the Soviet secret police that was in charge of running the forced labor camps from the 1930s to the early 1950s during Joseph Stalin's rule, but in English literature the term is popularly used for the system of forced labor throughout the Soviet era. The abbreviation GULAG (ГУЛАГ) stands for "Glávnoye upravléniye ispravítel'no-trudovýkh lageréy " (Гла́вное управле́ние исправи́тельно-трудовы́х лагере

person who is held in custody by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict

The '''People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (, ), abbreviated as NKVD''' (; ), was the interior ministry and secret police of the Soviet Union from 1934 to 1946. The agency was formed to succeed the Joint State Political Directorate (OGPU) secret police organization, and thus had a monopoly on intelligence and state security functions. The NKVD is known for carrying out political repression and the Great Purge under Joseph Stalin, as well as counterintelligence and other operations on the Eastern Front of World War II. The head of the NKVD was Genrikh Yagoda from 1934 to 1936, Nikolai Ye

someone imprisoned because they have opposed or criticized the government responsible for their imprisonment

thumb|236px|Gustave Doré's image of the exercise yard at [[Newgate Prison (1872)]] A prisoner, also known as an inmate or detainee, is a person who is deprived of liberty against their will. This can be by confinement or captivity in a prison or physical restraint. The term usually applies to one serving a sentence in prison.

controversial 1971 psychological experiment

Bail is a set of pre-trial restrictions that are imposed on a person charged with a criminal offence to ensure that they will not hamper the judicial process. Court bail may be offered to secure the conditional release of a defendant with the promise to appear in court when required. In some countries, especially the United States, bail sometimes includes a deposit of money or some form of property to the court by the person charged with an offence in return for the release from pre-trial detention. If the defendant does not return to court, the money is forfeited and the defendant may face ad

right|thumb|The dungeons of Blarney Castle, Ireland A dungeon is a room or cell in which prisoners are held, especially underground. Dungeons are generally associated with medieval castles, though their association with torture probably derives more from the Renaissance period. An oubliette (from the French , meaning 'to forget') or bottle dungeon is a basement room which is accessible only from a hatch or hole (an angstloch) in a high ceiling.

judicial penalty in which a person is confined to their residence

removal of the freedom of liberty by a state

anyone imprisoned for their demographics, beliefs, or the nonviolent expression thereof

thumb|Antti Rannanjärvi and [[Antti Isotalo, the infamous Finnish "puukkojunkkaris", imprisoned in 1869]] Imprisonment or incarceration is the restraint of a person's liberty for any cause whatsoever, whether by authority of the government, or by a person acting without such authority. In the latter case it is considered "false imprisonment". Imprisonment does not necessarily imply a place of confinement with bolts and bars, but may be exercised by any use or display of force (such as placing one in handcuffs), lawfully or unlawfully, wherever displayed, even in the open street. People become

unlawful secret disappearance

detention of a criminal defendant after charges are filed until a trial

remote settlement used to house convicts from the general population

Irish Governmental and Roman Catholic Institution

site for the containment of combatants captured by their enemy in time of war

type of prison for people under the age of majority

human rights organization in Dublin, Ireland

arrest and detention of individuals by the state without trial

human rights violation

illegal restraint of a person in a bounded area without justification or consent

location at which an unacknowledged black project is conducted

the misuse of psychiatry, including diagnosis, detention, and treatment, for the purposes of obstructing the human rights of individuals and/or groups in a society

jail cell for intoxicated people

Political prisoner

controversial policy of detention for non-punitive reasons

secret headquarters used by the CIA

2004 decision of the High Court of Australia

island in Bío Bío Region, Chile

thumb|Riot police kettling protesters at the Camp for Climate Action#Camp in the City 2009|Camp for Climate action, part of the [[2009 G20 London summit protests]] thumb|Police kettling protesters at the Opernring in Vienna, COVID-19 pandemic in Austria#Prevention measures|part of the protest against coronavirus restrictions

International human rights group established in 1991 by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR)

The Rheinwiesenlager (; ) were a group of 19 camps built in the Allied-occupied part of Germany by the U.S. Army to hold captured German soldiers at the close of the Second World War. Officially named Prisoner of War Temporary Enclosures (PWTE), they held between one and almost two million surrendered Wehrmacht personnel from April until September 1945.

Type of incarceration in Russia

official in charge of a prison

prison in Serbia

A type of extended prison visit for the legal spouse of an inmate

thumb|270px|Entrance to HM Prison Portland|The Grove Prison. Built in 1848, it operated as an adult prison from 1848, a borstal from 1921, and a young offenders institution from 1988. A borstal is a type of youth detention centre, commonly known as a borstal school in India, where they remain in use. Until the late 20th century, borstals existed in the United Kingdom, several member states of the Commonwealth and the Republic of Ireland.

nonprofit network of lawyers

death of a person in the custody of the police, other authorities or in prison

one of the functions of punishment

an intensive monitoring process used to ensure that a person cannot attempt suicide

hospital in China

thumb|right|A lion in captivity at the [[Caricuao Zoo in Caracas]] Captivity, or being held captive, is a state wherein humans or other animals are confined to a particular space and prevented from leaving or moving freely. An example in humans is imprisonment. Prisoners of war are usually held in captivity by a government hostile to their own. Animals are held in captivity in zoos, and often as pets and as livestock.

2025 Supreme Court of Brazil case on 2022 coup attempt

Illegal interrogation methods

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