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There are at least 7 types of prisons in the United States. These are: jails, federal prisons, state prisons, rehabilitation prisons, minimum security, medium security, and maxium security prisons.
Actually there are four types of prisons in the United States. Military, Juvenile, Political, and Psychiatric. Jails are considered temporary holding facilities for criminals until they can be moved and housed into a prison.
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How many inmates does an average jail hold?
(in the US) There are many types of prisons. State prisons - Federal prisons - Military prisons. There really is no such thing as a "typical prison." They can range in size from housing a few hundred prisoners, to those that house several thousands.
How many doctors in prisons for crimes they committed?
how many doctors are in prisons for crimes they comitted in the US
How many state prisons are there in the US?
1200
How many US prisons are overcrowded?
Every single one of them.
How many state and local prisons are in operation across the US?
1700
Are there underground prisons in the US?
There are underground secret prisons that the government isn't telling us.
How many prisons are in California?
There are 33 state prisons in California.
How many prisons are in Michigan?
there are 49 prisons in Mi.
How many people are in US's prisons and jails?
1 out of every 100 citizens... so you do the math
1930s prisons in the US?
coool
What percentage of the prisons in the US are privately owned?
Approximately 8.4% of state and federal prisoners in the US are housed in privately operated facilities. However, the percentage of privately owned prisons can vary by state, with some states having a higher proportion of privately operated prisons than others.
How many prisons are there in Michigan?
there are 49 prisons in Mi.
