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There are 33 state prisons in California.
There are currently 70 state run prisons in New york. There are 2 federal prisons in the state of New York.
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(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 are in prisons for crimes they comitted in the US
There are 13.
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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.
State prisons are run by the state, criminals are placed in state prisons when the have broken only state laws. Criminals go to federally run prisons when they break federal laws.
No. All US states operate their own prison system.
There are 6 active prisons in the state of Illinois. There is talk of more being built due to the record high population of inmates in Illinois prisons.