Wikipedia:WikiProject Correction and Detention Facilities

WikiProject Correction and Detention Facilities
ShortcutWP:Prisons
CategoriesWikiProject Correction and Detention Facilities, Prisons
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"The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons." -- Fyodor Dostoevsky

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  • Create and improve articles for individual jails, prisons, and detention facilities.
  • Create and improve articles dealing with the treatment of prisoners.
  • Create and improve articles about such facilities' effects on prisoner recidivism.

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 Correction and Detention Facilities NA‑class (defunct)
 This article is within the scope of WikiProject Correction and Detention Facilities, a project which is currently considered to be defunct.
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The template to use in article space for prisons is Template:Infobox prison.