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... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > penology > prisons and correctional facilities > prison life > inmate code

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inmate code  

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  • Within the walls of prisons and underneath the formal rules of conduct mandated by each institution, inmates live by their own standards and rules. Isolated from the outside world, they create lives and meaning for themselves in conjunction with their peers in the institution. [Source: Encyclopedia of Prisons & Correctional Facilities; Inmate Code]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-L1BLXWZJ-5

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