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Although there are abundant attestations of punitive forced labour, disciplinary exercises (''uriximandon''), and {{wp|physical restraint}} by premodern Coscivian societies, ''confinement'' as an ordinary criminal penalty appears to have been quite unheard of. Philological evidence demonstrates that this posed a problem for Levantine missionaries and early Kiravian churchmen trying to translate the {{wp|New Testament}} into [[High Coscivian]], as the closest terms in common currency relating to imprisonment referred more properly to the widespread practice of {{wp|Niall_of_the_Nine_Hostages#Origin_of_his_epithet|hostage-taking}}. Indeed, most post-classical Kiravian communities would have lacked the facilities, resources, and enforcement apparatus to incarcerate convicts for extended periods. Offences that might merit imprisonment in other contemporaneous societies were usually penalised by {{wp|judicial corporal punishment|corporal punishment}}, {{wp|banishment}}, or execution. | Although there are abundant attestations of punitive forced labour, disciplinary exercises (''uriximandon''), and {{wp|physical restraint}} by premodern Coscivian societies, ''confinement'' as an ordinary criminal penalty appears to have been quite unheard of. Philological evidence demonstrates that this posed a problem for Levantine missionaries and early Kiravian churchmen trying to translate the {{wp|New Testament}} into [[High Coscivian]], as the closest terms in common currency relating to imprisonment referred more properly to the widespread practice of {{wp|Niall_of_the_Nine_Hostages#Origin_of_his_epithet|hostage-taking}}. Indeed, most post-classical Kiravian communities would have lacked the facilities, resources, and enforcement apparatus to incarcerate convicts for extended periods. Offences that might merit imprisonment in other contemporaneous societies were usually penalised by {{wp|judicial corporal punishment|corporal punishment}}, {{wp|banishment}}, or execution. | ||
The revival of incarceration in Kiravian law came about gradually, beginning in the Viceregal Period and accelerating during the Confederal Era in conjunction with larger socio-political developments such as provincialisation< | The revival of incarceration in Kiravian law came about gradually, beginning in the Viceregal Period and accelerating during the Confederal Era in conjunction with larger socio-political developments such as provincialisation,<ref group=Note name=a/> re-urbanisation, and greater codification of criminal law. The industrial era brought a renewed emphasis on penal labour manifested in {{wp|workhouse|workhouses}} and the ''[[Incarceration_in_Kiravia#Facilities|katergon]]''. | ||
==Legal Basis== | ==Legal Basis== | ||
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'''County Jails -''' By far the most numerous type of incarceration facility, county jails are the first and last stop for the majority of people who enter the Kiravian prison system. They house prisoners held for administrative reasons ({{wp|contempt of court}}, {{wp|pre-trial detention}}) by the county court, as well as convicts serving reformative or general detention sentences ranging from days to 30-60 months. There is typically one jail per county, but some larger counties have several such facilities, while in more sparsely-populated areas several counties may share a joint regional facility for longer-term inmates. Conditions vary, but shorter sentences and greater availability of activities, outdoor time, and visitors keep intra-prison crime toward the lower end of the scale in small and average-sized counties. Since the end of Kirosocialism, many county jails have been keen adopters of rehabilitative justice initiatives and other penal reforms, though this is not uniform across the country. Some county jails, most notably those in some affluent micropolitan counties in [[Vôtaska]] and [[Intravia]], are periodically covered in the news for their dorm-like accommodations and low internal crime rates. However, in many poorer and more remote counties, living conditions for inmates are quite basic and may be unpleasant even for jail. Jails in large, heavily urbanised counties face many of the same challenges as provincial prisons. Most county jails are centred on a single residential building, with some adjoining buildings for special purposes and some secured outdoor spaces, surrounded by high fencing with barbed wire and/or walls. Larger jails are compounds with multiple residential buildings. County jails are broadly medium-security institutions but may have close-security units or outlying minimum-security units. | '''County Jails -''' By far the most numerous type of incarceration facility, county jails are the first and last stop for the majority of people who enter the Kiravian prison system. They house prisoners held for administrative reasons ({{wp|contempt of court}}, {{wp|pre-trial detention}}) by the county court, as well as convicts serving reformative or general detention sentences ranging from days to 30-60 months. There is typically one jail per county, but some larger counties have several such facilities, while in more sparsely-populated areas several counties may share a joint regional facility for longer-term inmates. Conditions vary, but shorter sentences and greater availability of activities, outdoor time, and visitors keep intra-prison crime toward the lower end of the scale in small and average-sized counties. Since the end of Kirosocialism, many county jails have been keen adopters of rehabilitative justice initiatives and other penal reforms, though this is not uniform across the country. Some county jails, most notably those in some affluent micropolitan counties in [[Vôtaska]] and [[Intravia]], are periodically covered in the news for their dorm-like accommodations and low internal crime rates. However, in many poorer and more remote counties, living conditions for inmates are quite basic and may be unpleasant even for jail. Jails in large, heavily urbanised counties face many of the same challenges as provincial prisons. Most county jails are centred on a single residential building, with some adjoining buildings for special purposes and some secured outdoor spaces, surrounded by high fencing with barbed wire and/or walls. Larger jails are compounds with multiple residential buildings. County jails are broadly medium-security institutions but may have close-security units or outlying minimum-security units. | ||
'''Provinical Prisons -''' Provinical (State, Territorial, District, Colonial, etc.) prisons are close-security to high-security facilities holding exclusionary detainees and general detainees serving long sentences. Provincial prisons are tightly enclosed, heavily guarded compounds usually comprising 1-3 large, self-contained residential buildings separated by fenced outdoor {{wp| | '''Provinical Prisons -''' Provinical (State, Territorial, District, Colonial, etc.) prisons are close-security to high-security facilities holding exclusionary detainees and general detainees serving long sentences. Provincial prisons are tightly enclosed, heavily guarded compounds usually comprising 1-3 large, self-contained residential buildings separated by fenced outdoor {{wp|Yards Brewing Company|yards}}, which are monitored from {{wp|Watchtower|guard towers}}. The architecture, procedures, and régime of provincial prisons is focused on preventing escape and cutting down on violence and disorder by keeping prisoners compartmentalised and minimising contact between inmates. Opportunities for self-improvement, work, and recreation are available, but resources of this kind are more limited in provincial prisons than in correctional settlements and many county jails. | ||
Provincial prisons are typically located in remote, underpopulated areas of their province. This is mainly done to provide jobs in underdeveloped areas, but also makes escape more difficult. | Provincial prisons are typically located in remote, underpopulated areas of their province. This is mainly done to provide jobs in underdeveloped areas, but also makes escape more difficult. | ||
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Kiravian prisons are notable for serving {{wp|beer}} to inmates. In prisons, beer rations are issued at suppertime in {{wp|Solo Cup Company|plastic cups}}, and in ''katergon'' beer may be doled out during the workday. In the winter, ''katergon'' in cold regions often allow prisoners a shot of whiskey or {{wp|Brandy Burre|brandy}} in the morning or during outdoor labour. Standard prison beer is a crappy mass-produced lager that is around 4% ABV and tastes like {{wp|urine|piss}}. | Kiravian prisons are notable for serving {{wp|beer}} to inmates. In prisons, beer rations are issued at suppertime in {{wp|Solo Cup Company|plastic cups}}, and in ''katergon'' beer may be doled out during the workday. In the winter, ''katergon'' in cold regions often allow prisoners a shot of whiskey or {{wp|Brandy Burre|brandy}} in the morning or during outdoor labour. Standard prison beer is a crappy mass-produced lager that is around 4% ABV and tastes like {{wp|urine|piss}}. | ||
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<ref name=a>In this context, the early modern revival of the Imperial Coscivian provinces as political units and the consolidation of relatively centralised {{wp|Area State|area-states}} superseding more localised and fragmented petty states, chiefdoms, autonomous collectives, etc., with a concomitant process of {{wp|subnationalism|subnationalist}} {{wp|province-building}}</ref> | |||
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