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  2. Oregon State Penitentiary - Wikipedia

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    Oregon State Penitentiary (OSP), also known as Oregon State Prison, is a maximum security prison in the northwest United States in Salem, Oregon.Originally opened in Portland 173 years ago in 1851, it relocated to Salem fifteen years later.

  3. Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women - Wikipedia

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    Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women (LCIW) is a prison for women with its permanent pre-2016 facility located in St. Gabriel, Louisiana, United States. It is the only female correctional facility of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. Elayn Hunt Correctional Center is immediately west of LCIW. [1]

  4. Dispersive prism - Wikipedia

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    Photograph of a triangular prism, dispersing light Lamps as seen through a prism. In optics, a dispersive prism is an optical prism that is used to disperse light, that is, to separate light into its spectral components (the colors of the rainbow). Different wavelengths (colors) of light will be deflected by the prism at different angles. [1]

  5. Central California Women's Facility - Wikipedia

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    In February 2007, the California Office of the Inspector General concluded "Numerous studies show that despite an annual cost of $36 million, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s in-prison substance abuse treatment programs have little or no impact on recidivism."

  6. State Correctional Institution – Muncy - Wikipedia

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    State Correctional Institution – Muncy (SCI Muncy) is a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections prison for women in Clinton Township, Lycoming County, [1] near Muncy. SCI Muncy, a medium/maximum security prison, [ 2 ] houses Pennsylvania's death row for women.

  7. Corrective lens - Wikipedia

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    A typical application of such a lens is to refocus the correction allowing clear vision at any distance. Unlike with bifocals, near-vision correction is achieved over the entire field of view, in any direction. Switching between distance and near vision is accomplished by re-adjusting the lens, instead of by tilting and/or rotating the head.

  8. List of provincial correctional facilities in Ontario - Wikipedia

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    Treatment centres are specialized facilities treating offenders for sexual misconduct, substance abuse, anger management, and other issues. [ 1 ] Youth correctional facilities in Ontario are also called "secure custody facilities" and hold young people who were between 12 and 17 years of age at the time of offence.

  9. Missouri Department of Corrections - Wikipedia

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    Missouri Department of Corrections; Abbreviation: MODOC: Motto "A Safer Missouri and the Standard of Excellence in Corrections" Agency overview; Formed: 1820: Employees: 11,000: Annual budget: $639,565,970 [1] Jurisdictional structure; Operations jurisdiction: Missouri, United States: Map of Missouri Department of Corrections's jurisdiction: Size