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Record 1 1998-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Administration
  • Electronic Devices
CONT

Facilities designed today often devote as much as 10 percent of the construction budget to electronic devices, which almost exclusively separate the staff from the inmate; create electronic penumbra (sometimes lethal) ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration pénitentiaire
  • Dispositifs électroniques
CONT

De nos jours, on consacre souvent jusqu'à 10 p. 100 du budget de construction des nouveaux établissements aux dispositifs électroniques, qui servent presque exclusivement à séparer le personnel des détenus; à créer une pénombre électronique (parfois mortelle) [...]

Spanish

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