Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Correction and Detention Facilities/Archive 2

Prison food
I just started the article. I see input as to the structure. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 03:47, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for starting it! I added portal links to it WhisperToMe (talk) 14:33, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Wilbert Rideau content dispute
Please see Talk:Wilbert_Rideau - As there is a dispute over how much "weight" should be given to Billy Sinclair's role in Wilbert Rideau's life and career. WhisperToMe (talk) 14:33, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Youth incarceration in the United States
There are some neutrality issues with Youth incarceration in the United States - Would anyone be interested at taking a stab at it? WhisperToMe (talk) 20:27, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Incarceration of women
I started Incarceration of women - It's a really important subject, and I hope more editors tackle the subject! WhisperToMe (talk) 08:25, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Capital punishment in Ecuador
The short article Capital punishment in Ecuador says "According to the Código Penal de la Republica del Ecuador, the only crime for which Capital Punishment is currently the sentence is piracy on the high seas." However, every other source I can find says that Ecuador has abolished capital punishment. I do not know Spanish, so I would not be able to read the local laws. Can anybody help? Kansan (talk) 19:44, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Articles need to be updated to use Infobox Prison
It looks like a significant percentage of the articles with invalid HTML are prison articles which had a strangely formatting infobox substituted in many many years ago. These need to be updated to use Infobox Prison. A good number of them can be found with this search. Kaldari (talk) 18:10, 28 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Good catch. I'm working one some of them now. That search yields more than just prisons. There are other strange infoboxes coming up. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:02, 29 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Okay. I did all I could find. If I missed any, pls let me know. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 03:03, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Awesome. Thanks! Kaldari (talk) 05:28, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

I searched verdana, sans-serif; padding: 6px; (a string in the freakish infoboxes of the prison articles, and it came up with Buka Entertainment. Is there a catch-all search that will find more of these? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 08:52, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Prisoner is now an article.
I just started it and don't know much about the subject. I could use a bit of help, particularly on what sections would be appropriate. Thanks. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 22:18, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Guidance needed for Prisoner
To prevent overlap, and help the article grow in the right direction, we really need some advice. Please, if you know what's already covered in other Wikipedia articles, post at Talk:Prisoner and advise on what the article should contain. Many thanks. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 05:09, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Prison Reform
I've added a history section to the Prison reform article, as I had to agree with the comments on the discussion page about how terrible an article it was. It's only a start and since I'm not an expert on the subject I'd be glad if people could correct any obvious mistakes. Chris55 (talk) 14:55, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Eyes needed
We could use a few more experienced eyeballs at Incarceration in the United States. That is, if there is anyone still watching this Project! :( Student7 (talk) 12:45, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
 * The project is a bit of an oubliette. Is there something in particular within the article that you wish us to look at? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 13:38, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Peter King on Islam in US prisons
Peter King, a congressperson from New York, made an argument that radical Islam was a factor in American prisons - Some commentators disagreed over King's statements: WhisperToMe (talk) 01:26, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Cratty, Carol. "Lawmakers disagree on prisons' role in Islamic radicalization." CNN. June 15, 2011.

Norway prisons
I found: WhisperToMe (talk) 16:16, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Vice staff. "Inside Norway's progressive prison system." CNN. August 3, 2011.


 * Some of that info would make a good addition to Bastøy_Prison. Thundermaker (talk) 21:20, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Parole or prison
Here is a UK report about whether parole or prison are better ideas: http://makejusticework.org.uk/sites/default/files/files/National%20Enquiry%20-%20Final%20Report%20%2814th%20Sept%29.pdf WhisperToMe (talk) 19:39, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

On US federal prison sentences
Also: "Too many laws, too many prisoners." The Economist. July 22, 2011. WhisperToMe (talk) 02:56, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Fields, Gary and John R. Emshwiller. "As Federal Crime List Grows, Threshold of Guilt Declines." September 27, 2011.
 * Tracking the Growth of Federal Criminal Sentences

Proposal to Edit the 'Juvenile Delinquency in the US' Page
I propose to make edits to the current page titled ‘Juvenile Delinquency in the US’. Seeing as how important this issue is in America, I think the page is lacking a lot of important information. I plan to add the following sections: introduction to juvenile delinquency, recent statistics, the cradle to prison pipeline, and the juvenile justice debate, and preventing juvenile delinquency. It is very important to educate the Wikipedia world on this topic, and to show how much room there is for improvement. Showing the room for improvement, this page might have the ability of enacting social change and changing future generations of children for the better. I think that these changes are important to this wiki project because the current juvenile justice debate going on in the US is largely related to the punishment and correction of juvenile delinquents. I think that these additions would greatly improve the content that exits in the Wikipedia world that relates to correction and detention facilities. MariaNunez (talk) 04:10, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Corrections nominated for deletion
One of the members of this WikiProject has taken that initiative. Have mörser, will travel (talk) 17:17, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

More stuff
WhisperToMe (talk) 18:10, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
 * ACLU report on U.S. private prisons: http://www.aclu.org/files/assets/bankingonbondage_20111102.pdf

Offputting
I was about to flesh out the section on the UK, on which I have extensive knowledge, when I opened this discussion page and found an enormous industry going on to discuss first steps on how to organise thinking about how to start work on the project.....fun for born bureaucrats, but for me, life is too short, and if this is what Wiki has become, it is sad. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.105.228.250 (talk) 13:44, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi! It seems offputting, but I'll help you understand what goes on. Generally Wikipedia wants material from secondary sources (newspapers, academic journals, books, etc.) as it is a tertiary source. And it can be fun for everyone! Just take a few moments to understand what's going on, and you'll be on your way. WhisperToMe (talk) 17:23, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Prison fire in Honduras
There was a fire at the Penitenciaria Nacional Comayagua prison in central Honduras WhisperToMe (talk) 17:26, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * English article: Sandoval, Elin. "Nearly 300 killed in Honduras prison fire." CNN. Wednesday February 15, 2012.
 * Spanish article: "Reportes de prensa hablan de 375 muertos en Honduras por incendio en una cárcel." CNN. Wednesday February 15, 2012.
 * Video: "Hundreds killed in Honduras prison fire." CNN. February 15, 2012.
 * Now there's an article at Comayagua prison fire WhisperToMe (talk) 21:30, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Kids in Nepal prisons
Here's a source WhisperToMe (talk) 17:07, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Toner, Kathleen. "Pulling children out of Nepal's prisons." Friday March 16, 2012.

Outdated
All the statistics are outdated and the section for China includes a note that it is only sentenced prisoners being counted, not prisoners with no sentence who may have been there for years. Before going into a philosophical debate, can someone at least get some current info? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.122.101.66 (talk) 06:01, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Structures in the USA
It would be quite a project just to catalog all the prison structures in the USA. The federal locations could be gotten pretty easily from the BOP. State and territory almost pretty well (I think its important to include the Virgin Islands) Would you include the DoD prisons (Leavenworth, Ft Meade, Quantico) I think you have to. What about Guantanamo, Bagram, the Salt Pit, CIA sites... It would be nice but harder and open ended.

Locations of the SHU, CMU. Security levels. There is so much without even getting to people (prisoners) or procedures (mis/treatment) ( Martin | talk • contribs 01:55, 6 April 2012 (UTC)) To have a catalog of prisons throughout the world would be awesome. I can't see it happening. ( Martin | talk • contribs 01:57, 6 April 2012 (UTC))

Would there be a table of prisons, that might link to the page for the particular prison? That seems like a natural type of control document. Table columns: 1. country(=usa), 2 responsible authority: (federal or state or territory, or county, or city), 3. name of facility (linked to wiki article)

PRC prisons
I found: http://www.laogai.it/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/laogai-handbook.pdf It mentions names of various prisons in China WhisperToMe (talk) 17:22, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
 * en wikipedia has lists of prisons of every province of the People's Republic of China, all of them written by myself. it wikipedia has one single list

(it:Lista di prigioni e centri di detenzione nella Repubblica Popolare Cinese), which I did not create. I have created lists of prisons in nl wikipedia (nl:Gevangenissen in de provincie Guangdong and nl:Gevangenissen in de provincie Guizhou). However, other lists of that kind in nl. have been deleted with the deletion debate having included A list of prisons, which have no separate article and whose places mostly are not described, seems pointless, doesn't it?(nl:Wikipedia:Te_verwijderen_pagina%27s/Toegevoegd_20080809) Lists of Chinese prisons I created on pl and ru wikipedias have been deleted. As unencyclopedic, I think. What should be done? I can start by translating the lists on this wikipedia into German. Sarcelles (talk) 19:08, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Mexican prisons
On the Hermosillo Cereso: WhisperToMe (talk) 21:41, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
 * "All mod cons: Mexican prisoner raffled 'luxury cell' to other inmates... and his jailers did not even know it existed." Daily Mail. 22 July 2011.

Inclusion of concentration and extermination camps in this WikiProject
G'day, Just wondering if it is appropriate for concentration and extermination camps to be included in this WikiProject? They really are strictly neither correction or detention facilities.

What about prisoner of war camps and civilian internment facilities? Thanks, Peacemaker67 (talk) 03:57, 21 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Echoing the second question, should WWII POW camps be included in this WikiProject? -- John Broughton (♫♫) 22:01, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
 * That's a good question. Let's see what others think. If you don't get a response, I suppose you could include them. WhisperToMe (talk) 02:53, 17 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Including these articles makes sense to me. Is there a working definition of "correction and detention facilities"? Maybe they are "spaces where human beings are contained against their will"? It seems kind of difficult to come up with something that seems appropriate and global. groupuscule (talk) 05:17, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I saw that the scope of this wikiproject is "All articles related to the field of corrections and penology" and wondered whether concentration camps and extermination camps really fit here? POW are not undergoing correction, they are being "interned for reasons of imperative military security". Same same for civilians that are interned. When those reasons no longer apply, they are released/repatriated. If they are accused of war crimes, they are usually transferred to a prison or similar facility awaiting trial. Extermination camps are clearly not for the purposes of correction. There are 5 concentration and 3 extermination camps that have the banner from this wikiproject on their talk page and I wondered why. There are dozens of concentration and several extermination camps from WW2 alone that are not currently included in this wikiproject. My current view is that they should not fall under this wikiproject, but I am open to being convinced otherwise. Peacemaker67 (send... over) 06:05, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, detention is also in the name of the Project. A lot of the most noteworthy US prisons do the latter, since they house people with life (or death) sentences, without seeking to correct or rehabilitate. Also, it's hard to get good information about what's going on in facilities where people are detained. People can get locked up for many reasons, so IMO it would be better to use a more concrete definition. groupuscule (talk) 06:24, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, we are still talking about part of the justice system. Concentration camps may be part of a "justice" system of sorts I suppose (like a gulag), but extermination camps really don't form part of any "justice" system in my view. Peacemaker67 (send... over) 08:52, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * The problem with "justice" or "justice system" as the standard is that it's not very concrete and not very global. As you say, concentration camps may be part of a justice system—from the Nazi perspective, justice is done by sending Jews to concentration camps, the judicial system is infused with socially appropriate values such as antisemitism. Extermination camps were a part of the same some system, not some separate alien project (as much Americans seeking to differentiate a class of guilty Germans in the aftermath of the war insisted on drawing the distinction—which is certainly not to say that there was no distinction, just that there were reasons for the emphasis it received). And then on the other side, would you exclude death row within the American system because it accomplishes extermination and not correction or even detention? This would be strange and difficult because "death row" is a more or less figurative place, incorporated within larger establishments designed to incarcerate. Moving into a more global/historical perspective creates more unknowns and reveals more motives for forcibly containing bodies in space. I think Elmina Castle was a detention facility, but not part of a justice system. I could ramble for longer, but let me ask you, Peacemaker, what you think is the downside to a broader definition, and where you think the lines should be drawn? Thank you for your interesting and provocative question! groupuscule (talk) 13:17, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * all good points. Escapes from such facilities are also a potential area of expansion for this wiki project. POW camps and associated work camps too. I certainly think the scope question should he addressed by the wiki project, as expansion to include POW camps, concentration and extermination camps, gulags etc would result in a lot of extra articles falling within its scope. Perhaps it would be better to go wider than create an essentially arbitrary boundary. If a facility involves the deprivation of liberty, then perhaps it should be included. Then what about detention of the mentally ill? Peacemaker67 (send... over) 13:54, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * My two cents is no, this shouldn't be expanded to include concentration camps etc. Not at all. Niteshift36 (talk) 18:36, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

I actually agree, but the situation is unclear at present as there are already a number of concentration and extermination camp articles included in this wikiproject. Peacemaker67 (send... over) 22:04, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Pankrác Prison
Hello, I have significantly enlarged Pankrác Prison article. Could someone please reassess it? Thank you. Cimmerian praetor (talk) 07:17, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Category:Alcatraz inmates
Category:Alcatraz inmates, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for renaming to Category:Inmates of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 14:27, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Portal:Prisons
Is anybody interested in writing Portal:Prison? The French have a portal at fr:Portail:Prison WhisperToMe (talk) 01:24, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

St. Jerome helo escape?
Do we have an article on the Saint-Jerome helicopter prison escape? -- 65.92.180.137 (talk) 23:47, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Deletion discussion - List of Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of possessing Casio watches
You may be interested in this deletion discussion for the List of Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of possessing Casio watches. Diego (talk) 13:12, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

USDB2002.jpg
has been nominated for speedy deletion -- 70.24.250.103 (talk) 05:01, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

New portal
Hi! I started Portal:Prisons WhisperToMe (talk) 07:15, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Copyedit request for DYKnom of Ulucanlar Prison Museum
Hi all! I created an article on Ulucanlar Prison Museum and nominated it for DYK. It was requested that the article be copyedited. May I kindly ask your editorial board to help. Thank you in advance. CeeGee 09:50, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Cowra POW Camp.gif
has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 04:32, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

File:LouisBuchalter.gif
File:LouisBuchalter.gif has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.129.3 (talk) 05:11, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

BC relief.jpg
image:BC relief.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.131.217 (talk) 06:23, 14 October 2013 (UTC)