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Jailer

The keeper of a jail or prison

Lockup

persons under arrest are temporarily locked up a watchhouse a jail

Bail, Furlough, Parole

'Furlough' and 'Parole' are two distinct terms used in the jail manual or laws relating to temporary release of prisoners, State

If any

the convict will be entitled to be set free from jail, unless he is required in any other case, State of

Legally unfree

Legally unfree, denoted prisoners or undertrials languishing in jails. '...a prison context affects the colour, content and contour of

Parol

Parol, means release from jail, prison or other confinement after actually serving part of sentence;

Mentally ill prisoner

in, or removal to, a psychiatric hospital, psychiatric nursing home, jail or other place of safe custody, an order referred to

One eighty day (180-day) rule

released on personal recognisance if the person has been in jail for 180 days without being brought to trial, and if

Open Court

v. McPherson, 1936 AC 177. Sessions Court holding trial within jail premises is an 'open court', Kehar Singh v. State (Delhi

Jail

A kind of prison a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody especially for minor offenses or...

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