Prisons

"Prisons" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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Penal institutions, or places of confinement for war prisoners.

Descriptor ID	D011330
MeSH Number(s)	I01.880.604.787
Concept/Terms	Prisons Prisons Prison

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Prisons".

Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Sociology [I01.880]
Social Control, Formal [I01.880.604]
Prisons [I01.880.604.787]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Prisons".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Prisons".

Prisons
Concentration Camps

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