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tolbooths

noun

plural of tolbooth, Scottish

as in jails

a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody Deacon Brodie, thought to be the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, was publicly hung at the site of the old tolbooth of Edinburgh

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In New York prisons and jails, the use of medications for opioid use disorder increased seven times over between 2022 and 2025.

— Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026
In Miami-Dade, the estimate is a roughly 20% cut on the $3 billion in property taxes that fund county services, including jails, ambulances, police, transit and the Jackson Health hospital system.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026

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In August, the Michigan House passed a legislative plan aimed at safety and transparency in the state's prisons following multiple inmate deaths.

— Nicholas Lentz, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026
Look beyond the police, and the whole criminal justice system – prisons, the courts and probation service – is poorly run, and often in crisis.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 5 Sep. 2026

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Hodge says he was abused in multiple federal penitentiaries, but was frequently blocked from filing complaints about it.

— Christie Thompson, NPR, 13 July 2026
This includes providing the Colombian military more leeway in the field, signing a new security agreement with Washington and building 10 mega-prisons that mimic Bukele’s network of penitentiaries in El Salvador.

— Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026

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