National Penitentiary and Prison Institute (Colombia)
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The National Penitentiary and Prison Institute, INPEC, is the Colombian central government agency responsible for the incarceration
and rehabilitation
of convicted criminal
offenders, and administration of the penitentiary institutions in the country
Incarceration
Incarceration is the detention of a person in prison, typically as punishment for a crime .People are most commonly incarcerated upon suspicion or conviction of committing a crime, and different jurisdictions have differing laws governing the function of incarceration within a larger system of...
and rehabilitation
Rehabilitation (penology)
Rehabilitation means; To restore to useful life, as through therapy and education or To restore to good condition, operation, or capacity....
of convicted criminal
Crime
Crime is the breach of rules or laws for which some governing authority can ultimately prescribe a conviction...
offenders, and administration of the penitentiary institutions in the country