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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CÁRCEL

La palabra cárcel procede del latín carcer, -ĕris.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CÁRCEL IN SPANISH

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CÁRCEL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
interjection
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Cárcel is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CÁRCEL MEAN IN SPANISH?

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cárcel

Prison

Prisión

Prison or jail is usually an institution authorized by the government. It is the place where inmates are imprisoned and is part of the justice system of a country or nation. They can be prison facilities where prisoners of war are imprisoned. They are part of the penitentiary system, which is the set of prisons and the respective organization that administers them. Old poster of a local jail. The Huntsville Unit, a prison of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Huntsville, Texas, United States. The objective of prisons or prisons varies according to the times and, above all, societies. Its main task is to: ▪ protect society from dangerous elements ▪ deter those who seek to commit acts contrary to law. ▪ re-educate the detainee for inclusion in society. ▪ silence political opponents. This circumstance occurs, especially in dictatorships, although political prisoners may also exist in democracies. La prisión o cárcel por lo común es una institución autorizada por el gobierno. Es el lugar donde son encarcelados los internos y forma parte del sistema de justicia de un país o nación. Pueden ser instalaciones en las que se encarcele a los prisioneros de guerra. Forman parte del sistema penitenciario, que es el conjunto de prisiones y la organización respectiva que las administra. Antiguo cartel de una cárcel local. La Unidad de Huntsville, una prisión del Departamento de Justicia Criminal de Texas en Huntsville, Texas, Estados Unidos. El objetivo de las prisiones o cárceles varía según las épocas y, sobre todo, las sociedades. Su principal cometido es: ▪ proteger a la sociedad de los elementos peligrosos ▪ disuadir a quienes pretenden cometer actos contrarios a la ley. ▪ reeducar al detenido para su inserción en la sociedad. ▪ acallar a los oponentes políticos. Esta circunstancia se produce, de manera especial, en las dictaduras, aunque también en las democracias pueden existir prisioneros políticos.

Definition of cárcel in the Spanish dictionary

The first definition of jail in the dictionary of the real academy of the Spanish language is local destined to imprisonment of prisoners. Another meaning of jail in the dictionary is slot where the boards of a gate run. Prison is also a wooden bar with two projections, between which are placed and press with a screw or wedges two pieces of wood glued, so that they stick. La primera definición de cárcel en el diccionario de la real academia de la lengua española es local destinado a reclusión de presos. Otro significado de cárcel en el diccionario es ranura por donde corren los tablones de una compuerta. Cárcel es también barra de madera con dos salientes, entre los cuales se colocan y oprimen con un tornillo o con cuñas dos piezas de madera encoladas, para que se peguen.
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SPANISH WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CÁRCEL

cárcamo
carcañal
carcaño
carcasa
cárcava
carcavear
carcavera
carcavina
carcavinar
cárcavo
carcavón
carcavonera
carcavuezo
carcax
carcaza
carcelaje
carcelaria
carcelario
carcelazo
carcelera

SPANISH WORDS THAT END LIKE CÁRCEL

alcacel
alquicel
arancel
bocel
cancel
caucel
cincel
corcel
del
doncel
el
gacel
hotel
nivel
papel
pincel
placel
porcel
racel
recel

Synonyms and antonyms of cárcel in the Spanish dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CÁRCEL» IN SPANISH

The following Spanish words have a similar or identical meaning as «cárcel» and belong to the same grammatical category.
Spanish synonyms of cárcel

ANTONYMS OF «CÁRCEL» IN SPANISH

The following Spanish words mean the opposite of «cárcel» and also belong to the same grammatical category.
Spanish antonyms of cárcel

Translation of «cárcel» into 25 languages

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监狱
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cárcel
570 millions of speakers

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jail
510 millions of speakers

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जेल
380 millions of speakers
ar

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سجن
280 millions of speakers

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тюремное заключение
278 millions of speakers

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prisão
270 millions of speakers

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জেল
260 millions of speakers

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prison
220 millions of speakers

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penjara
190 millions of speakers

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Gefängnis
180 millions of speakers

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刑務所
130 millions of speakers

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교도소
85 millions of speakers

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kunjara
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nhà tù
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சிறையில்
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तुरुंगात
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hapis
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carcere
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więzienie
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тюремне ув´язнення
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temniță
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φυλακή
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tronk
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fängelse
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fengsel
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SPANISH - ENGLISH DICTIONARY

cárcel
cárcel 
  prison ; gaol [jail, -USA] ; jail [gaol, -UK] ; jailhouse [gaolhouse, -UK] ; gaolhouse [jailhouse, -USA].
 For example, in a general index it might be adequate to regard Prisions and Dungeons as one and the same, but in a specialist index devoted to Criminology this would probable not be acceptable.
 The Stockholm Public Library provides library services in 32 hospitals, 1 gaol, 3 leisure centres for the handicapped and retired, and an institution for social rehabilitation.
 This article outlines the public library's outreach activities with children of all ages, the jail, and the local juvenile detention centre.
 A survey of 85 jailhouses in 2000 yielded disappointing results on the diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis C in inmates.
 They will be fingerprinted and photographed, dressed in prison greens and incarcerated in a gaolhouse next to the clocktower in Raymond St.
cárcel de mujeres 
women's prison
 Was FEMALE OFFENDERS established because of literary warrant or because one would not logically send women criminals to REFORMATORIES FOR WOMEN (the Library of Congress heading) rather than to women's prisons?.
cárcel, la 
slammer, the
 I'm sure it was a long seven days in the slammer, but Piper made it through in one piece.
condenar a cárcel   [La palabra jail también se escribe gaol, principalmente en inglés de influencia británica]  
sentence + Nombre + to prison
sentence + Nombre + to jail
sentence + Nombre + to gaol
sentence + Nombre + to gaol
 Three journalists were sentenced to prison on Monday in Rwanda over a story reporting on an extramarital affair.
 A Kyrgyz woman who went to the Dubai police charging that she had been raped has been sentenced to jail for one year.
 To force another person to engage in sexual intercourse against their will may be sentenced to gaol from one year to ten years.
 To force another person to engage in sexual intercourse against their will may be sentenced to gaol from one year to ten years.
cumplir una pena de cárcel   
serve + time
serve + Posesivo + sentence
do + time
 All aspects of the criminal justice system are included, from bargaining with the police to considering plea bargaining to serving time.
 This programme programme offers juvenile delinquents an option of training, rehabilitation and social insertion during the period that they are serving their sentence.
 He did time after doing a job with buddies who left him holding the bag.
director de cárcel  
prison governor
prison warden
 An acting prison governor has been convicted of misconduct after having a sexual relationship with an inmate at a women's prison.
 In Rome, female prison wardens went on strike because of the killing of one of their colleagues on Friday.
en la cárcel 
behind bars
 A newlywed couple spent their honeymoon behind bars for allegedly robbing graves.
enviar a la cárcel  [La palabra gaol también se escribe jail, principalmente en inglés americano]  [La palabra jail también se escribe gaol, principalmente en inglés de influencia británica]
send + Nombre + to gaol
send + Nombre + to jail
 When a person was sent to gaol he had to pay fees to the gaoler, even if later he was found to be not guilty.
 This discussion focused on the activities of Frank Gillie, who has recently been sent to jail for getting libraries to pay substantial sums for multi-volume works which he could not provide.
escaparse de la cárcel 
break out of + prison
 Librarians must break out of the prison they have erected for themselves that dictates their solutions must be professionally perfect; 'good enough' is often the right solution.
fuga de la cárcel   
prison break
jailbreak [gaolbreak, UK]
gaolbreak [jailbreak, -USA]
 Many fans have said that this series lost steam after the prison break finally happened.
 One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
 A famous gaolbreak there led to Henry VIII ordering re-enforcement of the floor with giant stone blocks.
ir a la cárcel  
serve + time
do + time
 All aspects of the criminal justice system are included, from bargaining with the police to considering plea bargaining to serving time.
 He did time after doing a job with buddies who left him holding the bag.
meter a Alguien en la cárcel 
put + Nombre + behind bars
 A 92-year-old woman has been put behind bars for sitting on her front porch shouting abuse at passers-by.
meter en la cárcel      
imprison
jail [gaol, -UK]
send up
send up + the river
send away
gaol [jail, -USA]
 Juan Carlos is a blind lawyer, activist and volunteer librarian who has been imprisoned without trial since March, when he was detained for peacefully protesting the arrest of a journalist.
 In 1892 Klas Linderfelt, the then ALA President, was jailed for 4 days on charges of embezzling more than $4,000 from library funds.
 And so if people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they ought to be sent up.
 Friday the twerp who undertook the attempt to defraud countless around the nation was sent up the river.
 The kingpin of Columbus cocaine and marijuana biz has been sent away for 30 years - He'll be 65 when he retires from prison.
 He has been gaoled for 16 years for terrorism and child pornography offences.
motín en la cárcel 
prison riot
 Robots equipped with cameras & other sensors may deal with prison riots & perform guard duties.
pena de cárcel    [La palabra jail también se escribe gaol, principalmente en inglés de influencia británica]  [La palabra jail también se escribe gaol, principalmente en inglés de influencia británica]  [La palabra gaol también se escribe jail, principalmente en inglés americano]  [La palabra gaol también se escribe jail, principalmente en inglés americano]
prison sentence
prison term
jail sentence
jail term
gaol sentence
gaol term
 The statistics show that overall crime levels have fallen in the last 10 years while the length of prison sentences have increased.
 Why have you done nothing to stop Cuba's independent librarians from being subjected to campaign of threats, intimidation, harassment, police raids, evictions, confiscations, physical assaults and prison terms of up to 26 years? = ¿Por qué no has hecho nada para poner fin a la campaña de amenazas, intimidación, acoso, redadas policiales, deshaucio, confiscaciones, agresiones físicas y condenas de hasta 26 años a la que están siendo sometidos los bibliotecarios indenpendientes de Cuba?.
 A local computer whiz has been given a 7 year jail sentence for masterminding an international crime ring.
 Most courts in India are unwilling to impose heavy fines and jail terms for wildlife crimes.
 If this is the first time you have been charged with drink drinving, it is unlikely you will get a gaol sentence.
 The family of a disabled boy who was bashed in an abandoned property is outraged his attackers will escape a gaol term.
salir de la cárcel  [La palabra jail también se escribe gaol, principalmente en inglés de influencia británica]  [La palabra gaol también se escribe jail, principalmente en inglés americano]
release + Nombre + from jail
release + Nombre + from gaol
 Sex offender Jonathan King is told to 'shut up' after he protests his innocence as he is released from jail.
 She is about 53 years old in this photo and she was released from gaol in 1931, three years after this photo was taken.
sentenciar a cárcel   [La palabra jail también se escribe gaol, principalmente en inglés de influencia británica] 
sentence + Nombre + to prison
sentence + Nombre + to jail
sentence + Nombre + to gaol
 Three journalists were sentenced to prison on Monday in Rwanda over a story reporting on an extramarital affair.
 A Kyrgyz woman who went to the Dubai police charging that she had been raped has been sentenced to jail for one year.
 To force another person to engage in sexual intercourse against their will may be sentenced to gaol from one year to ten years.
tiempo en la cárcel  [La palabra jail también se escribe gaol, principalmente en inglés de influencia británica]  [La palabra gaol también se escribe jail, principalmente en inglés americano]
jail time
gaol time
 Find an example of an intelligent person who acted unwisely and had to pay the consequences such as fines or jail time.
 3 months, 11 months, any gaol time is a good result for animal cruelty matters.

Trends of use of cárcel

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CÁRCEL»

The term «cárcel» is very widely used and occupies the 2.893 position in our list of most widely used terms in the Spanish dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CÁRCEL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the Spanish literature, quotes and news about cárcel

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8 SPANISH QUOTES WITH «CÁRCEL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cárcel.
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Henry D. Thoreau
Bajo un gobierno que encarcela injustamente, el lugar del hombre justo es también la cárcel.
2
Pablo Neruda
El fuero para el gran ladrón, la cárcel para el que roba un pan.
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Pío Baroja
El cemento armado es una musa honesta y útil, y quizá en manos de un arquitecto genial sería admirable; pero cuando se desmanda y se siente atrevida, como una cocinera lanzada a cupletista, hace tales horrores, que habría que sujetarla y llevarla a la cárcel.
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Alfred de Musset
La imaginación abre a veces unas alas grandes como el cielo en una cárcel grande como la mano.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
Toda convicción es una cárcel.
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Marguerite Yourcenar
¿Quién sería lo bastante insensato para morir sin haber dado al menos la vuelta a su cárcel?
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Epicteto de Frigia
No hay que tener miedo de la pobreza ni del destierro, ni de la cárcel, ni de la muerte. De lo que hay que tener miedo es del propio miedo.
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Nelson Mandela
Nunca me he considerado un hombre como mi superior, ni en mi vida fuera, ni dentro de la cárcel.

5 SPANISH PROVERBS WITH THE WORD «CÁRCEL»

Alcalde nuevo, cárcel llena.
El hogar es una cárcel para la muchacha y un taller para la mujer.
En la cárcel y en la cama, verás quien te ama.
Más vale ir a la cárcel que al hospital.
Pobre que roba un cuarterón, merece ir a la cárcel por tonto y no por ladrón.

10 SPANISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CÁRCEL»

Discover the use of cárcel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cárcel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Spanish literature.
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Cárcel de amor
Introducción Crítica: El mundo sentimental de Diego de San Pedro. La retórica. Noticia Bibliográfica. Bibliografía Selecta. Nota Previa. CÁRCEL DE AMOR. Glosario. Índice de Grabados.
Diego de San Pedro, Keith Whinnom, 1993
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Panópticos y laberintos: subjetivación, deseo, y ...
"Un viejo travesti de la c rcel nos dio la clave para entender los procesos de subjetivaci n espec ficos de la instituci n carcelaria.
Rodrigo Parrini Roses, 2007
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La cárcel de Jackson Pollock
"La cárcel de Jackson Pollock", de Germán San Nicasio es una novela delirante que habla sobre la imposibilidad creativa de un pintor, en sus días muy consagrado, pero que con el paso del tiempo perdió su verdadera personalidad.
Germán San Nicasio, 2010
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Historias desde la cárcel
La primera vez que hablé con Andrés Rabadán fue en el año 2000.
Andrés Rabadán, 2010
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El rock de la cárcel
" En El rock de la cárcel José Agustín se descubre y se nos descubre en un solo tiempo. No es esta la autobiografía de quien se recuerda sabiendo quién fue, sino la autobiografía de quien recuerda para encontrarse.
José Agustín José Agustín, 2012
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Andar 1 km en línea recta: la cárcel del siglo XXI que vive ...
Ello pone de manifiesto una política criminal que abusa de la prisión. El estudio, además de deshacer algunos de los mitos que afectan a la cárcel, quiere contribuir a una política criminal más coherente, humana y justa.
‎2010
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La cárcel: novela
Inside a Colombian prison, Anton Castan records the first day of what will become his life inside a prison as anonymous as the society that unjustly sent him there.Through the pages of his diary, Castan meticulously gathers and records the ...
Jesús Zárate Moreno, 1972
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Cárcel de árboles: El salvador de Buques
Enth.: Carcel de arboles ; El salvador de buques.
Rodrigo Rey Rosa, 1992
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Cárcel y trayectorias psicosociales: actores y ...
actores y representaciones sociales Ainara Arnoso Martínez. — La Incorporación social del drogodependiente que implica la creación de programas de sensibilización de la situación crítica que supone la salida a la libertad social, así como ...
Ainara Arnoso Martínez, 2005
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Los cuadernos de la cárcel de Ricardo Flores Magón
Day aprovecha las cartas que Flores Magon redacto durante su ultimo periodo de encarcelamiento en Estados Unidos en 1922 para narrar una notable historia de la Revolucion mexicana.
Douglas Day, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CÁRCEL»

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Cuatrocientos reos desaparecen en cárcel colombiana entre 1999 y ...
BOGOTÁ (Sputnik) — Unas 400 personas desaparecieron en la cárcel bogotana La Modelo entre 1999 y 2003, varias de ellas descuartizadas o arrojadas por ... «Sputnik Mundo, Jul 16»
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Lionel Messi y las razones por las que no pisaría la cárcel | El ...
Sin embargo, esto no asegura que ambos pisen una cárcel durante todo ese tiempo. La primera razón es que los Messi pueden presentar un recurso o ... «El Comercio, Jul 16»
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Dieciséis años de cárcel por matar y descuartizar a un hombre gay
Condenan en Valencia a un hombre a 16 años y 3 meses de cárcel con el motivo de matar y descuartizar a un homosexual. Los hechos ocurrieron en la ciudad ... «Qué.es, Jun 16»
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Los tribunales sentencian a 5 años de cárcel a Tanaka, exsubjefe ...
LOS ÁNGELES, California.- El que fuera mano derecha del sheriff angelino Lee Baca, Paul Tanaka, fue sentenciado este lunes a cinco años de cárcel por su ... «Univisión, Jun 16»
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Frustran fuga de 12 reos en cárcel de Zacatecas
La tarde de este miércoles, 12 reos de la cárcel distrital, ubicada en el municipio de Calera, intentaron fugarse al simular una riña con el objetivo de someter a ... «Informador.com.mx, Jun 16»
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Pablo Goncálvez ya no está en la cárcel de Campanero
Antes de cumplir sentencia en el centro de reclusión de Campanero, Goncálvez tuvo una prolongada estancia en Cárcel Central donde se casó. En la ... «El Observador, Jun 16»
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Infringir el ramadán en público está penado con cárcel en varios ...
Varios países árabes y de Asia castigan con la cárcel, y en algunos casos con latigazos, a quienes se atreven a infringir en público el ayuno en Ramadán e ... «Terra.com, Jun 16»
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El marginal en la TV Pública: cárcel, corrupción y violencia
De hecho la serie fue filmada en la cárcel de Caseros, al igual que Tumberos, entre cuyos muros históricamente estallaron violentos motines y corrieron graves ... «La Izquierda Diario, Jun 16»
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Una inmensa cárcel llamada Palestina
Más de 95% de los niños liberados de las cárceles aseguran que han sufrido torturas y maltrato durante el interrogatorio y la detención. Estas acciones ... «Rebelión, Jun 16»
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¿Cárcel para los dos Duartes?
La corrupción tiene su principal activo no tanto en las sanciones penales, como meter a la cárcel a Duarte, obviamente: el objetivo mayor es regresar lo que se ... «Aristeguinoticias, Jun 16»

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