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Crofton system
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English
Etymology
Named after Sir Walter Crofton, Irish prison director.
Proper noun
en historical A system of prison administration involving firstly periods of solitary confinement, then work in the prison, followed by intermediate prisons, before freedom on ticket of leave.
en Irish system
References
en Prison
en eponyms