Penitentiary
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Penitentiary may refer to:
- PrisonPrisonA prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...
or penitentiary, a correctional facility - Apostolic PenitentiaryApostolic PenitentiaryThe Apostolic Penitentiary, formerly called the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Penitentiary, is one of the three tribunals of the Roman Curia. The Apostolic Penitentiary is chiefly a tribunal of mercy, responsible for issues relating to the forgiveness of sins in the Catholic Church.The...
, a tribunal of mercy, responsible for issues relating to the forgiveness of sins in the Roman Catholic Church - Penitentiary (1938 film)
- Penitentiary (1979 film)Penitentiary (1979 film)Penitentiary is a 1979 Blaxploitation film starring Leon Isaac Kennedy as Martel 'Too Sweet' Gordone that deals with the wrongful imprisonment of a black youth.- Synopsis :...