Military prisons

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85107017
- info:lc/authorities/sh85107017
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85107017#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Brigs (Prisons)
- Prisons, Military
Broader Terms
- Prisons
Earlier Established Forms
- Prisons, Military
Sources
- found: Powell, M. The brig, 1984.
- found: The American Heritage dictionary of the English language, via WWW, July 8, 2004 (brig 1. A two-masted sailing ship, square-rigged on both masts. 2. A jail or prison on board a U.S. Navy or Coast Guard vessel. 3. A jail or guardhouse, especially on the premises of a U.S. military installation. Etymology: Short for brigantine. Senses 2 and 3, from the use of ships as prisons)
- found: Encarta dictionary, via WWW, July 8, 2004 (brig 1. sailing ship: a two-masted sailing ship with square-rigged sails on both masts 2. ship's prison: a secure area in a ship of the U.S. Navy, which can be used as a prison while the ship is at sea 3. military prison: a building or part of a building that is used as a prison in a U.S. military installation)
Change Notes
- 2004-07-08: new
- 2004-08-19: revised

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