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In Britain, ff you are found guilty of a crime, you can be sent to prison or be fined or be ordered to do community work, such as tidying public places and helping the old. You may also be sent to special centers where you learn practical skills like cooking, writing and car maintenance.
     Around 5 % of the prison population are women. Many prisons were built over 100 years ago. But the government will have built 11 new prisons by next year. There are two sorts of prisons--the open sort and the dosed sort. In the closed sort, prisoners are given very little freedom. They spend three to ten hours outside the cells when they exercise, eat, study, learn skills, watch TV and talk to the other prisoners. All prisoners are expected to work. Most of them are paid for what they do, whether it is doing maintenance or cooking and cleaning. Prisoners in the open prisons are locked up at night, but for the rest of time, they are flee within the prison grounds. They can exercise, have visitors or study, and some are allowed out of the grounds to study or do community work.