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In the Mazes, the term ''prisoner'' specifically refers to a general sensecitizen who has broken local laws, prisoners are people who for which they were arrested and are being held against their will, usually detained by confining them to the [[Town Security]] of a cell particular town, or by restraining themthe [[Maze Police]]. From the perspective of a prisoner, the only thing that changes is whether they will be detained at a town's local jail, or one of the Police's correctional facilities.
In the Mazestowns following Standard Law, prisoners are under the term prisoner specifically refers to a citizen who has broken local lawsresponsibility of the Maze Police, for which they were arrested and are being detained by rarely spend much time at the jail in the Town Security of a particular townthey were arrested in; these jails instead function as temporary detainment facilities, or by the while waiting for [[Maze PoliceOfficer|officers]]to arrive, restrain them and process them to their prison cell. From the perspective The Police's treatment of a prisonerprisoners is, the only thing on average, better than that changes is whether they will be detained at of independent towns; however, Police correctional facilities have a townlong history of ignoring inmate-on-inmate conflicts, not providing adequate food or medical care, and generally concerning themselves only with keeping them inside, until the end of either their sentences or their lives, whichever comes first. The Police's local jailofficial position on prison labor is part of the Police Code of Conduct, under the principle called ''Detain, Don't Enslave'' or at one of ''DDE''. Officially, the Maze Policedo not approve of using inmates as unpaid workers, considering it to be tantamount to slavery and therefore against the faction's correctional facilitiescore values. There is considerable debate on whether to repeal DDE; arguments in favor of repeal claim that locking criminals up without putting them to use is a waste of resources, while arguments against repealing DDE claim that the Police must maintain a standard of prisoner treatment and that prison labor is inherently unethical.
In other towns following Standard Law, prisoners are entirely under the responsibility of the Maze Policelocal Town Security, and rarely spend much time at their treatment of prisoners can vary widely. Factors such as the jail in prisoners' age, gender, species, the town they were arrested in; these jails instead function gravity of their crimes, as temporary detainment facilitieswell as the authority, while waiting for [[Police Officer|officers]] to arrivediscipline, chain them and process them goodwill of TownSec assigned to their prison cell. The Police's treatment jail duties all affect the living conditions of prisoners isa prisoner in an independent town, on average, better than that of independent which can be anywhere between decent conditions and extreme abuse. Certain townsuse their inmates for labor; however, Police correctional facilities have usually difficult and menial tasks and almost always unpaid. Other towns intentionally abuse their prisoners as a long history form of ignoring inmate-on-inmate conflictsintimidation, not providing adequate food resorting to measures such as physical or medical caresexual violence, and generally concerning themselves only with keeping them inside, until the end deprivation of the sentence food or death ensuessleep, whichever comes first. The Police's official position on the subject of prison labor is that it is not approved or officially sanctionedtorture, under a principle called "Detain, don't enslave" or ''DDE''. There is considerable debate on whether to repeal DDE; arguments in favor claim that locking criminals up without putting them to use is a waste of resources, while arguments against DDE claim that the Police must maintain a standard of prisoner treatment and that prison labor is inherently unethicalincluding public executions.
Most prisoners are one of the three major civilized species; humans, halflings, and youkai. On very rare occasions, sapients of other species can be found as well, usually [[magician|magicians]] and [[psionic fighter|psionics]]. They usually receive very poor treatment regardless of where they are being detained, as Standard Law does not protect them nor do they consider them to have the same rights.
