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What is protective custody?

What is protective custody? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (law enforcement) Lawful confinement of a person or close supervision of his or her movements, on a voluntary or involuntary basis, by authorities in order to safeguard that person from attack or other dangers.
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After weaning, they were placed in protective custody until the mother was released from prison.
Although prison authorities placed him in protective custody the violent abuse continued because he was classed as a rock spider.
If a mother was unable to breastfeed or care for her baby in prison, the baby was placed in protective custody immediately after birth.
He said he was held in protective custody to shield him from most other inmates, but he still had contact with some.
If she is in danger then she and her family should be put in protective custody.
It is inevitable that the prisoner's assistance will require any sentence to be served in protective custody.

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