Residential institution

A residential institution or total institution is a home for people who can't live by themselves or in an ordinary roommate situation due to severe disability, age (below the age of majority if parents or guardians aren't present) because they committed a crime and thus must be put in prison, extreme poverty etc.

Examples

Examples of residential institutions include

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