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Throughout history, all religions and civilizations have punished
criminals. Jail sentence is one of those penalties. The religion of Islam also
recognized imprisonment and since the era of Prophet Muhammad, prisons have
been taken in possession for the criminals or those accused of a crime. The Islamic
Legists, following after Prophet Mohammad, classified the prison sites by which
center the criminals are punished and the severity of punishment. Furthermore,
they decreed that a prison site should have some physical properties and
personnel should be employed there as well. In this article, the types of prison
sites, their physical conditions, the qualifications of personnel to employ at these
sites, and their salaries were examined with regard to Islamic Law.