Prison Systems

Layer-2 domain pack: descriptive invariants about boundaries, authorization asymmetry, dominant comparators, and constrained reversibility.

Layer-2 descriptive grounded

L2-PR-01 — Carceral Systems Are High-Constraint Boundary Environments

Statement

Prisons impose rigid physical and administrative boundaries that constrain movement, communication, and resource flow.

Primitives

P1 P9 P2

Composites

C1

Notes

Boundary rigidity shapes gradients, flows, and failure domains.

L2-PR-02 — Authorization Is Structurally Asymmetric

Statement

Authorization is centralized, producing asymmetry between custodial agents and incarcerated individuals.

Primitives

P3 P9 P2

Composites

C7

Notes

Discretion and limited appeal pathways shape operative comparators.

L2-PR-03 — Compliance Becomes the Dominant Operational Comparator

Statement

Behavior evaluation frequently prioritizes rule compliance as a primary operational comparator.

Primitives

P10 P7 P9

Composites

C7 C11

Notes

Comparator dominance can become de facto constitutional under coercion.

L2-PR-04 — Effects of Confinement Extend Beyond Institutional Boundaries

Statement

Effects manifest beyond prison boundaries across families, communities, and time horizons.

Primitives

P1 P5 P6 P9

Composites

C5

Notes

Impact boundary ≠ accounting boundary; feedback is delayed and cross-level.

L2-PR-05 — Institutional Incentives Influence System-Level Population Dynamics

Statement

Funding models and performance metrics influence incarceration rates and duration patterns.

Primitives

P7 P10 P6

Composites

C10 C1

Notes

Policy incentives create gradients that drive flow into/out of the system.

L2-PR-06 — Public Attribution Often Simplifies Systemic Dynamics

Statement

Discourse often attributes outcomes to individuals rather than systemic feedback structures.

Primitives

P6 P10 P7

Composites

C8 C4

Notes

Simplified narratives distort interventions.

L2-PR-07 — Reversibility of Status Is Structurally Limited

Statement

Incarceration introduces status changes with constrained reversibility relative to many institutional actions.

Primitives

P8 P9 P2

Composites

C9

Notes

Criminal records, appeal timelines, and admin inertia reduce exit paths.

Use this pack to map real artifacts (policies, configs, incidents) into the spine. Then run a gap-check: what grounding effects are missing?