Places where people carry out virtually all their activities under supervision and some level of control, such as prisons, jails, mental hospitals, and military bases, are called social institutions.

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These places are better described as total institutions, a term coined by sociologist Erving Goffman to denote places where people are isolated from the broader society and lead an enclosed, formally administered life.

Places Where People Carry Out Virtually All Their Activities Under