Factitious disorders must be differentiated from malingering; an important clue for this is that malingering is based on a real individual motivation (avoiding work, military or social duty, prison; obtaining material recompense, cost reparation, drugs), while patients suffering from factitia need medical care and support, claiming attention from medical staff and members of their own families.
Mr. Gluck was impressed with the fine workmanship, but frowned at the prison-style materials and the lack of flexibility.
The treasures include a set of six chairs made by a furniture designer who worked on commission for Aristotle Onassis; a collection of prison-camp materials from World War II that posthumously established a glider pilot's eligibility for a medal; and a drawing and a lithograph by Grant Wood, as well as a trunk containing some of his possessions valued at nearly $22,000.
A Florida law makes it a third-degree felony, punishable by up to five years in prison, to transmit "material harmful to minors by electronic device".
Six people affiliated with the prestigious Qinghua University here have been sentenced to prison for downloading material from the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement from the Internet and passing it along, a human rights group said on Sunday.
A US appeals court has thrown out the conviction of Osama bin Laden's former driver who served a five-and-a-half-year prison sentence for material support for terrorism.
Both men each face up to 15 years in prison on each material support count. .
He was held with British Navy prisoners at the Marlag-O camp near Bremen, Germany, where he recorded prison life with materials supplied by the Red Cross, assembling such an impressive portfolio that German admirals visited the camp to admire his work.
A 28-year-old man was sentenced to three and a half years in prison for possessing materials deemed likely to help plan or commit terrorism.
Mexico's federal water agency has an ongoing drainage project beside the prison, and construction materials, including tractors and enormous piping, lay along several of the dirt paths that lead to the prison's gate.
