institutions are on a continum from open to closed.
TOTAL INST at the closed end
not absolutely closed as outside wrkers/deliveries/visitors etc
if it was totally closed it would die off
not all of the 4 features used to define a total inst may be present in each inst
can't be totally open otherwise there would be no institution
A TOTAL INST. is a place of residence
and wrk where a large no. of people in the
same situation live/wrk cut off frm wider
society for a prolonged period of time
every inst has encompassing
tendancies (residential/nursing
homes)