| Meaning | A correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment. |
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| Synonym | prison house |
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| Instances | Newgate | A former prison in London notorious for its unsanitary conditions and burnt down in riots in 1780 |
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| Parts | cellblock, ward | A division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells) |
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| Narrower | bastille | A jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner) |
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| chokey, choky | British slang (dated) for a prison |
| nick | (British slang) a prison |
| panopticon | A circular prison with cells distributed around a central surveillance station |
| state prison | A prison maintained by a state of the U.S. |
| Broader | correctional institution | A penal institution maintained by the government |
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| Spanish | cárcel, penitenciaría, prisión |
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| Catalan | presó |
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