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prison
[priz-uhn]
noun
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
any place of confinement or involuntary restraint.
prison
/ ˈɪə /
noun
a public building used to house convicted criminals and accused persons remanded in custody and awaiting trial See also jail penitentiary reformatory
any place of confinement or seeming confinement
Other Word Forms
- prisonlike adjective
- postprison adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of prison1
Word History and Origins
Origin of prison1
Example Sentences
She said: "Housing people, including survivors of torture and trafficking, in an isolated, overcrowded camp reminiscent of an open-air prison, with inadequate healthcare and legal services, is an inhumane way to treat those seeking protection."
Lundes was about 7 when his dad was sent to prison, and his mom was left to raise him and his siblings in a cold garage in South Los Angeles.
Yuriy Belousov, the head of the war crimes department of Ukraine's Office of the Prosecutor General, told the BBC that Russian soldiers convicted of war crimes would go to prison in Ukraine and stay there.
They talk about a prisons "crisis", a housing "crisis", the "broken" NHS, as well as the climate "crisis".
He added that the defendants could spend between six and nine years in state prison, if found guilty on all counts.
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