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a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
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correctional institution a penal institution maintained by the government
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bastille a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner)
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cellblock,
ward a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)
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chokey,
choky British slang (dated) for a prison
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nick (British slang) a prison; "he's in the nick"
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panopticon a circular prison with cells distributed around a central surveillance station; proposed by Jeremy Bentham in 1791
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a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement
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prison house |
