Noun

• S: (n) prison, prison house (a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment)
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• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) correctional institution (a penal institution maintained by the government)
• S: (n) detention home, detention house, house of detention, detention camp (an institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile court))
• S: (n) jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey (a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence))
• S: (n) penitentiary, pen (a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes)
• S: (n) prison, prison house (a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment)
• S: (n) reformatory, reform school, training school (correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders)
• S: (n) prison, prison house (a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement)