1
as in jails
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
the ongoing debate whether drug users should go to prison
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as in captivities
the act of confining or the state of being confined
the view that prison does nothing to cure the criminal—if anything, it makes him worse
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Recent Examples of prisons
They are being moved to six prisons across the state.
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NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
Officials said 841 men incarcerated at Avery-Mitchell Correctional Institution in Spruce Pine were evacuated to seven different prisons.
—NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
Part of the lexicon of people who work in prisons, the term describes someone who knows personally, intimately, the tolls of time behind the walls.
—Mitchell S. Jackson, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
In December 2023, the prisons experienced five homicides at four prisons, and other serious incidents, including numerous deaths after altercations between inmates, and a Central State Prison inmate dying from cardiac arrest after being stabbed, treated at a hospital and returning to prison.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024
Private prisons have come under scrutiny in recent years after instances of corruption.
—Alex Thompson, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
The investigation found 142 inmates were killed in Georgia's prisons from 2018 to 2023.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024
The report said there were five homicides at four different prisons in just one month in 2023.
—Jeff Martin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
Medical records of some Arizona inmates were posted publicly online by the company that provides medical services in state prisons, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.
—Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 30 Sep. 2024
NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
Officials said 841 men incarcerated at Avery-Mitchell Correctional Institution in Spruce Pine were evacuated to seven different prisons.
—NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
Part of the lexicon of people who work in prisons, the term describes someone who knows personally, intimately, the tolls of time behind the walls.
—Mitchell S. Jackson, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
In December 2023, the prisons experienced five homicides at four prisons, and other serious incidents, including numerous deaths after altercations between inmates, and a Central State Prison inmate dying from cardiac arrest after being stabbed, treated at a hospital and returning to prison.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024
Private prisons have come under scrutiny in recent years after instances of corruption.
—Alex Thompson, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
The investigation found 142 inmates were killed in Georgia's prisons from 2018 to 2023.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024
The report said there were five homicides at four different prisons in just one month in 2023.
—Jeff Martin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
Medical records of some Arizona inmates were posted publicly online by the company that provides medical services in state prisons, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.
—Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Prisons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prisons. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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