prisons

Definition of prisons in English English dictionary: plural of prison
Prisons Commission: prison authorities
Prisons Commissioner: high official in charge of the prison service
Prisons Service Commissioner: high official in charge of the prison service
prison: Confinement in a prison
Prison was a harrowing experience for him.
prison: to imprison
prison: Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home
The academy was a prison for many of its students because of its strict teachers.
prison: {n} jail, place of confinement, fast hold
prison: {v} to shut up in hold, confine, enchain
Bureau of Prisons: bureau of the U.S. Department of Justice that oversees federal prisons and penitentiaries
federal bureau of prisons: the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationawide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes
prison: A place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes
prison: as, small print; large print; this line is in print
prison: A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o&?; confinement, restraint, or safe custody
prison: {i} jail, penitentiary, location where convicted criminals and people awaiting trial are confined
prison: To bind (together); to enchain
prison: A printed publication, more especially a newspaper or other periodical
prison: a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement
prison: Specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful authority
prison: A prison is a building where criminals are kept as punishment or where people accused of a crime are kept before their trial. The prison's inmates are being kept in their cells He was sentenced to life in prison = jail. Institution for the confinement of people convicted of crimes. Prisons are administered by state, provincial, or national governments and house inmates for relatively long terms. They thus differ from jails, which usually are under local jurisidiction and house inmates serving short sentences. Until the late 18th century, prisons were used mainly for the confinement of debtors who could not meet their obligations, of accused persons waiting to be tried, and of convicts who were waiting for their sentences of death or banishment to be put into effect. Later, imprisonment itself came to be accepted as a means of punishing convicted criminals. In early U.S. prisons, prisoners were kept in isolation; in the 19th century, they were permitted to work together, but only in silence. At the end of the 19th century, prison reformers successfully advocated segregation of criminals by type of crime, age, and sex; rewards for good behaviour; indeterminate sentencing; vocational training; and parole. In the late 20th century, prison populations in many countries began to explode as arrests for violent offenses and for possession of small amounts of illegal drugs increased
prison: An impression taken from anything, as from an engraved plate
prison: {f} imprison, put in prison, incarcerate, jail, detain
prison: That which is produced by printing
prison: a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement Printed letters; the impression taken from type, as to excellence, form, size, etc
prison: To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty
prison: a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
prison: A photographic copy, or positive picture, on prepared paper, as from a negative, or from a drawing on transparent paper
prison: A printed cloth; a fabric figured by stamping, especially calico or cotton cloth
prison: joint
prison: chokey
prison: pokey