单词 | correctional institution |
释义 | correctional institution (once / 86907 pages) n WORD FAMILY correctional institution: correctional institutions USAGE EXAMPLESLynn Edward Benton is housed in a general population mental health unit at the Coffee Creek Correctional Institution, said Vicki Reynolds, a prison spokeswoman. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) The Department of Corrections told local media outlets that the attack occurred Monday at Kirkland Correctional Institution. Washington Times(Dec 14, 2016) At Maury Correctional Institution in Greene County, officials are taking a new tactic on care for incarcerated veterans. Washington Times(Nov 19, 2016) n a penal institution maintained by the government Exp|Hypo|Hyper Newgate a former prison in London notorious for its unsanitary conditions and burnt down in riots in 1780; a new prison was built on the same spot but was torn down in 1902 detention camp, detention home, detention house, house of detention an institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile court) clink, gaol, jail, jailhouse, pokey, poky, slammera 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) pen, penitentiarya correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes prison, prison housea correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment reform school, reformatory, training schoolcorrectional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders bastillea jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner) borstalformerly a British reform school for youths considered too young to send to prison chokey, chokyBritish slang (dated) for a prison holding cella jail in a courthouse where accused persons can be confined during a trial hoosegow, hoosgowslang for a jail house of correction(formerly) a jail or other place of detention for persons convicted of minor offences lockupjail in a local police station nick(British slang) a prison panopticona circular prison with cells distributed around a central surveillance station; proposed by Jeremy Bentham in 1791 state prisona prison maintained by a state of the U.S. workhousea county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months penal facility, penal institution an institution where persons are confined for punishment and to protect the public |
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