A place of punishments and rewards. The poet assures us that -- "Stone walls do not a prison make,"but a combination of the stone wall, the political parasite and the moral instructor is no garden of sweets.

A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o? confinement, restraint, or safe custody.

Specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful authority.

To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty.

a state correctional facility where persons are confined following conviction of a felony offense.

a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment

a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement

a correctional facility for convicted felons typically serving more than one year

a house of care, A place where none can thrive, A touchstone true to try a friend, A grave for one alive

an ideal place for bureaucracy to foster

a noisy place

a place for criminals, not heroes

a place in which people are confined and deprived of a range of liberties

a place where miscreants, especially hard core criminals, should be made to reflect on their misdeeds and their stay should be such that they would not want to return

a place where people serve time for their crimes, and demise is death

a very lonely place

a very quiet place in the early morning and I found I had wonderful quiet times with no distractions

A place to which persons are legally committed, either while awaiting trial or for punishment.

A secure place where somebody is confined as punishment for a crime or while waiting to stand trial.

A state-run facility where a person convicted of one or more felonies serves the sentence behind bars. Prisons can vary in security, from maximum to medium, to minimum, to pre-release.

A state correctional institution for incarceration of convicted felons.

A state or federal facility having custodial authority over adults sentenced to a period of confinement.

a public institution detaining criminals serving long-term incarcerations

A correctional facility that houses inmates generally sentenced to a period of incarceration exceeding one year. Prisons are typically operated by state corrections agencies, although private companies also operate prisons in some states.

administered by the state; a prisoner can only be sentenced to a state prison for terms of more than one year

A prison, penitentiary, or correctional facility is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interned and usually deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Prisons are conventionally institutions which form part of the criminal justice system of a country, such that imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime.