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prison

noun as in residence for incarcerating criminals

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A prisoner is moved by a guard at the Terrorist Confinement Center, a high-security prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on March 26.

The girls were allowed to visit their mother in prison two years after she was first detained, in preparation for her release under a prisoner exchange that then fell through.

From BBC

Seven Chinese nationals who smuggled Malawians to South Africa and subjected them to forced labour have been handed 20-year prison terms each.

From BBC

The OG photographer and director has 30-plus years of shooting everything from hip-hop artists to Afghan prisons to Japanese Bōsōzoku, resulting in a bulletproof archive that spans wide and delves deep into the cultural spectrum.

If convicted as charged, Patel could face up to 13 years in prison.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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