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house of correction

noun as in correctional facility

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Of the 1,000 inmates in the house of correction, he said as the debate opened, 42 percent have some form of mental illness and 70 percent have an alcohol or drug problem.

If convicted, the men face a $1,000 fine and/or two years in a house of correction.

He would have felt bad if two boys were in the house of correction for something they did not do.

The judge sentenced Washburn to 2½ years in a house of correction, with one year already served.

Rembrandt retaliated by accusing her of pawning some of Saskia's jewellery, and later got her sent to a house of correction.

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

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