house of correction in English

noun
1
an institution for the short-term confinement of minor offenders.
In the end, she had to be confined to the Haarlem house of correction because she became uncontrollable.

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1. You are running a house of correction, not a torture chamber.

2. 19 synonyms for Calaboose: brig, house of correction, jail, keep, penitentiary, prison, lockup, pen

3. Capitalism needed the house of correction, and somehow it magically came into being as a result.

4. Bridewell definition: a house of correction ; jail , esp for minor offences Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

5. N (Law) a house of correction; jail, esp for minor offences [C16: after Bridewell (originally, St Bride's Well), a house of correction in London] Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

6. N (Law) a house of correction; jail, esp for minor offences [C16: after Bridewell (originally, St Bride's Well), a house of correction in London] Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

7. Bridewell (noun) a house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St

8. The Middlesex Jail & House of Correction is situated approximately 45 minutes north of downtown Boston in the town of Billerica, Massachusetts

9. C16: after Bridewell (originally, St Bride's Well), a house of correction in London Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co

10. HOW I Contemplated THE WORLD FROM THEDETROIT HOUSE OF CORRECTION AND BEGAN MY LIFE OVER AGAIN by Joyce Carol Oates, 1970 "How I Contemplated the World from the Detroit House of Correction and Began My Life Over Again" is typical of Joyce Carol Oates's fiction in its devastating portrait of the sterility of suburban life and the horrifying brutality of urban America.

11. By Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 266, Section 49, the Theft Crime of Possession of Burglarious Tools, is punishable by imprisonment for 2.5 years in the House of Correction, or for up to 10 years in state prison

12. Casaburri, 33, of Norwich, Conn., charged with possession of Burglarious tools, sentenced to 30 days in the House of Correction, concurrent with any other sentence now being served; and receiving stolen property over $250, dismissed without prejudice.

13. 12He asked alms of several grave-looking people, who all answered him, that if he continued to follow this trade they would confine him to the house of correction, where he should be taught to get a living.

14. Bridewell (n.) "prison," 1550s, from Bridewell, house of correction in London, originally a royal lodging (built by Henry VIII, given by Edward VI for a hospital, later converted to a prison) near Bride's Well, short for St

15. And the Thames River.The Bridewell house of correction, demolished in 1863, was on the site of a palace built under Henry VIII and given by Edward VI to the City of London in 1553 for use as a training school for homeless apprentices.