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a place where young criminals are treated very strictly and have to do hard physical exercise

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the old name for a prison in the UK for criminals who are too young to be in an adult prison

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a place on a ship where prisoners are kept, or a small prison

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a place with tents or other shelters for people such as soldiers or prisoners to live in

adjective

used for describing prisons for these prisoners

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a small room where a prisoner is kept

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a place like a prison where ordinary people are kept during a war and where they have to live in very unpleasant conditions

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in the US, a room for a prisoner who is waiting to be killed

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a prison

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a concentration camp in which prisoners die or are killed

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a place where people who have come into a country without permission are kept while the government decides whether they can stay

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a remand centre

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a dark underground room in a castle that was used as a prison in the past

a British spelling of jail1

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a prison camp used in the past in the Soviet Union, where prisoners were kept in very bad conditions

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a place where people are put after they have been arrested, or where people go as punishment for a crime

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a jail

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a prison camp where prisoners are forced to do hard physical work, for example breaking up rocks

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a small prison in a village or town, where the police can keep a criminal for a short period of time

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a prison in which prisoners are allowed more freedom than in ordinary prisons

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a prison for people who have committed serious crimes

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an institution where people are kept as punishment for committing a crime. The people who stay in prison are called prisoners

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a place where prisoners are kept during a war

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a place where people are kept while they wait for the date of their trial