prison
noun
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
prisons
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pluralof prison.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The Independent leads on an exclusive into a crisis in UK jails following a warning from a prisons inspector.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Earlier this year, the new Syrian authorities that came to power after the fall of Bashar al-Assad took over the prisons holding the jihadists.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
It certainly keeps advisers, lawyers, doctors, therapists, courts and prisons in business.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
Couvy said France lacked enough prosecutors and judges to handle the cases, while overcrowded prisons limited the courts’ ability to impose custodial sentences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
If four out of five people were released from prisons, far more than a million people could lose their jobs.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
