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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Thousands of jihadists, along with their families, were left in Syrian prisons and camps under Kurdish command.
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
Voter-approved law Proposition 57 passed in 2016 and was intended to address overcrowding in state prisons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
The pattern was clear now: the prisoners who were being transferred from other prisons came by bus and weren’t processed, while those arrested after the storm were processed inside and brought through the back door.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
