Related Words for prisons

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jails
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Noun
inmates
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Noun
prisoners
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Noun
corrections
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Noun
convicts
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Noun
asylums
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Noun
incarceration
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Noun
solitary confinement
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Phrase, Noun
detentions
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Noun
parolees
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Noun
recidivism
x/xxx
Noun
penal colony
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Name, Name
lockup
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Noun
gulag
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Noun
hospitals
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Noun
penal
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Name
hostels
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Noun
workhouses
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Noun
correctional institution
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Name, Name
probationers
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Noun
barracks
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Noun
overcrowding
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Noun, Verb
offenders
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Noun
mentally ill
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Phrase, Noun
psychiatric
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Name
beds
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Noun
camps
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Noun
executions
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Noun
felons
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Noun
schools
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Noun
criminals
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Noun
murderers
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Noun
paroles
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Noun
dormitories
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Noun
classrooms
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Noun
sentences
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Noun
mental health
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Name, Name
guantanamo
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Name
ghettos
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Noun
refuges
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Noun
detainees
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Noun
hospices
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Noun
courts
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Noun
airports
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Noun
highways
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Noun
universities
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Noun
brig
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Noun
mosques
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Noun
garrisons
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Noun
escapees
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Noun
concentration camp
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Phrase, Noun
judicial
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Name
zoos
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Noun
sheriffs
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Noun
shelters
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Noun
workplaces
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Noun
wards
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Noun
jailhouse
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Noun
insane asylum
x/x/x
Phrase, Noun
legislatures
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Noun
cemeteries
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Noun
factories
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Noun
warder
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Noun
panopticon
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Noun
captives
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Noun
consulates
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Noun
dams
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Noun
facilities
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Noun
confinement
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Noun
judiciary
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Noun
brothels
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Noun
internees
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Noun
therefrom
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Adverb
languishing
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Verb
hulks
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Noun
newgate
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Name
dungeons
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Noun
inspectorate
x/xx
Noun
pennsylvania
xx/x
Adjective
courtrooms
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Noun
inspectors
x/x
Noun
libby
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Name
orphanages
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Noun
wardens
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Noun
escapes
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Noun
privatizing
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Verb
dispersal
x/x
Adjective
miseries
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Noun
auburn
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Noun
rehabilitate
xx/xx
Verb
overflowing
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Verb, Adjective
lytton
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Name
inquisition
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Noun
gallows
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Noun
bureau
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Noun
overrepresented
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Verb
loathsome
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Adjective
detained
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Verb
convents
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Noun
tsarist
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Adjective
galleys
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Noun
siberian
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Adjective
tortured
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Verb
fortresses
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Noun
inquisitorial
x/x/xx
Adjective
probation
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Noun
chaplains
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Noun
empty
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Verb
rot
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Verb
cellars
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Noun
reformed
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Verb
rwandan
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Adjective
coed
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Adjective
crowding
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Verb
keepers
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Noun
herded
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Verb
crammed
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Verb
neapolitan
xx/xx
Adjective
superintendent
xxx/x
Noun
populate
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Verb
police
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Noun
interned
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Verb
synagogues
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Noun
houses
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Noun
toughest
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Adjective
arrests
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Noun
authorities
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Noun
bars
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Noun
centers
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Noun
centres
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Noun, Verb
chains
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Verb
cities
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Verb
colonies
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Noun
contingents
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Noun
custodial
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Adjective
establishments
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Noun
foundries
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Noun
institutions
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Noun
mints
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Noun
newspapers
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Noun
ports
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Noun
railroads
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Noun
railways
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Noun
shipyards
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Noun