as in jails
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
prisoners of war confined in a stockade
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Noun
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These conditions of confinement might mirror what we're used to in prisons and jails and can sometimes be worse.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
19 Oct. 2025 -
Many of the deaths could have been prevented with more effective medical and mental health treatment in county jails, the families of people who have died in jail have argued in lawsuits against the county.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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After his conviction, Gray was sent to Angola, one of the most violent penitentiaries in the country at the time.—
Richard A. Webster,
ProPublica,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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These conditions of confinement might mirror what we're used to in prisons and jails and can sometimes be worse.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
19 Oct. 2025
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The escape was initially revealed on Sunday by Guatemala’s director of prisons, who said that prison officials had only detected the scheme — in which inmates may have slipped out one by one, or in pairs — after hearing rumors and checking inmates’ biometric data.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Stockades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stockades. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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