Leavenworth
Kansas military prison
Leavenworth is a federal penitentiary in Kansas, one of the oldest and most secure prisons in the United States.
The name often stands for imprisonment itself, especially military incarceration: He's facing twenty years in Leavenworth.
The adjacent city shares the name, as does a town in Washington state known for its Bavarian-themed tourist district.
Facility for convicted criminals
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- inmateConfined facility resident
- federalDivided governmental authority
- maximum-securityHighest level of incarceration
cellblock · warden · convict · sentencing · solitary · military · detention · custody
Local administrative division
- seatPlace for sitting
- militaryArmed forces collectively
- frontierEdge of settlement
- MidwestNorth-central American region
prairie · heartland · railroad · downtown · community · small-town · historic · settlement
Massive Bavarian brewing celebration
- lederhosenTraditional German leather shorts
- dirndlAlpine peasant dress
- pretzelKnotted salted bread
- bratwurstGerman minced-pork sausage
beer · stein · alpine · nutcracker · glockenspiel · schnitzel · strudel · polka
penitentiary
Facility for convicted criminals
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- inmateConfined facility resident
- federalDivided governmental authority
maximum-security · cellblock · warden · convict · sentencing · solitary · military · detention · custody · parole
county
Local administrative division
Midwest · prairie · heartland · railroad · downtown · community · small-town · historic · settlement · veterans
Oktoberfest
Massive Bavarian brewing celebration
- lederhosenTraditional German leather shorts
- dirndlAlpine peasant dress
- pretzelKnotted salted bread
bratwurst · beer · stein · alpine · nutcracker · glockenspiel · schnitzel · strudel · polka · oompah
jailbreak
Escape from custody
flee · elude · evade · pursuit · chase · tunnel · Alcatraz · notorious · freedom · clandestine
- prisonsprison, inmates, cells, prisons, prisoner
- Pacific NorthwestAlaska, Seattle, Oregon, Vancouver, Washington
- KansasWichita, Dodge City, Lawrence, Topeka, Kansas City
- military prisonsmilitary prison, military brig, brig, stockade, Guantanamo
- Northwest LandmarksSpace Needle, Mount Rainier, Crater Lake, Mount St. Helens, Olympic National Park
- Heartland StatesKansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Ohio, Indiana
Leavenworthfreedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · free world · civilian life · home · paradise
LeavenworthClub Fed
Lenient minimum-security facility
halfway house · home confinement · probation · work release · house arrest
LeavenworthArlington National Cemetery
Military burial ground, Virginia
Medal of Honor · honorable discharge · West Point · military glory · decorated veteran
leaven, leavened, leavening, leavens, worth, worthy, worthiness, unworthy, worthily