city jail
Local holding facility
A city jail is a local detention facility operated by a municipality, typically holding people awaiting trial or serving short sentences for minor offenses.
Unlike state or federal prisons, city jails are meant for temporary custody—often just days or weeks: He spent the weekend in the city jail after his arrest.
- lockupTemporary detention facility
- cellblockPrison housing unit
- holding cellTemporary detention room
- inmatesIncarcerated individuals
- barsRods, taverns, or measures
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- legal placescourthouse, courtroom, law office, law firm, district court
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Government-run correctional facility
federal prison · state penitentiary · maximum security prison · supermax · penitentiary
city jailfreedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · free world · release · exoneration · open society
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