house of correction
Penal reform institution
A house of correction is a facility for the confinement and reform of minor offenders, particularly those convicted of misdemeanors or petty crimes rather than serious felonies.
Historically distinct from prisons, these institutions emphasized rehabilitation through labor and discipline.
The term is now largely archaic, though it persists in some jurisdictions as a formal name for county jails or similar detention facilities.
He was sentenced to six months in the house of correction for repeated vagrancy.
Detention facility
- prisonConfinement for offenders
- detentionTemporary official holding
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- lockupTemporary detention facility
custody · confinement · facility · warden · inmate · prisoner · cellblock · detainee
Young person or animal
- delinquentFailing in duty
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- probationSupervised trial period
- wardProtected person; division
training · school · youth · offender · reform · incorrigible · troubled · adolescent
Trained self-control or specialty
- hard laborStrenuous punitive work
- regimenPrescribed course of treatment
- chastisementFormal scolding or correction
- restraintControl over impulses
enforcement · penal · flogging · confinement · sentence · atonement · penance · reprimand
jail
Detention facility
- prisonConfinement for offenders
- detentionTemporary official holding
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
lockup · custody · confinement · facility · warden · inmate · prisoner · cellblock · detainee · gaol
juvenile
Young person or animal
- delinquentFailing in duty
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- probationSupervised trial period
ward · training · school · youth · offender · reform · incorrigible · troubled · adolescent · minors
discipline
Trained self-control or specialty
- hard laborStrenuous punitive work
- regimenPrescribed course of treatment
- chastisementFormal scolding or correction
restraint · enforcement · penal · flogging · confinement · sentence · atonement · penance · reprimand · sanction
- imprisonmentprison, jail, prisoners, cells, captivity
- penal historyprison, prisons, gaols, jails, penitentiaries
- Prison Reformprison reform, penal reform, prisoner rights, inmate rights, overcrowding
house of correctionfreedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · free society · private residence · open air · sanctuary
house of correctionmaximum-security prison
Highest-level detention facility
death row · gulag · supermax · penitentiary · state prison
house, houses, housed, housing, householder, housekeeper, housekeeping, household, hothouse