jailors
Keepers of cells
Jailors is the plural of jailor, a variant spelling of jailer—one who guards prisoners or operates a jail.
The spelling with -or appears in older texts and legal contexts but has largely given way to jailer in contemporary usage: The jailors escorted the prisoner to his cell.
Supervisory officials of institutions
- guardsProtectors or watchmen
- prison officersInmate supervisors
- correctional officersPrison security staff
- turnkeysPrison guards, keepers
keepers · custodians · screws · detention officers · gatekeepers · overseers · supervisors · duty officers
Lock-operating instruments
- controlAuthority to direct
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- solitaryExisting alone, apart
lockdown · restrictions · searches · surveillance · monitoring · headcounts · regulations · orders
Underground prison chambers
- chainsLinked metal restraints
- manaclesWrist shackles for prisoners
- stocksOwnership stakes or inventory
- pilloryPublic punishment restraint
gaol · debtors prison · tower · oubliette · shackles · fetters · torturers · executioners
Those who subjugate others
- captorsThose holding prisoners
- tormentorsThose who cause anguish
- tyrantsOppressive absolute rulers
- controllersThose who direct operations
gatekeepers · restrictors · enslavers · subjugators · dominators · masters · suppressors · inhibitors
wardens
Supervisory officials of institutions
- guardsProtectors or watchmen
- prison officersInmate supervisors
- correctional officersPrison security staff
turnkeys · keepers · custodians · screws · detention officers · gatekeepers · overseers · supervisors · duty officers · security officers
keys
Lock-operating instruments
- controlAuthority to direct
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
solitary · lockdown · restrictions · searches · surveillance · monitoring · headcounts · regulations · orders · confinement
dungeons
Underground prison chambers
- chainsLinked metal restraints
- manaclesWrist shackles for prisoners
- stocksOwnership stakes or inventory
pillory · gaol · debtors prison · tower · oubliette · shackles · fetters · torturers · executioners · castle keeps
oppressors
Those who subjugate others
- captorsThose holding prisoners
- tormentorsThose who cause anguish
- tyrantsOppressive absolute rulers
controllers · gatekeepers · restrictors · enslavers · subjugators · dominators · masters · suppressors · inhibitors · limiters
jailorsliberators
Those who free captives
emancipators · rescuers · freedom fighters · abolitionists · deliverers