military brig
Armed forces prison
A military brig is a jail or detention facility on a naval vessel or military base.
The term comes from the two-masted sailing ships (brigs) that once served as floating prisons.
He spent thirty days in the brig for insubordination.
In casual use, brig can mean any military jail, not just naval ones.
- jailDetention facility
- stockadeFence of sharpened stakes
- detentionTemporary official holding
- confinementState of being restricted
- solitary confinementIsolated imprisonment in cell
naval · naval base · prisoner · prisoner of war · cell · guardhouse · court-martial · desertion · AWOL · shackles · ball and chain · barracks · captain · ship · discipline · hard labor · bread and water · sentence
military brigcounty jail
Municipal detention facility
state prison · federal prison · state penitentiary · city jail
military brigfreedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · release · free world · discharge · civilian life
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