penitentiaries
Maximum security facilities
Penitentiaries are prisons, especially large state or federal facilities for serious offenders.
The word carries the old idea that imprisonment should lead to penitence—moral reform through reflection and discipline.
In practice, penitentiary is simply a formal term for prison: He served twelve years in a federal penitentiary.
Incarcerated individuals
- prisonersIncarcerated individuals
- cellsBasic biological units
- guardsProtectors or watchmen
- wardenSupervisory custodian of place
sentences · corrections · confinement · lockdown · bars · cellblocks · yard · solitary
Recovery from injury/addiction
- recidivismHabitual return to crime
- correctionsAdjustments to fix errors
- sentencingImposing legal punishment
- probationSupervised trial period
reform · justice · privatization · overcrowding · funding · reentry · programs · administration
Vertical enclosing structures
- towersTall vertical structures
- fencesBoundary structures around yards
- gatesMovable barriers at openings
- compoundsBonded element substances
wings · tiers · catwalks · surveillance · perimeter · checkpoints · watchtowers · barracks
inmates
Incarcerated individuals
warden · sentences · corrections · confinement · lockdown · bars · cellblocks · yard · solitary · parole
rehabilitation
Recovery from injury/addiction
- recidivismHabitual return to crime
- correctionsAdjustments to fix errors
- sentencingImposing legal punishment
probation · reform · justice · privatization · overcrowding · funding · reentry · programs · administration · classification
walls
Vertical enclosing structures
- towersTall vertical structures
- fencesBoundary structures around yards
- gatesMovable barriers at openings
compounds · wings · tiers · catwalks · surveillance · perimeter · checkpoints · watchtowers · barracks · concrete
Alcatraz
Former island penitentiary
- AtticaGreek region containing Athens
- RikersNYC's main jail complex
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
Folsom · Angola · Leavenworth · Bastille
penitentiariesfreedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · sanctuaries · havens · refuges · free society
penitentiariescounty jails
Municipal detention centers
holding cells · detention centers · lockups · halfway houses · juvenile detention centers
penitentiariesschools
Places of learning
universities · hospitals · rehabilitation centers · community centers · libraries
- federal penitentiariesGovernment maximum-security institutions
penance, repentant, penitent, repentance, penitence, repent, penitentiary, impenitent, repenting