prison terms
Time behind bars
Prison terms are the lengths of sentences served in prison: He's serving a ten-year prison term.
The phrase also refers to slang and jargon used by inmates—vocabulary specific to prison life, covering everything from guards and contraband to daily routines and social hierarchies.
- cell blockPrison housing unit
- shankLower leg segment
- parole boardBody granting early freedom
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
- hard timeStruggle or imprisonment
recidivism · kite · warden · bid · fish · lockdown · state pen · county jail · minimum security · contraband · halfway house · expungement · three strikes · commissary · yard · guard · plea bargain · solitary confinement
- prisonsinmates, cells, penitentiary, guards, Alcatraz
- detentionjail, detention centers, captive, detention orders, captivity
- prison statisticsincarceration rates, female inmates, racial disparities, age distribution, county jails
- sentencinglife sentence, life sentences, death row, consecutive sentences, probation
- war crimescrimes against humanity, Nuremberg, war crimes tribunals, war criminals, summary execution
- copyright crimesinfringement, piracy, counterfeiting, unauthorized copies, digital piracy
prison termsacquittal
Formal clearing of charges
not guilty verdict · exoneration · case dismissed · charges dropped · vindication
prison termsfreedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · civilian life · emancipation · autonomy · independence
prison termsprobation
Supervised trial period
community service · suspended sentence · parole · house arrest · fines
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