3
repentant
3
stall
3
tollbooth(noun, prison)
2
Borstal
2
black hole(expression, idiom, prison)
2
choky(noun, prison)
2
confinement(noun, pen, jail, prison, reformatory)
2
correctional
2
correctional institution(noun, expression, idiom, jail)
2
donjon(noun, prison)
2
fortress(noun, prison)
2
guardhouse(noun, pen, jail, prison, confinement)
2
guardroom
2
high priest(expression, idiom, clergy)
2
hulks(noun, prison)
2
limbo
2
lock-up
2
penal
2
penal colony(expression, idiom, prison)
2
penal settlement(expression, idiom, prison)
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