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| reformatory(noun, adjective, keep, cell) | |
| dungeon(noun, keep, cell, jail) | |
| keep(noun, free, jail, prison) | |
| bastille(noun, keep, cell, jail) | |
| pokey(noun, keep, free, slang) | |
| confinement(noun, jail, prison, reformatory) | |
| guardhouse(noun, jail, prison, confinement) | |
| penal complex(noun, expression, idiom, reformatory) | |
| up the river(noun, expression, keep, cell) | |
| G(noun, jail, prison, confinement) | |
| detention center(noun, expression, jail, prison) | |
| secure unit(noun, expression, prison, lockup) | |
| statesville(noun, jail, prison, confinement) | |
| top-security prison(noun, reformatory) |
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