jailhouse

• Sustantivo que designa un edificio utilizado por el gobierno para mantener detenidas a personas bajo custodia, por ejemplo, a la espera de juicio o cumpliendo una condena.

A noun referring to a building used by the government to detain individuals, such as those awaiting trial or serving a sentence.

1. Correctional facilityB1informalamerican

   A building used by authorities to hold people who are legally detained, such as those awaiting trial or serving a sentence.

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   • The sheriff took the suspect to the local jailhouse.
   • He spent a night in the jailhouse after the protest.
   • The old jailhouse was turned into a museum.

   Sinónimoshouse of correctionjaillockuppenal institutionpenitentiaryprison