house of correction

• Terme historique désignant un type de prison ou d'établissement pénitentiaire où l'on détenait des délinquants mineurs et on les obligeait à travailler, courant aux XVIIe-XIXe siècles. Il est aujourd'hui largement remplacé par les établissements pénitentiaires modernes.

A historical term for a type of prison or penal institution where petty offenders were confined and forced to work, common in the 17th to 19th centuries. Now largely replaced by modern correctional facilities.

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   A type of prison or institution, historically used for petty offenders, vagrants, and those deemed to need moral reform through hard labor.

   maison de correction

   • In the 19th century, many petty thieves were sent to the house of correction.
   • The old building was originally a house of correction before becoming a museum.
   • The magistrate sentenced him to three months in the house of correction.