Definitions from Wiktionary (house of correction)
▸ noun: (UK, historical) A kind of residential penitentiary facility, built after the passing of the Elizabethan Poor Law (1601), where those who were "unwilling to work", including vagrants and beggars, were set to work.
▸ noun: (US, Massachusetts, Maryland) A prison.
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▸ noun: (UK, historical) A kind of residential penitentiary facility, built after the passing of the Elizabethan Poor Law (1601), where those who were "unwilling to work", including vagrants and beggars, were set to work.
▸ noun: (US, Massachusetts, Maryland) A prison.
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correction centre,
correctional facility,
correctional centre,
corrections centre,
correction center,
corrections center,
correctional center,
workhouse,
correctional institution,
house of detention,
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