Synonyms for Prisons:
n.
•enclosures (noun)enclosures, cages, Pens, fences, Cells, confinements, Traps, barriers.
•prisons (noun)
coolers, collars, dungeons, oubliettes, strongholds, gaols, reform schools, shackles, vises, confines, manacles, handcuffs, stockades, pounds, lockups, penal colonies, brigs, Penitentiaries, keeps, reformatories, pinions, tethers, jailhouses, straight jackets, bridles, harnesses, coops, irons.
•punishment devices (noun)
stocks, whipping posts, gallows, stakes, racks, rods, thumbscrews, cowhides, maidens, electric chairs, ropes, gibbets, whips, iron, switches, solitary confinements, jails, captivities, guillotines, lashes, gas chambers, blocks, straps, birch rods, Pillories, truncheons, nooses, scaffolds, torture chambers, rawhides, bull whips, thongs, Canes, Axes.
Usage examples for Prisons
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Also- and that was why the Amnesty Association for the release of political prisoners took the initiative in the protest against the action of the Centenary Committee- because, on a great national occasion like this, the very existence of the martyrs for freedom, who were suffering in English prisons appeared to be forgotten. – The Life Story of an Old Rebel by John Denvir
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They point out the first floor as containing the torture chamber, and in the towers adjoining are the hopelessly strong prisons – Normandy, Complete The Scenery & Romance Of Its Ancient Towns by Gordon Home